eFoodAlert.com: March 2009

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Recall Roundup: March 31, 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.

Pistachio Product Recalls (Salmonella contamination)

Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella, Inc. recalls shelled and unshelled pistachios that may be contaminated with Salmonella
FDA warns consumers to avoid pistachios and pistachio-containing products due to possible contamination with Salmonella
Kraft Foods recalls Planters and Back to Nature products containing pistachio nuts due to possible Salmonella contamination

Peanut Butter Outbreak Recalls

The Produce Patch
Wright Popcorn and Nut Company Inc.
Union International Food Company
Canadian Food Inspection Agency updates list of recalled peanut products sold in Canada

United States

FSIS releases retail distribution list for Ball Park brand Beef Franks recalled by Sara Lee North American Retail
Union International Food Company expands recall of Salmonella-contaminated spices (see retail distribution list and restaurant distribution list released by California)

Europe, Including the United Kingdom

Allergy Alert (UK): Premier Foods recalls a single batch of Bisto Favourite Gravy Granules due to the presence of undeclared allergens

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.

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FDA Warns Consumers to Avoid Pistachios: One Million Pounds Recalled

March 31, 2009

Just as the massive peanut recall triggered by problems at Peanut Corporation of America appears to be winding down, FDA is gearing up for another complex recall situation involving Salmonella-contaminated pistachios.

We reported last week that FDA and the California Department of Public Health were investigating Setton Farms, a California pistachio processor, after Salmonella was found in roasted pistachios that they had supplied to Georgia Nut and Kraft. The pistachios were used in trail mixes.

Yesterday, Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella, Inc. issued a voluntary recall of approximately 1 million pounds of bulk roasted shelled pistachios, bulk roasted in-shell pistachios, and 9 oz. retail bags of Setton Farms brand roasted salted shelled pistachios.

According to a consumer alert issued yesterday evening by FDA, the recalled pistachios may be linked to several reported cases of Salmonella gastroenteritis. Genetic fingerprinting of isolates from the victims and the pistachios is in progress. But FDA already has indicated that the nuts may be contaminated with multiple Salmonella strains.

Because the pistachios have been used as ingredients in other foods, including trail mixes, FDA is recommending that consumers avoid any pistachio-containing food products. The agency expects that this incident will trigger multiple recalls of pistachio-containing food items. The FDA site will provide a searchable data base for pistachio-related recalls similar to the facility it maintained for the peanut recalls.

It's not yet known whether any of the pistachio products were exported to other countries.

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Monday, March 30, 2009

Salmonella-contaminated Spice Update

March 30, 2009

The Oregon Department of Human Services revealed today that the state was instrumental in uncovering the source of a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened at least 42 people in four states – California, Oregon, Washington and Nevada. Eight of the 42 victims required hospitalization; none of the infections were fatal.

While all four affected states cooperated in the investigation, Oregon can boast of having detected the outbreak strain of Salmonella Rissen in a sample of Lian How brand ground black pepper. Nevada health authorities have removed any lingering doubt by recovering the same Salmonella strain in a sample of Lian How black pepper served in a Reno restaurant.

As we reported yesterday, Union International already is recalling the contaminated pepper, as well as a number of spices that may have come into contact with it.

The outbreak strain of Salmonella Rissen, a rare serotype that accounts for fewer than 20 reported cases of salmonellosis annually in the United States.

The four affected states are continuing their investigation to determine which restaurants and retailers received the spices. Until the recall has been completed, consumers – especially patrons of Chinese and Vietnamese restaurants – should avoid adding ground pepper or other spices to their prepared dishes.

Recall Roundup: March 30, 2009

Peanut Butter Outbreak Recalls

Arya Ice Cream Dist. Co.

United States

Food Safety Recall: The Kroger Co. recalls Private Selection® Shelled Pistachios due to possible Salmonella contamination (FDA release of earlier company recall notice)

Europe, Including the United Kingdom

Food Safety Recall (Sweden): Kronfågel recalls all frozen chicken products after consumers report finding bits of glass in some packages

Asia, Africa and the Pacific

Prohibited Ingredient (Singapore): Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority initiates recall of tea leaves products from Myanmar after detecting Auramine O, an industrial dye, in some products

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Sunday, March 29, 2009

Recall Roundup: March 29, 2009

United States

Food Safety Recall: Torres Hillsdale Country Cheese expands earlier recall of Asadero and Oaxaca soft Mexican style cheese due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination
Food Safety Recall: Union International Food Company recalls several spices that have been linked to a Salmonella outbreak in California and three other states
Mislabeling and Lack of USDA Inspection: Halal International Processing recalls 2,925 pounds of beef, chicken, goat and lamb products that were mislabeled and that did not receive mandatory USDA inspection

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Salmonella-contaminated Spice Sickens 42 People

March 29, 2009

The California Department of Public Health warned consumers yesterday evening to avoid spices manufactured by Union International Food Company, located in the San Francisco/Oakland bay area of California. The company has initiated a recall of its spices, sold under the Lian How brand name.

Consumption of black and/or white pepper supplied by this company has been linked to 42 cases of salmonellosis in 4 states. Thirty-three of the victims live in Central and Northern California. The CDPH news release did not indicate which other states are affected by this outbreak.

Lian How spices are sold to restaurants and also are available in Oriental supermarkets, such as Giant Union, located in Whittier, CA. Most of the outbreak victims reported having dined at an Asian restaurants that had purchased black or white pepper from Union International.

While food poisoning outbreaks are not often associated with spices, they have occurred from time to time. The largest reported outbreak of this type took place in 1981-82, when 126 people – most of them living in Norway – were infected with Salmonella Oranienburg after consuming contaminated ground black pepper. The black pepper had been imported from Brazil via Germany.

Salmonella-contaminated spices, including black or white pepper, have been the subject of recalls in the United States in the past. FDA recorded a total of 21 spice recalls between 1970 and 2003. All but one of those were due to Salmonella contamination. In January 2009, a shipment of black pepper that arrived at the port of San Francisco from China was rejected by FDA due to Salmonella contamination. Salmonella-contaminated ginger powder and black pepper from China – arriving this time at the ports of New York and Baltimore, respectively –also were rejected in December 2008.

CDPH is still investigating this outbreak and will be posting more information as it becomes available. With illnesses reported in three other states, it's likely that FDA also will become involved.

Until we receive more distribution information on the recalled spices, consumers should avoid sprinkling white or black pepper on restaurant entrées – especially in Asian style restaurants.

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Recall Roundup: March 28, 2009

Peanut Butter Outbreak Recalls

United States

Food Safety Recall: The Kroger Co. recalls Private Selection® Shelled Pistachios sold in its family of retail stores in 31 states due to possible Salmonella contamination

Canada

Allergy Alert (Québec): Abu-Lafia recalls certain pita products and biscuits due to the presence of undeclared allergens
Allergy Alert (Québec): Marché d'alimentation Marcanio et Fils Inc. recalls certain prepared foods due to the presence of undeclared allergens
Allergy Alert (Québec): Péché Gourmet Inc. recalls certain candies due to the presence of undeclared allergens

Europe, Including the United Kingdom

Food Safety Recall (UK): Damasgate Wholesale expands earlier recall of Ayyam Zamman Halama to include a total recall of packets and pots of all sizes due to Salmonella contamination

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Salmonella-contaminated Pistachios Traced to California Firm

March 28, 2009

The California Department of Public Health reported late yesterday that it, together with federal authorities, is inspecting the pistachio processing premises of Setton Farms, located in Terra Bella, California.

The joint action comes after The Georgia Nut Company, The Back to Nature Foods Company (a Kraft company) and The Kroger Company recalled a number of trail mixes and mixed nut products that contained Salmonella-contaminated pistachios. Pistachios from Setton Farms were used in the Georgia Nut and Back to Nature mixes.

According to the CDPH news release, Setton Farms is initiating a recall of three lots of roasted pistachios that are linked to the Salmonella-contaminated trail mixes.

Setton Farms began life as a Brooklyn, NY bakery in 1959, and expanded into the gourmet dried fruit and nut business. Setton Pistachio Company, Inc. was formed in California in 1986. And in 1995, the company acquired Dole's pistachio processing and packaging plant in Terra Bella, CA – the facility that is now being inspected by state and federal investigators.

This incident is an illustration of the importance of traceability to a swift and effective response to a food contamination issue. Last week, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services released an audit report on Traceability in the Food Supply Chain. The OIG reported that it was able to trace only five out of 40 products through the entire length of the food supply chain.

Fortunately, the traceability system appears to be working in this pistachio incident – at least so far. The origin of the Salmonella-contaminated pistachios was quickly determined. We don't yet know whether the forward tracing of pistachios supplied by Setton Farms to other customers, and thence to retailers, will function equally well.

There may be several more recalls of pistachio-containing trail mixes, depending on which Setton Farms customers received nuts from the three lots that are being recalled. Please monitor the eFoodAlert Recall Roundup for daily updates on these – and other – recall notices.

