Recall Roundup: November 24, 2009

Here is today's list of food safety recalls, product withdrawals and allergy alerts. The live links will take you directly to the official recall notices and company news releases that contain detailed information for each recall and alert.

United States

• Stolen Infant Formula Alert: Mead Johnson Nutrition is working with the FDA and law enforcement officials to recover cases of infant formula products that were stolen from a truck stop in Jeffersonville, Ohio, on November 13, 2009.
• FDA Warning Letter: TMC Food, LLC. (d.b.a. Maine-Harvest Seafood) receives warning letter after FDA inspection reveals serious violations of the seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulation and the Current Good Manufacturing Practice regulation for foods.
• Food Recall: Food City recalls ValuTime Vanilla Cookies. No reason was cited for the product recall.

Europe

• Food Safety Notification (EU #2009.1616): Live mice in hazelnut kernels from Azerbaijan, via Ukraine and Poland; distributed in Denmark
• Food Safety Notification (EU #2009.1617): Oxamyl (pesticide) in aubergines (eggplants) from Poland; distributed in Lithuania
• Food Safety Notification (EU #2009.1618): Lead in food supplements from Germany; distributed in Denmark and Germany

Asia, Africa & The Pacific

• Dietary Supplement Recall (Hong Kong): The Department of Health warns consumers to avoid buying or using several slimming products, because they contain unauthorized Western medicines

Some supermarket chains post recall notices on their web sites for the convenience of customers. To see whether a recalled food was carried by your favorite supermarket, follow the live link to the supermarket's recall web site.

• A&P
• Big Y® World Class Market®
  
• BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc.
  
• Bloom
  
• Brookshire's
  
• Costco Wholesale Corporation (US stores)
  
• Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd.
  
• EDEKA (Germany)
• Food City
  
• Food Lion
  
• Giant Food LLC
• Hannaford Brothers Co.
  
• Harris Teeter
  
• Harvey's Supermarket
  
• H-E-B
• The Kroger Company*
  
• Price Chopper
  
• Raley's
• Roundy's Supermarkets, Inc.
  
• Sainsbury's
  
• ShopRite
  
• Stop & Shop
• Sweetbay Supermarkets
• Target
  
• Tops Friendly Markets
  
• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  
• Wegmans
  
• Whole Foods Market
  
• Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.
  

*The Kroger umbrella encompasses numerous supermarket, marketplace and convenience store chains, listed on the Kroger corporate home page.

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