Monday, December 21, 2009

Recall Roundup: December 21, 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
  • Food Safety Recall: Whole Foods Market recalls organic raw hazelnuts (filberts) sold in bulk through its stores in California, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Washington because the nuts were part of a batch that was contaminated with Salmonella. The company also recalls non-organic dry roasted hazelnuts (filberts) sold in bulk through its stores in California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington, and non-organic raw hazelnuts (filberts) sold in bulk through its stores in Oregon and Washington.
  • Baby Food Recall: Buehlers advises its customers that Nature’s Goodness BB2 Infant Food - Strained Peas & Strained Green Beans has been recalled by the manufacturer due to a mislabeling issue.
  • OTC Pharmaceutical Product Recall: Buehlers advises its customers that Our Family - Ibuprofen 24 ct. Caplets has been recalled due to a mislabeling issue.


Europe


Australia and New Zealand


Asia, Africa & The Pacific
  • Unregistered Pharmaceutical Product Alert (Hong Kong): The Department of Health warns consumers not to buy or use a product named "Vegetal Vigra" for managing sexual dysfunction as it was found to contain sildenafil and tadalafil, which may cause serious side effects.


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.


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


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