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Friday, March 27, 2009

Recall Roundup: March 27, 2009

United States

Mislabeling (Connecticut): Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection signs compliance agreement with Stop & Shop Company, LLC over misbranded ground beef

Australia and New Zealand

Food Safety Recall (Australia): Menora Foods Pty Ltd. recalls cheeses due to E. coli contamination

Asia, Africa and the Pacific

Food Safety Recall (Philippines): Department of Health announces immediate recall of certain batches of Yummy Sweet and Creamy Peanut Spread due to possible Salmonella contamination

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Thursday, March 26, 2009

Recall Roundup: March 26, 2009

United States

Food Safety Recall: The Georgia Nut Company recalls certain snack products containing shelled pistachio nuts that may contain Salmonella
Food Safety Recall: Back to Nature Foods Company recalls Nantucket Blend Trail Mix containing pistachio nuts that may contain Salmonella
Allergy Alert: Bigol & Cortdera Inc. recalls Berkeley Bakery brand Ensaymada Ube due to the presence of an undeclared allergen
Allergy Alert: Sara Lee North American Retail recalls 1,728 pounds of cheese frank products due to the presence of an undeclared allergen as a result of a packaging error

Canada

Food Safety Recall: The Québec Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food warns consumers that Alimentation Limoilou meat sauce is lacking "Keep Refrigerated" labelling and represents a microbiological hazard to consumers.

Europe, Including the United Kingdom

Food Safety Recall (UK): Lepicol Ltd. and Natural Health Products have recalled Miradin and Fortodol food supplements due to the presence of nimesulide, an unauthorized substance

Australia and New Zealand

Allergy Alert (Australia): McCain Foods (Aust) Pty Ltd. has recalled certain packages of McCain Shepherd's Pie due to the presence of an undeclared allergen

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The Latest Salmonella Outbreak: Salmonella Carrau

March 26, 2009

The Public Health Agency of Canada reported yesterday evening that another Salmonella outbreak may be incubating in Canada and elsewhere.

According to PHAC, four provinces – Ontario, Québec, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island – have reported a total of 14 cases of gastroenteritis due to Salmonella Carrau. The most recent confirmed victim began to experience symptoms on March 10.

This same, relatively rare, serotype also has been recovered from individuals in Wisconsin (3 confirmed, one suspect), Texas, Maine, New York, and Illinois, according to a recent report issued by the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene. Texas authorities apparently have recovered a genetically similar strain from two turtles; further genetic fingerprinting is underway to determine whether these isolates match those recovered from outbreak victims.

It may be coincidence, but the Week 10 edition of the European Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed reported that, in early March, Norway had refused entry to a shipment of frozen beef tenderloins from Argentina due to the presence of Salmonella Carrau. Both Canada and the United States permit the importation of processed beef from Argentina; neither country allows the entry of Argentinian raw beef due to the risk of foot and mouth disease.

Salmonella Carrau was isolated for the first time in 1936 – from the mesenteric glands of normal pigs. Between the initial 1936 isolation and the first published description of the microbe in 1944, Salmonella Carrau also was recovered from four individuals – two babies and two adults – who were suffering from diarrhea (one with colitis), and from a group of 20 flies. One of the strains was found in Mexico; the rest were from Uruguay (a next door neighbor of Argentina).

Salmonella Carrau has been detected sporadically in the United States; CDC's most recent annual Salmonella summary shows a total of 10 human-origin isolates in 2006, scattered across four regions of the country.

Are any of these most recent reports of Salmonella Carrau in Argentinian beef, Texas turtles, and sufferers of gastroenteritis in Canada and the United States related? Only time – and genetic fingerprinting – will tell.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Recall Roundup: March 25, 2009

Peanut Butter Outbreak Recalls

Mellace Family Brands, Inc.
Canadian Food Inspection Agency updates list of recalled peanut products sold in Canada

United States

Allergy Alert: Engelhart Gourmet Foods recalls smoked chicken sausage due to the presence of undeclared wheat
Food Safety Recall: Torres Hillsdale Country Cheese recalls Asadero and Oaxaca soft Mexican-style cheeses after Michigan Department of Agriculture detects Listeria monocytogenes. The cheeses were distributed in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio and Wisconsin

Canada

Food Safety and Allergy Alert: The Québec Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food warns consumers that Dae Jang Kum brand marinated meats are mislabeled; these uncooked meats are labeled as "cooked", and also contain undeclared allergens

Asia, Africa and the Pacific

Food Safety Recall (Philippines): The Philippines Department of Health has announced a recall and ban of all food products manufactured by Samuya Food Manufacturing, Inc. due to the presence of Salmonella

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Risky Eating: Raw and Undercooked Eggs

March 25, 2009

We were reminded the other day that apparently clean, intact shell eggs sometimes may contain Salmonella. The reminder came in the form of a recall of organic eggs from den Dulk Poultry Farms.

The eggs were shipped to Costco, Safeway and Pack n' Save stores in western Nevada and northern California. The California Department of Health Services has issued its own warning and has promised to post a list of retail locations where the eggs were available as soon as that information is released to them.

While shell eggs are only occasionally contaminated with Salmonella – USDA estimates one contaminated egg in 20,000 – raw or undercooked eggs have been linked to several outbreaks of Salmonella food poisoning, both in the United States and elsewhere.

Restaurant and food service patrons should be especially aware of the risk of consuming undercooked or "runny" eggs. Several outbreaks have been traced to the practice of cracking and pooling eggs in the evening in preparation for the next day's breakfast rush. This practice can allow a single contaminated egg to taint the entire pool.

Even though the pooled eggs are refrigerated, the egg mix may not be cooled to a temperature that would prevent Salmonella from multiplying. And restaurants that offer scrambled eggs in a breakfast buffet sometimes choose to undercook the eggs so that they do not dry out in the buffet display. As a result, eggs offered in a breakfast buffet present a special risk of spreading Salmonella.

In 1985, 91 attendees at a convention held in Santa Fe, New Mexico were infected with Salmonella after consuming runny eggs from a breakfast buffet offered during the convention. Egg storage, handling and cooking practices also have been blamed for Salmonella outbreaks in the United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, and elsewhere.

Nor are undercooked scrambled eggs the only problem. Salmonella outbreaks have been linked to raw or undercooked eggs used in homemade bread dumpling loaf in Austria, rice arancini in Italy, tiramisu in the UK, cheesecake in California, hollandaise sauce in a hotel restaurant in Washington, DC, homemade ice cream in Florida, and Caesar salad dressing in a US restaurant.

Which came first - the chicken or the egg?

As far as Salmonella is concerned, the answer is clear. Salmonella-infected laying hens produce Salmonella-contaminated eggs, either during the development of the egg inside the hens or as a result of environmental contamination of the shell after laying. And one source of contamination is the feed.

Finland, which has undertaken great efforts over the years to minimize Salmonella in its poultry flocks, has been struggling recently with Salmonella-contaminated feed from a single producer. As of Monday, Salmonella had been detected at 23 Finnish egg-producing poultry farms and six pig farms, all of which received the contaminated feed.

Finnish policy requires that a Salmonella-infected poultry flock be destroyed and the poultry farm completely sanitized before a new flock is introduced. Understandably, poultry farmers who received the Salmonella-contaminated feed are waiting nervously for the results of lab tests that will decided the fate of their flocks.

The policy in Finland – indeed, in all of Scandinavia and in many other EU countries – may seem draconian to poultry and egg farmers in other countries. But it has made major inroads in controlling the presence of Salmonella in eggs and poultry meat in those countries. The incidence of Salmonella in Finnish cattle, swine, poultry and eggs is less than 1%. A survey of nearly 700 chilled chicken carcasses in Swedish slaughterhouses did not detect a single Salmonella-contaminated carcass.

In September 2004, FDA issued a Proposed Rule for the "Prevention of Salmonella Enteritidis in Shell Eggs During Production." The extended comment period for the proposed rule expired in June 2005. This Proposed Rule, which had the stated purpose of reducing the frequency of Salmonella contamination in eggs, was never issued as a Final Rule (i.e., never implemented) – either in its original form or with amendments.

Until the United States – along with other countries outside the EU – chooses to address this problem, consuming raw or undercooked eggs will remain a risky business.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Recall Roundup: March 24, 2009

Peanut Butter Outbreak Recalls

Jay Robb Enterprises Inc.
Torn & Glasser
Yoke's Fresh Markets
Canadian Food Inspection Agency updates list of recalled peanut products sold in Canada

United States

Product Withdrawal: Welch's withdraws selected 32 oz. Welch's Grape Jelly, sold in 2 packs at BJ's due to the presence of mold

Canada

Product Recall: Shefa Brand Beef Salami may contain Listeria monocytogenes, according to a Health Hazard Alert issued by CFIA

Europe, Including the United Kingdom

Recall Alert (Republic of Ireland): Fortodol and Miradin food supplements (manufactured in USA) recalled due to presence of nimesulide

Asia, Africa and the Pacific

Salmonella warning (Philippines): Ludy's Peanut Butter has been found to be contaminated with Salmonella

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Peanut Butter Products: Some Companies NOT Affected

March 24, 2009

FDA advises that there is no indication that any national name brands of peanut butter sold in jars in retail stores are implicated in this outbreak and series of recalls. The agency has the following advice for consumers:

"[T]he FDA recommends that consumers avoid eating products that have been recalled and discard them.

Because identification of products subject to recall is continuing, the FDA urges consumers to postpone eating commercially-prepared or manufactured peanut butter-containing products and institutionally-served peanut butter until further information becomes available about which products may be affected. Efforts to specifically identify those products are ongoing."

The American Peanut Council has posted a list of its members whose products are NOT affected by the peanut recalls.

The following companies and products are NOT part of this series of recalls.

