Europe
- Allergy Alert (Finland): Oy Arvid Nordquist Finland Ab recalls Piasten Amore Mio chocolate confections (with cherry brandy filling) due to the presence of undeclared residues of peanut, nut and wheat.
- Food Safety Alert (Denmark): Food Agency warns that pork and beef sold from the address Hjørring Road 14, 9400 Nørresundby comes from animals that did not either before or after the slaughter has been subject to any control by the food authorities. Furthermore, the slaughters carried out without authorization and under unsanitary conditions.
- Food Safety Notification (EU#2009.1642): Aflatoxins in dried figs from Turkey; distributed in Slovenia
- Food Safety Notification (EU #2009.1643): Unauthorized colour Sudan 4 in palm oil from Ghana, via the United Kingdom; distributed in Ireland
- Food Safety Notification (EU #2009.1644): Unauthorized establishment (insufficient hygiene) and fraudulent use of health mark for meat products from Italy; distributed in Germany and Italy
- Food Safety Notification (EU #2009.1645): Nicotine in dried Boletus mushrooms from Italy, with raw material from Serbia; distributed in Slovenia
- Food Safety Notification (EU #2009.1646): Listeria monocytogenes in cooked prawns (Penaeus vannamei) from Ecuador and Spain; distributed in Italy
- Food Safety Notification (EU #2009.1647): Excessive Escherichia coli in live clams (Tapes decussatus) from Turkey; distributed in Italy
Australia and New Zealand
- Shellfish Alert (West Australia): Department of Health is reminding people not to eat shellfish collected from Wilson Inlet near Denmark (West Australia) after recent tests confirmed elevated levels of potentially toxic algae. Shellfish sold in supermarkets is not affected by this advisory.
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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Hi Phyllis,
ReplyDeleteWow... what a information warehouse here. I have come from your cousin Hilary's blog. I think you are very kind to share this information for all people where ever they might be. It's amazing what an impact one can have thru the blog world.
Happy Thanksgiving weekend
The Bach
Hi Bach. Thanks for dropping in and for your kind words. I am always delighted to welcome new readers – especially my cousin's avid followers.
ReplyDeleteI hope you drop back and visit from time to time.
Phyllis