Recall Roundup: December 1, 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

• Allergy Alert: La Espiga de Oro, Inc. (Houston, TX) recalls Fiesta brand Flour Burrito Tortillas in 12 count packages, because they may contain undeclared whey (milk allergen).
• Pet Food Recall (Update): Diamond Pet Foods reiterates September 23, 2009 recall notice for Premium Edge Finicky Adult Cat and Premium Edge Hairball Cat because they have the potential to produce Thiamine Deficiency. The recalled products were distributed in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida. Diamond has received and confirmed 21 reports of thiamine deficiency, all located in the New York and Pennsylvania areas.
• Food Alert: Food City advises its customers of the recall of assorted Dad's Old Fashioned Soda. No reason is given for the action.
• FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns Tyson Foods, Inc. of serious violations of the seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulation and the Current Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) regulation for foods, after an inspection of the Company's seafood soup manufacturing facility in Fort Worth, TX.
• FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns CFS Operating Limited (d.b.a. Cloud's Food Service) of serious violations of the seafood HACCP regulation and current GMP regulation for foods after an inspection of the Company's Longview, TX facility.
• FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns Orval Kent Food Company, Inc. (d/b/a/ Fish House Foods, Inc.) of serious violations of the seafood HACCP regulation after an inspection of the Company's Vista, CA facility.
• FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns CTC Food International, Inc. of serious violations of the seafood HACCP regulation after an inspection of the Company's South San Francisco, CA facility.
• FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns United Fish Distributors, Inc. of serious violations of the seafood HACCP regulation and current GMP regulation for foods after an inspection of the Company's Detroit, MI facility.
• FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns Culinaire Incorporated of serious violations of the seafood HACCP regulation after an inspection of the Company's Denver, CO facility.

Europe

• Food Safety Recall (Denmark): Green Mill A/S recalls three Alfalfa Sprout products after finding Listeria monocytogenes in a sample of Alfalfa Sprouts. The recalled products were sold in grocery stores and greengrocers nationwide.
• Food Safety Notification (EU #2009.1652): Mercury in frozen swordfish (Xiphias gladius) from Taiwan; distributed in Italy.
• Food Safety Notification (EU #2009.1653): Salmonella Senftenberg in raw material used for manufacturing of food flavouring from Germany; distributed in the United Kingdom.
• Food Safety Notification (EU #2009.1654): Unauthorized benzoic acid and sodium benzoate in chocolate syrup from Spain; distributed in Andorra, Cyprus, Estonia, Italy, Portugal and Spain
• Food Safety Notification (EU #2009.1655): Unauthorized benzoic acid in strawberry syrup from Spain; distributed in Andorra, Cyprus, Estonia, Maldives, Portugal and Spain
• Food Safety Notification (EU #2009.1656): Histamine in fresh yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi) from Australia, via France; distributed in Italy

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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