(Please note that these advisories may be updated as a result of the closure of PCA's Plainview, Texas facility and the subsequent recall of all products ever shipped from that location.)

Associated Buyers, Inc.

Associated Buyers released the following statement on January 23rd:

"To ensure the safety of our products (and our customers), we are taking all appropriate measures to minimize the risk involved in such a widespread concern. Our customer service and purchasing staff are currently obtaining affidavits from all producers/vendors using peanuts and/or peanut butter as ingredients. These affidavits state the origin of the ingredients in question, and will determine the need for any product recalls. Associated Buyers will continue to monitor all product recalls, both voluntary and involuntary, until the situation is rectified, and contact customers on a case-by-case basis."

ConAgra Foods

On January 28, 2009, ConAgra reiterated its earlier assurance that the company's products – including the Peter Pan peanut butter product line – are unaffected by the Peanut Corporation of America recalls.

CostCo Wholesale Corporation

An eFoodAlert reader reported the following on February 19th:

"Kirkland Organic Creamy Peanut Butter is not on the recall list as per their corporate headquarters customer service today. They source their peanuts from New Mexico and Texas producers who have no connection to Peanut Corp. of America."

Cub Foods

Although the company has recalled certain peanut butter cookies, Cub Foods advises consumers that the peanut butter sold in its stores are not affected by the current recalls.

Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream Holdings, Inc.

Dreyer's reiterated on February 5th that none of its ice cream products contain peanuts or peanut products supplied by PCA. Dreyer's brands include: Dreyer's®, Edy's®, Haagen-Dazs®, Nestle®, Frosty Paws®, Eskimo Pie®, Fruit Bars, and The Skinny Cow®. Dreyer's foodservice and ice cream parlor products also are made without PCA-supplied ingredients.

Frontier Airlines

Frontier reports that the Grizwald's Gourmet Cafe snacks served on its flights do not contain any peanuts or peanut products supplied by PCA.

Girl Scouts

Girl Scouts of the USA reports that neither of the two companies that manufacture Girl Scout cookies – ABC Interbake or Little Brownie Bakers – are affected by the PCA recall. The Girl Scouts web site provides links to notices from several suppliers, all indicating that their products are unaffected by the PCA recalls. The identified suppliers are ABC Interbake, Little Brownie Bakers, Trophy Nut Company, Hampton Farms, A.L. Schutzman, and Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream.

Harris-Teeter

Harris-Teeter private label brand of peanut butter crackers is unaffected by this recall.

The Hershey Company

Hershey announced that it "... does not purchase any peanut butter, peanuts or peanut products from the Peanut Corporation of America." Hershey manufactures its own peanut butter for Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.

KIND Snacks

February 25, 2009. Peaceworks, the manufacturer of KIND Snacks, reaffirmed today that its products are not affected by the Peanut Corporation of America recalls, stating the following:

Today KIND Snacks reconfirmed that it is not affected by the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) recall, and PCA does not supply any peanut products used in any variety of KIND Fruit + Nut Bars or KIND Plus Nutrition Bars.

Kraft Foods

Neither Kraft nor its suppliers source any peanut butter products from PCA. Kraft, Nabisco and Planters products are NOT affected by the current recall.

Kroger

Kroger brand Peanut Butter is NOT affected by the current recall.

Lance, Inc.

Lance has issued a news release to reassure consumers that Lance® peanut butter sandwich crackers are not affected by the current recall. Lance produces 100% of the peanut butter used in Lance® sandwich cracker products, and does not obtain any peanut butter products from PCA.

MaraNatha

MaraNatha has issued a news release reassuring consumers that it's peanut butter is unaffected by the Peanut Corporation of America situation. According to the company,

"MaraNatha sources nuts only from approved growers, and stringent food safety and quality control stanards include the testing of all nuts that come into the MaraNatha facility in Ashland, Oregon. One hundred percent of MaraNatha nut butter production takes place at the company's Ashland facility."

Mars SnackFood US

Mars advises consumers that it does not source peanut butter or peanuts from PCA. Mars processes its own peanut butter from its own roasted peanuts for the "majority" of its peanut butter-containing products. The company reiterated that none of the following Mars products are impacted by the current series of recalls:

M&M'S Peanut Butter Chocolate Candies
SNICKERS Brand
SNICKERS Brand Ice Cream
TWIX Peanut Butter Cookie Bars
KUDOS Peanut Butter Granola Bars
Ethel M Chocolates and Ethel's chocolate lounge

National Confectioners Association

NCA has posted a list of their members who are unaffected by the Peanut Corporation of America recalls. This list may not reflect the January 28 PCA recall.

Nestlé USA

Nestlé issued the following statement on February 13th

"We would like to reassure our consumers and customers that none of our products are affected by the recent reports of salmonella found in peanut products traced to Peanut Corporation of America (PCA). Nestlé USA does not purchase any peanut butter, paste or other peanut products from PCA.

It is important for our consumers and customers to know that no Nestlé USA products have been affected or recalled as a result of this issue."

Quaker Oats North America

Quaker Oats advises consumers that none of their products contain peanut butter, peanuts or peanut paste manufactured by PCA.

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc.

Rocky Mountain advises that none of its products contain peanuts, peanut butter or any other peanut products manufactured by PCA. Rocky Mountain products, whether sold in the Company's retail stores, supplied to other companies, or used as ingredients in other food products, are NOT affected by this recall.

Schiff Nutrition International

Schiff advises that Tiger's Milk® nutrition bars have never been manufactured using peanut butter or peanut paste from PCA. Tiger's Milk® bars are NOT affected by this recall.

Smart Balance, Inc.

Smart Balance is reassuring its customers that none of its peanut butter products are affected by the recall. Smart Balance does NOT purchase peanuts, peanut butter, or peanut butter paste from PCA.

The J.M. Smucker Company

Smucker has posted the following statement on its web site:

"The Food and Drug Administration's voluntary peanut butter recall involving certain brands of peanut butter and peanut butter products because of concerns relating to Salmonella (a bacterium that causes food borne illness) does not include any peanut butter products or brands produced by The J. M. Smucker Company, such as Jif®, Smucker's®, Adams® and Laura Scudder's® brands."

Tastykake Baking Company

Tastykake reports that they do not have a "supplier relationship" with PCA. Therefore, none of the Tastykake brand products are included in this recall.

Unilever United States, Inc.

Unilever announced in January that it did not source any ingredients from Peanut Corporation of America. Skippy, Good Humor-Breyers, Klondike and Ben & Jerry's brands are NOT affected by this recall. Certain Slim-Fast products have been recalled both in the United States and Canada.

On February 4th, the company amended this earlier statement, advising consumers that it had recalled Breyers Tin Roof Sundae ice creams, a product discontinued in August 2008. Unilever reiterated its assurance that none of its other products are affected by the PCA recalls.

Unilever issued the following additional statement on February 9th.

"Skippy(R) Peanut Butter is in no way related to the current Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) Georgia recall. Specifically, no peanuts or peanut ingredients used in Skippy(R) Peanut Butter are sourced from PCA. Skippy(R) has in place robust quality assurance and processing procedures to ensure product quality and safety."

Welch's

On January 19, 2009, Welch's released the following statement:

"Product quality and safety are universal concerns that Welch’s takes very seriously. Welch’s BAMA Peanut Butter is manufactured by Algood Food Company and is not associated with the most recent salmonella recall."

Monday, March 23, 2009

Recall Roundup: March 23, 2009

Peanut Butter Outbreak Recalls

FDA Warns Against Consuming Peanuts and Peanut Products Sold by Westco Fruit and Nuts Inc.

United States

Neco Foods recalls Atlantis Brand Smoked Fish Dip that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes

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Food Safety Working Group: Modest Proposal #3 - UPDATE

Updated March 23, 2009

Original article posted March 21, 2009

The food safety system now in force in the United States is based on Voluntary Compliance. One question that the President Obama's new Food Safety Working Group must address is how well this approach is working – or whether it is working at all.

Voluntary Compliance is a widespread government tool. The Internal Revenue Service uses it to collect income taxes. Cities and states use it to control vehicle speeds and limit impaired driving. And USDA and FDA use it to procure industry compliance with food safety laws and regulations.

Central to the success of Voluntary Compliance is the existence of significant consequences to non-compliance. IRS imposes financial penalties for late payment or non-payment of income taxes. Drivers who exceed a speed limit risk fines – often adjusted to the magnitude of the speeding offense. Impaired drivers may have their licenses suspended, or even face a jail sentence.

What, then, are the consequences that confront a food processor who contravenes a federal or state food safety regulation?

The most likely consequence is that the processor will be asked to recall one or more production batches. If the processor agrees, the only consequence is the cost of the recall – including lost sales, returned product and temporary loss of consumer confidence. If the processor demurs, there is no recall – unless the situation is so dire that the FDA or USDA is prepared to go to court to seek a recall order. By this time, of course, the recall is often moot. Most of the recalled food will already have been consumed.

Consider, by comparison, the recent situation in Texas. The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), on February 12th, ordered – that's right, ordered – Peanut Corporation of America to recall "... all products ever shipped from its Plainview plant." When Texas did not receive a response from the company, the state stepped in and took over the recall on February 20th.

Texas law gives the State's health department mandatory recall authority – the power to demand a recall – when it believes that a situation presents "... an immediate and serious threat to human life or health." And the State can, in the absence of cooperation from the food company, step in and take over the recall.

FDA does not have this power. Neither does USDA.

These two federal agencies, responsible for ensuring the safety of all foods shipped interstate or imported into the United States, have less recall clout than the state of Texas and several other US state agencies.

Other countries have equipped their national food safety enforcement agencies with mandatory recall authority. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has this tool in its enforcement arsenal. So does Food Standards Australia New Zealand. This tool is rarely used. Its mere existence is enough to ensure industry cooperation with a recall request.

For several years, members of Congress and food safety advocates have been urging the adoption of mandatory recall authority. The Food Safety Working Group should include this useful tool in its list of recommendations to President Obama.

Voluntary Compliance works best when the risk of non-compliance outweighs the reward.

March 23, 2009 Update

In a further illustration of the need for mandatory recall authority at the federal level, FDA today warned consumers against eating peanuts and peanut products sold by Westco Fruit and Nuts Inc. This warning was issued after the company declined to issue a voluntary recall of products that contained peanuts supplied by the Blakely, GA facility of Peanut Corporation of America.

Cholera Oozes Across Africa

March 23, 2009

In the three months since we last visited Africa, cholera has continued its usual seasonal spread across the continent – helped, as always, by lack of access to safe drinking water, limited availability of health care, and an inadequate supply of toilets.

As of March 16th, the death toll in Zimbabwe's long-running cholera epidemic had reached 4,035 and the number of recorded cases surpassed 91,000. But there are signs that the epidemic is starting to abate. The number of new cases has fallen from a peak of nearly 8,000 per week to only 4,000-4,500 per week.

But, while the epidemic is showing early signs of running down in Zimbabwe, outbreaks of cholera have emerged elsewhere in Africa.

Angola reported three cholera cases last Friday, after flooding induced by heavy rains left 33,000 people homeless in the southern part of the country.

Botswana has confirmed 15 cases of cholera, with an additional 40 cases under investigation, according to a report released last week.

Kenya has been hard-hit recently. The national government issued a cholera alert last Tuesday, while revealing that the disease recently had killed 25 people, and infected 551 in various parts of the country. This is in addition to the 369 cases and 16 deaths reported in February.

Malawi has suffered its worst cholera outbreak in six years, with 4,697 cases and 104 deaths since the start of this year's rainy season in January.

Mozambique reported 30 new cases since the end of February. At least seven victims died.

South Africa has gained control over its cholera outbreak, reporting only 8 new cases per day – down from 200 per day in January. Many of the cases reported in the northern province of South Africa were Zimbabweans who crossed the border into South Africa to gain treatment that was unavailable in their own country.

Zambia reported six new cholera victims, one of whom has died. The outbreak was blamed on unsanitary conditions and unsafe drinking water drawn from Lake Kariba.

The rainy season in southern Africa usually runs from October to April. Once it has passed, the worst of the cholera season will be over for another year.

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Norovirus: Not Just a Nursing Home Nemesis

March 22, 2009

We were reminded this past week that Norovirus, which is so often associated with nursing home and hospital outbreaks of gastroenteritis, also can be transmitted in raw seafood.

The Virginia Department of Health issued a recall notice yesterday for raw oysters harvested from the waters along a section of Mississippi's Gulf Coast. Those oysters had been linked to a recent outbreak of Norovirus gastroenteritis among eleven patrons of a Chattanooga, Tennessee restaurant.

FDA has warned consumers, retailers and food service operators to avoid selling or consuming "...oysters harvested between Feb. 24 and March 17, 2009, from Mississippi Area 2C, located in the Mississippi Sound portion of the Gulf of Mexico near Pass Christian, Miss." FDA is working with Mississippi to determine the origin of the contamination. The state has closed the affected area to further harvesting until the source of the Norovirus has been found and the problem corrected.

Last month, Alaska also traced an outbreak of Norovirus to the consumption of raw oysters. The 10 victims had attended a Sitka Superbowl party where raw oysters were served. Norovirus was recovered from the victims and from the same batch of raw oysters that was served at the party.

Norovirus also is suspected of being behind the recent outbreak of gastroenteritis that resulted in the temporary closure of The Fat Duck, a three-star (Michelin Guide) restaurant located in Bray, Berkshire, UK. According to recent news reports, three members of the restaurant's staff have tested positive for Norovirus.

Contracting Norovirus gastroenteritis as a result of consuming raw oysters is not rare. In the 1990s, the virus was recognized as the most common single cause of shellfish-associated gastroenteritis. A 1998 Norovirus outbreak in California that affected 171 individuals was traced to contaminated oysters.

Nor is this source of Norovirus limited to US coastal waters. In recent years, Norovirus-contaminated raw oysters have been the source of gastroenteritis outbreaks in Canada, Australia and France.

Why are oysters such a common vehicle for transmitting Norovirus? Oyster beds, whether wild or farmed, are located in coastal waters – those same waters that are susceptible to runoff contamination from shore. Oysters filter their food from water, concentrating both their nutrients and any biological or chemical contaminants that may be in the water. Including Norovirus.

It takes no more than a few Norovirus particles to trigger a case of gastroenteritis. The next time you sit down at an oyster bar, think about where those oysters may have been and what they might contain.

Then think again.

Recall Roundup: March 22, 2009

Peanut Butter Outbreak Recalls

Amy's Decadent Chocolates LLC

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Saturday, March 21, 2009

Recall Roundup: March 21, 2009

Peanut Butter Outbreak Recalls

Frankly Natural Bakers™

The Scotts Company LLC (expansion of wild bird suet food recall)

United States

Food Safety Alert: den Dulk Poultry Farms recalls organic eggs, shipped to Costco and Safeway in Northern California and Western Nevada, due to possible Salmonella contamination

Food Safety Alert: Virginia Department of Health recalls raw oysters harvested in Mississippi that were linked to a norovirus outbreak at a Tennessee restaurant

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Pet Snack Peanut Butter Recalls

Updated March 21, 2009

Original article posted January 25, 2009

The US Food and Drug Administration has posted several recall notices for pet snacks that may contain peanut butter or peanut paste manufactured by Peanut Corporation of America. These products are at risk of being contaminated with Salmonella Typhimurium.

The following list of recalls will be updated as more information becomes available.

Alaska Canine Cookies

Alaska Canine Cookies has recalled the following pet treats, distributed in the company's four stores (Anchorage, downtown Anchorage in the 5th Avenue Mall, Homer and Wasilla) and on their website. In addition to the indicated packaging, all three flavors were also available in bulk quantities on request.

Peanut Butter, Power Bone and Carrot Cake flavors of Canine Cookies: "Filled with Fun" diagonally striped bag containing 3 large bones; "Woof Pack" - 15 oz bag labeled "Alaska Woof Pack" with Husk E. Dog on the front, containing approximately 45 medium bones; No UPC; No product code
Lollipup Canine Cookie, Peanut Butter flavor only: 1 oz bag with Husk E. Dog on the front, containing 1 large bone; No UPC; No product code
Polar Pooch Pouch, Carrot Cake flavor only: 5 oz bag with Husk E. Dog on the front, containing 12 medium bones; No UPC; No product code

American Health Kennels, Inc.

American Health Kennels has recalled the following American Health Kennels brand of baked dog treats.

Creamy Peanut Butter Cookie Bars: UPC #725999522004; Best Before 11/09
PB & Carob Chips Cookie Bars: UPC #725999523001; Best Before 11/09
Lucious Carob Cookie Bars: UPC #725999521007; Best Before 11/09
Cookiebar Assortment Cookie Bars (4-pack): UPC #725999538005; Best Before: 11/09
Peanut Butter Crunch (12 oz): UPC #725999001103; Best Before 11/09
Peanut Butter Crunch (16 oz): UPC #725999161104; Best Before 11/09
Bark Bars Peanut Butter (1.5oz Jumbo): UPC #725999000168
Bark Bars Peanut Butter (2.25 Pillow Pack): UPC #725999333105
Bark Bars Peanut Butter (2.5lb canister): UPC #725999005064
Bark Bars Peanut Butter (5lb bulk): UPC #725999001257
Bark Bars Peanut Butter (6oz Smiles): UPC #725999530009
Bark Bars Peanut Butter Giggles: UPC #725999530009
Christmas Stocking (6oz): UPC #725999000175
Christmas Card Mailer: UPC #725999513003
Birthday Mailer: UPC #725999528006; Best Before 11/09
“With Love” Hearts: UPC #725999512944; Best Before 11/09
Holiday Smiles: UPC #725999222300; Best Before 11/09
100 Calorie (2oz Pillow Pack): UPC #725999539101; Best Before 11/09
100 Calorie (14oz dispenser): UPC #725999539200; Best Before 11/09
Gravity Trial (2oz): UPC #725999400166; Best Before 11/09
Bark Bars Minis: UPC #72599953300; Best Before 11/09
Bark Bars Animal Snackers (3oz): UPC #725999512098; Best Before 11/09
Bark Bars Animal Snackers (12oz): UPC #725999512098; Best Before 11/09
Bark Bars Milk & Cookies: UPC #725999333808; Best Before 11/09
Dog Ate My Homework (Jumbo): UPC #725999531006; Best Before 11/09
Dog Ate My Homework (2oz Pillow Pack): UPC #725999535004; Best Before 11/09
Bark Bars Naughty or Nice: UPC #725999530092; Best Before 11/09
Bark Bars Carob & Peanut Butter (2.5lb canister): UPC #725999005071; Best Before 11/09
Bark Bars Carob & Peanut Butter (2.25oz Pillow Pack): UPC #725999333402; Best Before 11/09
Bark Bars Carob & Peanut Butter (5lb bulk): UPC #725999003251; Best Before 11/09
Bark Bars Brownie Delight (12oz): UPC #725999003107
Bark Bars Brownie Delight (5lb bulk): UPC #725999003251; Best Before 11/09

American Nutrition, Inc.

American Nutrition has recalled the following baked dog treats, distributed in the United States and Canada, including in Wal-Mart, Smith's, Ralphs, Food 4 Less, Fry's and Fred Meyer stores

American Nutrition Vita Bone Flavors Large Dog Treats (48oz. box): UPC #0 12623 73480 4; Best Before All Dates prior to JAN 18 10
American Nutrition Vita Bone Flavors Medium Dog Treats (24oz. box): UPC #0 12623 73241 1; Best Before All Dates prior to JAN 18 10
American Nutrition Vita Bone Flavors Small Dog Treats (24oz. box): UPC #0 12623 73240 4; Best Before All Dates prior to JAN 18 10
American Nutrition Vita Snacks Peanut Butter (3oz. plastic bag): UPC #UPC 0 12623 81315 8; Best Before All Dates prior to 01/18/10
Farm Style Small Assorted Dog Biscuits (5 lb. plastic bag): UPC #0 78601 90205 4; Best Before All Dates prior to 01/18/10
Hill Country Fare Small 5 Flavor Dog Biscuits (4 lb. plastic bag): UPC #0 41220 52080 0; Best Before All Dates prior to JAN 18 10
Hill Country Fare Small Peanut Butter Dog Biscuits (4 lb. plastic bag): UPC #0 41220 17538 3; Best Before All Dates prior to JAN 18 10
Integrity Small Assorted Dog Biscuits (4 lb. plastic bag): UPC #0 64237 14639 8; Best BeforeAll Dates prior to 01/18/10
Northwest Royal Small Dog Biscuits Assorted Flavors (5 lb. plastic bag): UPC #0 71357 00337 2; Best Before All Dates prior to 01/18/10
Mill Creek Premium Large Assorted Dog Biscuits (20 lb. box): UPC #0 78601 95106 9; Lot Codes 001A7xxx to 018A9xxx
Mill Creek Premium Small Assorted Dog Biscuits (20 lb. box): UPC #0 78601 95105 2; Lot Codes 001A7xxx to 018A9xxx
Premium Smarty Dog Biscuits Assorted Flavors Small (4 lb. plastic bag): UPC #0 41512 04609 4; Best Before All Dates prior to JAN 18 10
Springfield Prize Multi-Flavor Dog Biscuits (26 oz. box): UPC #0 41380 14169 3; Best Before All Dates prior to JAN 18 10
Springfield Prize Multi-Flavor Dog Biscuits (4 lb. plastic bag): UPC #0 41380 13965 2; Best Before All Dates prior to 01/18/10
Western Family Biscuits Multi-Flavor (10 lb. box): UPC #0 15400 06229 9; Best Before All Dates prior to JAN 18 10
Western Family Biscuits Multi-Flavor (4 lb. plastic bag): UPC #0 15400 06408 8; Best Before All Dates prior to JAN 18 10
Western Family Biscuits Multi-Flavor (18 oz. box): UPC #0 15400 03886 7; Best Before All Dates prior to JAN 18 10
Next Gen Pet Products Small Assorted Biscuits (30 lb. box): No UPC; Lot Codes 001A7xxx to 018A9xxx
Small Assorted Dog Biscuits-Bulk (1/25# box): No UPC; Lot Codes 001A7xxx to 018A9xxx
Western Family (Canada only) Small Dog Biscuits 4 Assorted Flavors (2 Kg. plastic bag): UPC #0 62639 29585 1; Best Before All Dates prior to 01/18/10
Yeaster Small Assorted (30 lb. box): No UPC; Lot Codes: 001A7xxx to 018A9xxx

Breadfarm, Inc.

Breadfarm has recalled the following dog treat, sold in Washington State at the Bellingham, Mount Vernon, and Everett Farmer's Markets and at the Breadfarm retail location in Bow, Washington between January 2007 and October 2008.

Sirius Dog Treats (7 oz cellophane packages): No UPC; No date codes

Carolina Prime

PetSmart has announced that Carolina Prime recalled four peanut butter-filled dog treats and chews that contained peanut butter manufactured by PCA. The following products were available in PetSmart stores in the United States and Canada, and may also have been sold in other retail stores.

Carolina Prime 6" Rawhide Bone Peanut Butter: UPC #063725542005
Carolina Prime 4" Rawhide Bone Peanut Butter: UPC #063725542003
Carolina Prime 2pk Hooves Peanut Butter: UPC #063725542000
Carolina Prime 6" Beef Shank Peanut Butter: UPC #063725542007

Breadfarm, Inc.

Breadfarm has recalled the following products, sold in Washington State at the Bellingham, Mount Vernon, and Everett Farmer's Markets and at the Breadfarm retail location in Bow, WA between January 2007 and October 2008.

Sirius Dog Treats (7 oz cellophane packages): No labeling or code information

Nash Finch

Nash Finch has announced the recall of all sell-by dates of Puppy Chow Snack Mix, sold in a variety of package sizes and quantities in stores operated by the company in Colorado, Ohio, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Minnesota.

The following store brands are affected:

Avanza Supermarket
Econofoods (excluding stores in Sturgeon Bay, Clintonville, Marquette, Holton and Iron Mountain)
Family Fresh Market
Family Thrift Center
Food Bonanza
Pick'n Save (Ohio stores in Van Wert and Ironton only)
Prairie Market
SunMart Foods
Wholesale Food Outlet

PetSmart
PetSmart has recalled seven of its Grreat Choice® Dog Biscuit products, which were manufactured using peanut paste supplied by PCA. The following products, sold in PetSmart stores between August 21, 2008 and January 19, 2009, are included in the recall:

Small Assorted (32 oz.): UPC #73725702900
Small/Medium Assorted (4 lb.): UPC #73725700601
Small/Medium Assorted (8 lb.): UPC #73725700605
Small/Medium Assorted (10 lb.): UPC #73725702755
Large Assorted (8 lb.): UPC #73725700638
Extra Large Assorted (8 lb.): UPC #73725700779
Peanut Butter (4 lb.): UPC #73725700766

Salix

Salix has recalled specific lot codes of Healthy-Hide-Deli Wrap 3-Pack 5" Peanut Butter Filled Rawhide. The packages bear UPC #0-91093-33354. Affected lot numbers – located on the backside of the header card – are: A 08 208, A 08 212, A 08 232, A 08 234, A 08 263, A 08 264, A 08 268, A 08 275, A 08 276, and A 08 277.

Salix also has recalled specific lot codes of 1-count packages Healthy Hide 6" Peanut Butter Filled Shank Bone treats (UPC #0-91093-33479-0). The recall covers all lot codes between CP 20081508 and CP 20012209.

The recalled Salix Rawhide treats are sold over the Internet and in retail grocery and pet stores in the United States and Canada, including:

PetSmart: US and Canadian stores
Target
Wegmans Food Stores

Scotts Company LLC

Scotts has recalled the following suet wild bird food products, manufactured between December 27, 2008 and January 17, 2009. Scotts expanded its recall on March 20th to include additional items.

Morning Song Nutty Safari Suet (11 oz): UPC #0-86155-01110-8; Date codes 12-27-08, 12-29-08, 12-30-08, 01-17-09
Morning Song Woodpecker Suet – 3-Pack (1.78 lb): UPC #0-86155-22348-8; Date code 01-12-09
Royal Wing Raisin Suet (11.75 oz): UPC #7-49394-00336-4; Date Codes 01-05-09, 01-07-09
Morning Melodies Variety Suet - 3 CT (962g / 33.75 oz): UPC #0-86155-22124-8; Date Codes 12-29-08, 01-07-09, 01-08-09
Morning Song Variety 15-Pack Suet (15-suet multi-pack with feeder): UPC #0-86155-22291-7; Date Codes 12-27-08, 12-29-08, 01-05-09, 01-09-09, 01-12-09, 01-13-09, 01-16-09, 01-17-09

Shaw's Supermarkets
Shaw's has recalled the following Happy Tails and Shoppers Valu dog biscuits, because they may contain peanut butter manufactured by PCA.

Happy Tails Multi-Flavored Dog Biscuits (26 oz.): UPC #41163-42406
Happy Tails Multi-Flavored Dog Biscuits (4 lb.): UPC #41163-42403
Shoppers Valu Multi-Flavored Dog Biscuits (4 lb.): UPC #41130-30507

SUPERVALU

Hard on the heels of yesterday's report that a dog in Oregon may have become infected with Salmonella Typhimurium after eating Happy Tails dog biscuits purchased at Albertsons, FDA has released a recall notice from SUPERVALU, dated January 23, 2009. The SUPERVALU recall covers the following products.

Happy Tails Multi-Flavored Dog Biscuits (26 oz): UPC #41163-42406; Sold at ACME, Albertsons, Jewel-Osco and Shaw's/Star Market
Happy Tails Multi-Flavored Dog Biscuits (4 lb): UPC #41163-42403; Sold at ACME, Albertsons, Jewel-Osco, and Shaw's/Star Market
Shoppers Valu Multi-Flavored Dog Biscuits (4 lb): UPC 41130-30507; Sold at ACME and Shaw's/Star Market

Pet treats manufactured by the following companies are unaffected by this recall.

Mars PetCare

Mars posted the following statement on January 29th:

Mars remains unaffected by the expanded FDA recall of peanut products. All of our products are safe to enjoy, including all Mars Snackfood US products, Mars Food US products and Mars Petcare US products.

We do not receive or process any peanuts, peanut meal, peanut butter or peanut paste from Peanut Corporation of America, the company the FDA pinpointed as the source of contaminated product. We have not been asked by the FDA to recall any of our products as a result of the Peanut Corporation of America recall action.

At Mars, the majority of our products are manufactured using our own peanut butter made from our own roasted peanuts.

Natura Pet Products, Inc.

Natura has posted the following statement on its web site:

Natura Products Contain No Peanut Butter or Peanut Butter Paste, and are Not Impacted by Product Recalls

Natura Pet Products uses only peanuts and butter in its Mother Nature Peanut & Butter Biscuits. We use no peanut butter or peanut butter paste in any formulas. As an extra safety precaution, Natura has extended its already rigorous ingredient and product testing procedures for its Mother Nature Peanut & Butter Biscuits in order to assure our customers that these products are completely safe.

Old Mother Hubbard

OMH has posted the following statement on its website:

Wellness and Old Mother Hubbard Products Do Not Contain Peanut Butter, Peanuts or Peanut Products from Peanut Corporation of America

All Wellness and Old Mother Hubbard products are safe for pets to consume

No products made by Wellness/Old Mother Hubbard are affected by the recent peanut butter recall. Wellness and Old Mother Hubbard do not purchase any peanut butter, peanuts or peanut products from the Peanut Corporation of America.

All Wellness and Old Mother Hubbard products, including those that contain peanut butter are safe for pets to consume.

Consistent with our mission of providing uncompromising nutrition for dogs and cats, we are committed to healthy, high-quality and natural pet food ingredients and recipes.

Friday, March 20, 2009

Recall Roundup: March 20, 2009

Peanut Butter Outbreak Recalls

United States

Dietary Supplement Recalled: Bodee LLC recalls Zencore Plus, after FDA detects benzamidenafil in samples

Canada

Food Tampering Alert: Canadian Food Inspection Agency adds to list of luncheon meat kits that may contain sewing needles

Europe, Including the United Kingdom

Allergy Alert (UK): Interlink Direct recalls CQ Hotpot Seasoning Products
Food Safety Alert (UK): Damasgate Wholesale recalls Salmonella-contaminated Ayyam Zaman brand sesame seed paste halva
Unsafe Food Supplement (EU): UK Food Standards Agency and Sweden's Medical Products Agency warn consumers against food supplement Leppin Miradin, imported into Sweden from the United States and sold across Europe, which may contain a dangerous drug.

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Thursday, March 19, 2009

Recall Roundup: March 19, 2009

Peanut Butter Outbreak Recalls

Ultimate Nut and Candy Co.
Wilcoxson's Ice Cream Co., Inc.
Canadian Food Inspection Agency updates list of recalled peanut products sold in Canada

United States

Allergy Alert: Caudill Seed Company® recalls Wegmans Organic Butter Flavor Microwave Popcorn

Canada

Food Tampering Alert: Canadian Food Inspection Agency warns that certain luncheon meat kits and wieners may contain 50 mm. sewing needles

Asia, Africa and the Pacific

Doctored Meat Alert (Shanghai, China): Shanghai probes waterlogged beef food scare

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Food Safety Working Group: Modest Proposal #2

March 19, 2009

Two of the biggest food safety stories in 2008 concerned imported products – melamine-adulterated milk from China and Salmonella-contaminated Mexican peppers.

These incidents shone an intense, albeit brief, spotlight on some of the gaps in our surveillance of imported food products. Inevitably, one of the priorities of the Food Safety Working Group will be to recommend improvements to bolster our protection against contaminated imports.

The existing FDA Import Program is in a state of chaos. We heard reports last year of inadequate computer systems for screening import data, and an overloaded staff that was unable to cope with the volume of imports. FDA's Import Program System Information web page, intended to provide readers with an overview of the system, is incomplete and under revision.

Fortunately, there are some ready-made import program models that the Working Group can examine in preparing its recommendations for revamping the US Food Import Safety Program. One of these is Canada's. The other is the system used by Australia and New Zealand.

Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ) has defined two categories – "risk" and "surveillance" – for imported foods, and directs its surveillance activities accordingly.

The surveillance category includes foods that are considered to be of low risk. These imports are subjected to a random selection for testing. Five percent of low risk import shipments are inspected at the port of entry and sampled for lab analysis, if appropriate, under a "test and release" program.

"Risk" category imports face a much more stringent "test and hold" entry barrier, as the following description from the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service explains.

The Australian Customs Service refers 100% of risk category foods to AQIS for inspection and testing against a published list of potential hazards determined by FSANZ.

Risk category foods are initially inspected and tested at a rate of 100%. Once five consecutive consignments have passed inspection, the rate is reduced to 25%; after a further 20 consecutive passes, the rate is further reduced to 5%. Regardless of the manufacturer’s history of compliance, any consignments that fail will increase the rate of inspection and testing until a history of compliance is re-established.

The FSANZ program is supplier-based as well as country-based. It's not enough for consecutive consignments from a specific exporting country to pass these compliance criteria. Each individual exporting company must develop and maintain its own compliance history.

This approach to import screening has the great advantage of putting the onus directly onto the shoulders of each individual supplier to demonstrate the safety of its products. Conversely, a single "bad actor" from one country does not adversely impact the export capabilities of other suppliers from that country.

One could argue that the sheer number of food consignments entering the United States every day would make a system such as Australia's too expensive and unwieldy for US purposes. But there are ways to make this work. We could, for example,

Charge a user fee that would cover the cost of inspection and testing;
Offer importers the option of an accelerated clearance if they pre-clear their shipments using a government-accredited lab;
Develop an importer-accessible computer database system that would allow the accredited labs to submit their reports directly to FDA; and
Develop AND ENFORCE policies and rules that prevent an importer from "lab shopping".

No system of import surveillance can guarantee safety. But a functioning risk-based system that places the burden of proof where it belongs – on the shoulders of the manufacturers and importers – can limit the entry of contaminated food or beverages from outside the United States into the domestic food supply.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

The Strange SunSprout Salmonella Outbreak

March 18, 2009

On March 3rd, SunSprout Enterprises (Omaha, NE) recalled several production codes of Alfalfa, Onion, and Gourmet Sprouts after the company's sprouts were presumptively linked to a four-state outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul infections.

The recalled sprouts had been shipped to distributors in Iowa and Nebraska for resale to restaurants and retailers.

Since the March 3rd recall announcement, the number of suspect and confirmed outbreak cases has grown to as many as 140, including:

Iowa (as of March 3): 5 confirmed; 4 suspect
Kansas (as of March 6): 5 confirmed
Nebraska (as of March 17): 84 confirmed; 13 suspect
South Dakota (as of March 12): 5 confirmed; 24 suspect

With this many cases in a regional outbreak, one has to wonder why investigators have been unable so far to find the outbreak strain either in a sample of the implicated sprouts or in the production facility. Is there another possible explanation?

We know that the outbreak strain has been identified as Salmonella Saintpaul, the same Salmonella serogroup that was responsible for last year's jalapeño/serrano pepper outbreak. We haven't yet learned whether there is any similarity between the genetic fingerprints of the 2008 Salmonella Saintpaul and this year's outbreak strain.

We also know that raw sprouts often are used to garnish fresh salads. Could the source of the problem be a different salad item? Tomatoes? Lettuce? Cucumbers?

After last year's Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak, FDA did NOT add imported peppers from Mexico to its Automatic Detention Import Alert list. Instead, the agency chose to monitor imports and reject specific shipments if lab results warranted.

As we learned last year, this import surveillance program catches only a small percentage of contaminated foods. Even so, in January and February of this year, FDA reported several refusals of various produce items from Mexico after Salmonella was detected in the shipments – including a shipment of serrano peppers, and several shipments of fresh cucumbers.

It can be difficult – again, as we saw last year – to parse epidemiological reports and tease out a probable contamination source when several different foods usually are consumed together. The initial suspicion that has fallen on sprouts from SunSprout Enterprises may prove to be correct.

But we won't be surprised if the spotlight shifts to another possible outbreak source.

Recall Roundup: March 18, 2009

Peanut Butter Outbreak Recalls

United States

Allergy Alert: Detroit Popcorn Company recalls Butter, Cheese, Caramel and Jarrett's Popcorn products

Europe, Including the United Kingdom

Food Safety Recall (Germany): German supermarket chain Edeka recalls "Gut & Günstig" ground pork that may be contaminated with Salmonella.

Asia, Africa and the Pacific

Safety Alert (Vietnam): Bottled water produced by at least two companies is contaminated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. At least one of the companies has ignored two prior government orders to cease production.

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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

CDC Issues Final Web Update on Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak

March 17, 2009

According to CDC's "final update", released late this afternoon, contaminated peanuts and peanut products – processed and supplied by Peanut Corporation of America – have sickened at least 691 victims in 46 US states, killing nine of them. One Canadian also was infected after eating a contaminated peanut product. The contamination triggered recalls in the US, Canada, Asia and the UK.

The most recent outbreak-related illness reported to CDC began on February 24th. It usually takes 2-3 weeks for a report to reach CDC and be reflected in the outbreak totals.

CDC's decision to halt its regular updates does not mean that the outbreak is officially at an end. Rather, there are not enough new cases being detected at this point to warrant the release of weekly updates.

We are still being advised of peanut product recalls, but the frequency of those recall notices has dropped to just one or two daily. At the peak of the recall frenzy, there were as many as twenty recall notices issued in a single day.

While the outbreak and the recalls are winding down, the impact of this incident will be felt for years – by the outbreak victims, by the peanut industry, by PCA's creditors, and by its customers.

On the plus side, this outbreak has moved food safety to the new Administration's front policy burner.

As we've noted in other posts, President Obama has announced the formation of a Food Safety Working Group, which is charged with presenting him with recommendations to improve the country's food safety system. This announcement is a welcome byproduct of a very nasty food borne disease outbreak.

Meanwhile, consumers should still be wary of peanut products that they encounter on store shelves and in their pantries. We have been hearing that a significant amount of recalled foods are unaccounted for. Peanuts and peanut products that are "hot off the production line" should be safe, as are major national brands of peanut butter. Avoid any peanut-containing food items that show an expiration date of less than one year.

And clean out your pantry!

Recall Roundup: March 17, 2009

Peanut Butter Outbreak Recalls

Texas Star Nut & Food Company
Honest Foods™
Canadian Food Inspection Agency updates list of recalled peanut products sold in Canada
Kruse Farms Market

Canada

Allergy Alert: Brighton Beach Golden Chocolate Candy, product of USA, contains undeclared walnuts

Europe, Including the United Kingdom

Allergy Alert (UK): Wm Morrisons Supermarkets recalls own brand of Chunky Vegetable Curry
Food Safety Alert (UK): Active Brand Peanut Butter, manufactured in Ghana, contains excessive levels of aflatoxins

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Food Safety Working Group: Modest Proposal #1

March 17, 2009

Certain food borne diseases are "reportable" illnesses; that is, a lab diagnosis of the illness must be reported by medical practitioners to health authorities. In 1998, CDC inaugurated a system known as PulseNet, which receives information, including genetic fingerprints, on all of the reported cases in the United States. Since its inception, PulseNet has gone international, sharing data and genetic fingerprints cooperatively with many countries around the world.

US outbreaks of food borne diseases – Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes, E. coli O157:H7, Campylobacter, and Shigella – are recognized when CDC spots one or more clusters of cases that have a common genetic fingerprint. CDC then works with health investigators in the affected states to determine whether an outbreak is underway and to find its source.

If the source of the outbreak appears to be a food that is regulated by the FDA, that agency is called in. Likewise, the USDA becomes involved if the suspect product is regulated by that department. State departments of health and agriculture in those states where outbreak cases have been detected also participate in the investigation.

There are several points at which this multi-layered system for spotting outbreaks can bog down.

Food poisoning victims often do not seek medical attention. Most mild cases of illness never are reported.
Doctors do not always ask their patients to provide stool samples for lab analysis. Without lab analysis, cases go unreported.
Not all states are equally well equipped with facilities for genetic fingerprinting of pathogens. Clinical labs in these states may have to ship their cultures to another state for fingerprinting, causing reporting delays.
There may be delays in reporting information to PulseNet.
Overburdened staff at CDC (and its international partners) may not spot connections between individual cases from different geographic locations, until an outbreak has produced several illnesses from a single location.

Certain of these bottlenecks are difficult to remove. Someone with a mild case of gastroenteritis is unlikely to visit a doctor or clinic just to satisfy the needs of a national health surveillance system. But we would like to propose a couple of suggestions that might make a difference

Determine which states lack adequate facilities for carrying out full genetic fingerprint analysis of food borne pathogens, and provide federal funds to equip, staff, train, and maintain one such facility in each of these states.
Review the procedures for submitting information to PulseNet and make any necessary adjustments so that the process is as simple and user-friendly as possible.
Share real-time access to PulseNet data with the food safety community outside of government agencies.

Data sharing would allow outside parties to help spot incipient outbreaks and flag them to CDC for more careful screening. Some college professors might use PulseNet as a teaching aid, or assign class projects based on the data base. And microbiology-savvy bloggers – including yours truly – could monitor PulseNet on a regular basis, supplementing the resources available for detecting outbreaks, without any additional cost to the CDC.

In this age of instant information access, it would be wise for the Food Safety Working Group and CDC to examine ways to take advantage of outside expertise to supplement internal resources.

Monday, March 16, 2009

Risky Eating: Sprouts

March 16, 2009

The multi-state Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak that has been linked to contaminated alfalfa sprouts from SunSprout Enterprises, Inc. has grown. In South Dakota alone, state investigators have identified an additional 24 suspect cases. Five states have reported outbreak-related illnesses.

The Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak is the second recorded incident so far this year of Salmonella-contaminated alfalfa sprouts. Nor is 2009 exceptional in this regard.

For more than a dozen years, various types of seed sprouts – bean, radish, alfalfa and others – have been linked, epidemiologically or by lab analysis, to outbreaks of Salmonella and E. coli O157:H7.

Sprouts are especially prone to containing high numbers of bacteria, simply because of the conditions used to induce sprouting. Germination of sprout seeds is carried out under mild temperature conditions and in a moist environment – perfect conditions for the multiplication of bacteria, including Salmonella and E. coli O157:H7. Even the most conscientious sprout producer is at risk of growing a contaminated batch of sprouts.

There is no reliable way for a consumer to determine visually whether a particular package of sprouts may be contaminated. Fresh sprouts are just as risky as those at the end of their recommended shelf life. The only way to avoid contracting a food borne infection from eating sprouts is to refrain from consuming raw sprouts.

Unfortunately for those among us who used to enjoy a sprinkling of sprouts on top of a salad, this crisp, guilt-free alternative to high-calorie chick peas or croutons has become just one more form of risky eating.

Recall Roundup: March 16, 2009

Peanut Butter Outbreak Recalls

SCNS Sports Foods

United States

Food Safety Recall: Peregrina Cheese Corporation recalls queso fresco due to Listeria monocytogenes

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

Food Safety Working Group: Recommended Reading

March 16, 2009

In order to achieve an effective, efficient food safety regulatory system – one that assures a safe food supply at a cost we can afford – the new Food Safety Working Group will need to do its homework.

Specifically, we would expect this interdepartmental committee to:

Define the scope of the problem;
Study past efforts taken to revamp the US food safety system;
Study efforts made by other countries to reform their food safety systems; and
Determine what worked – and what fell short – in past reform efforts, both domestic and international.

As a first step in this review process, we would suggest a Required Reading list for Working Group members that includes at least the following items:

The Food Safety Strategic Plan issued by the President's Council on Food Safety, issued January 19, 2001 and shelved on President Bush's watch;
The transcript of the February 11, 2009 House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on The Salmonella Outbreak: The Continued Failure to Protect the Food Supply and associated documents;
Ensuring Safe Food: From Production to Consumption, National Academy Press, 1998;
US Government Accountability Office reports on food safety issues, including Selected Countries' Systems Can Offer Insights into Ensuring Import Safety and Responding to Foodborne Illness, issued in June 2008;
USDA Office of Inspector General Reports;
H.R. 875: Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009; and, in a reminder that those who don't learn from history are bound to repeat it,
Food Safety: Old Habits, New Perspectives, ASM Press, January 2007

Much of the leg work has already been carried out, especially by the President's Council on Food Safety. While some of the Council's observations and recommendations will need to be updated, most of its findings are still current.

It should not take another seven years – and several more major outbreaks – before the Working Group submits its recommendations to President Obama for action.

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Food Safety Working Group: The Challenges

March 15, 2009

Yesterday, we welcomed, with a sense of relief and hopefulness, President Obama's announcement that he is establishing a Food Safety Working Group to develop and present him with recommendations for improving the US food safety system.

This new group will be co-chaired by two Cabinet members – Agriculture Secretary Vilsack and Health and Human Services Secretary (nominee) Sibelius – and will include senior officials from departments and agencies that are involved in food safety regulation. We hope that it will also seek suggestions and recommendations from state, county and municipal food safety officials, as well as from other members of the food safety community – including eFoodAlert.

The country's food safety system, which already was under stress during the Clinton years, was allowed to deteriorate under the Bush Administration into its present – almost dysfunctional – state. Almost every part of the system is in need of repair, reconstruction or replenishment, beginning with the basic organizational architecture of today's interlocking and overlapping jurisdictions.

Here are just some of the questions that the Food Safety Working Group will need to address:

Is the current regulatory mandate (i.e., the laws and regulations), under which federal food safety agencies operate, adequate?
Should responsibility for food safety be consolidated into a single agency or cabinet level department, or should it remain divided among FDA, USDA, and other departments and agencies?
How can the safety of imported foods and ingredients best be assured?
How can cooperation between FDA, CDC and state agencies be improved to speed the recognition and investigation of food borne disease outbreaks?
Should the network of FDA and USDA regional laboratories be expanded, contracted, or remain unchanged?
How can FDA and USDA – as the two lead food safety agencies – become more proactive, rather than spending most of their resources responding to crises?
What can we learn from the experiences of other countries, including Canada and the United Kingdom, both of which revamped their respective food regulatory systems in the 1990's?

The basic structure of the present US food safety system is more than one hundred years old. Congress passed both the original Food and Drugs Act and the first Meat Inspection Act in 1906. The country's food safety regulatory structure – like the country's income tax structure – has evolved willy-nilly by amendments and regulations.

Congressional Representative Rose DeLauro has introduced a new bill for consideration by the House of Representatives – H.R. 875: Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009. It has been referred to Committee. Before this bill proceeds too far down the legislative path, the Food Safety Working Group should be permitted to carry out its thorough bottom-up review.

Let's not present the President with a legislative fait-accompli before the Food Safety Working Group has a chance to do its job.

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Recall Roundup: March 14, 2009

Peanut Butter Outbreak Recalls

Blue Heron Bakery
Chocolate Chewies, Inc.
Diabetic Emporium and Confectionary Shoppe, Ltd.
Dr. Smoothie Brands
Euphoria Chocolate Company
Kerry Ingredients & Flavours
Mighty-O
Premier Packing Company
Rock Creek Nut Company
Weaver Popcorn Company, Inc.
Canadian Food Inspection Agency adds to list of recalled peanut products sold in Canada

United States

Allergy Alert: Golden Chocolate International, Inc. warns of undeclared walnuts in Brighton Beach Candy
Food Safety Recall: Asia Cash & Carry Inc. recalls Crown Farms brand "Gulsha" Fish after FDA detects Salmonella
Mislabelled Food Recall: Bloom stores have recalled Swiss American cheeses due to a labeling error
Class II Food Recall: Khong Guan Corporation recalls Essence of Chicken Drink, because the chicken drink products were ineligible for import into the United States
Class II Food Recall: Kim Seng Company recalls granulated chicken bouillon products that were ineligible for import into the United States

Canada

Food Safety Recall: The Québec Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has announced four recalls of perishable low-acid foods that lack "Garder réfrigéré" (Keep refrigerated) and/or expiration date labeling. The recalled foods were processed or sold by Boucherie François Nadeau, Dépanneur Jean-Lou, Boucherie Au Royaume des Viandes, and Poissonnerie La Mer.

Europe, Including the United Kingdom

UK Allergy Alert: Morrisons Supermarkets recalls its own brand of Chunky Vegetable Soup due to the presence of undeclared gluten/barley

Asia, Africa and the Pacific

Philippines Food Safety Recall: Samuya Food Manufacturing, Inc. recalls Yummy Sweet and Creamy Peanut Spread after the Bureau of Food and Drugs detects Salmonella in the product

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

Food Safety: No Longer a "Policy Orphan"

March 14, 2009

Last December, as President Obama was introducing his prospective Cabinet nominees, we worried that food safety, once again, was being overlooked in the scramble to address the country's other pressing needs – the economic and banking crisis, health care accessibility, the education system, and the war on terror.

It took a billion-dollar Salmonella outbreak to get there, but food safety has joined these other issues on the Presidential Front Burner.

Today, in a weekly address devoted entirely to food safety, President Obama announced the creation of a Food Safety Working Group, to be chaired jointly by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Secretary of Agriculture. The President has charged this new Working Group, which will include senior officials from HHS, USDA, and other departments and agencies, to "... advise the President on improving coordination throughout the government, examining and upgrading food safety laws, and enforcing laws that will keep the American people safe."

During his address, President Obama also announced that the Department of Agriculture is closing the remaining regulatory loopholes, which have allowed so-called "downer" cattle (diseased and lame cattle) to enter the food supply. And he is injecting one billion dollars into the FDA to strengthen the US food safety system by adding food inspectors and modernizing FDA lab facilities.

Today's announcements by President Obama give us some hope that – for the first time in eight years – food safety finally has a friend in the White House.

Friday, March 13, 2009

Recall Roundup: A New eFoodAlert Feature

March 13, 2009

Beginning tomorrow, readers of eFoodAlert will be able to access a summary of food recall information in one convenient daily blog article.

The daily Recall Roundup feature will link eFoodAlert readers directly to each individual recall notice.

Regular eFoodAlert readers, no doubt, have noticed that the volume of food recalls has increased exponentially in recent months – especially as a result of the Peanut Corporation of America affair. By posting a daily summary that highlights live links to the official recall notices, we will continue to meet our readership's desire for current, complete and accurate recall information.

Introduction of the Recall Roundup feature also will allow us to devote more time and space to explain – and comment on – a wide range of food safety issues.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

More Canadian Ground Meat Recalled

March 12, 2009

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has announced a recall of the following ground meat products, which may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.

This recall follows on the heels of a recent recall of E. coli O157:H7-contaminated ground veal, which was prepared for New Zealand Lamb by Donald's Fine Foods of Richmond, BC.

The processor of the ground meats included in the present recall has not been identified, and there has been no indication of a link between the two recalls.

The following recalled items were sold in Manitoba, Ontario and Northwest Territories.

Regular Ground Beef (Dakota Family Foods, 1099 St. Mary's Rd., Winnipeg, MB): Packed on dates between March 2 and 9, 2009, inclusive
Lean Ground Beef (Dakota Family Foods, 1099 St. Mary's Rd., Winnipeg, MB): Packed on dates between March 2 and 9, 2009, inclusive
Ground Beef Regular (Family Foods, 1881 Portage Ave., Winnipeg, MB): Packed on dates between March 3 and 9, 2009, inclusive
Lean Ground Beef (Family Foods, 1881 Portage Ave., Winnipeg, MB): Packed on dates between March 3 and 9, 2009, inclusive
Ground Beef Extra Lean (Family Foods, 1881 Portage Ave., Winnipeg, MB): Packed on dates between March 3 and 9, 2009, inclusive
Range Fed Lean Ground Beef (Yellowknife Direct Charge Co-op, Yellowknife, NWT): Purchased between February 8 and March 10, 2009, inclusive
Lean Ground Beef (Shop Rite Fine Foods, Ignace, ON): Best before dates between 2009MR05 and 2009MR11, inclusive
Medium Ground Beef (Shop Rite Fine Foods): Best before dates between 2009MR05 and 2009MR11, inclusive

The following recalled products were sold in following British Columbia Thrifty Foods stores between 2009.FE.12 and 2009.MR.12, inclusive (appear on the bottom of the label): #1 - Fairfield, # 2 - Quadra, #3 - Mill Bay, #7 - Nanaimo, #8 - Colwood, #9 - Broadmead, #12 - Courtenay, #14 - Central Saanich, #16 - Longwood Station, #17 - Hillside, # 18 - Tsawwassen, #19 - Campbell River and #20 - Coquitlam.

Beef Ground Sirloin Extra Lean: UPC begins #2 91639
Extra Lean Ground Beef: UPC begins #2 01634
Extra Lean Ground Beef Family Pack: UPC begins #2 01639
Lean Ground Beef: UPC begins #2 01643
Lean Ground Beef Family Pack: UPC begins #2 01648
Meat Loaf (veal pork beef): UPC begins #2 01684
Medium Quality Ground Beef: UPC begins #2 01652
Medium Quality Ground Beef Family Pk: UPC begins #2 01657
Regular Quality Ground Beef: UPC begins #2 01661
Regular Quality Ground Beef F Pk: UPC begins #2 01666
Beef Ground Round: UPC begins #2 21643
Beef Ground Sirloin Extra Lean: UPC begins #2 11639
Lean Ground Beef: UPC begins #2 21648
Lean Ground Beef Family Pack: UPC begins #2 31648
Beef Burger Bacon Cheddar: UPC begins #2 71678
Beef Burger Blue Cheese: UPC begins #2 61678
Beef Burger Rsd Red Ppr Feta: UPC begins #2 51678
Beef Ground Chuck Patties BBQ Ssn: UPC begins #2 41648
Beef Burger Bacon Cheddar: UPC begins #2 21678
Stuffed Bell Peppers: UPC begins #2 91708
Beef Ground Chuck: UPC begins #2 21693
Beef Ground Sirloin: UPC begins #2 21699
Beef Ground Chuck: UPC begins #2 01693
Beef Ground Chuck Family Pack: UPC begins #2 31693
Beef Ground Sirloin: UPC begins #2 01699
Beef Lean Ground: UPC begins #2 11767
Beef Lean Ground Family Pack: UPC begins #2 21767

No illnesses have been reported.

Consumers should return the recalled items to the store for refund.

Peanut Butter Products: US Recalls, A-B

Updated March 12, 2009

Peanut Corporation of America supplied peanut butter to as many as 85 direct customers. Following is Part I (letters A-B) of the eFoodAlert list of US consumer product recalls of foods for human consumption.

Unless otherwise indicated below, recalled products were distributed through supermarket grocery chains, warehouse chains, independent grocery stores, convenience stores, and other retail outlets.

Abbott Nutrition

Abbott announced the recall of all sizes and quantities of ZonePerfect® Chocolate Peanut Butter bars, ZonePerfect® Peanut Toffee bars and NutriPals™ Peanut Butter Chocolate bars, distributed in the United States, Mexico, New Zealand and Singapore. No recalled products were exported to Canada. The company expanded its initial recall on February 16th.

Following is a consolidated list of recalled items. Unless otherwise indiciated, all codes and quantities of these products are subject to recall. The products were distributed across the United States through retail stores and direct delivery.

ZonePerfect Chocolate Caramel Cluster bars
Glucerna Chocolate Peanut bars
Champions Chocolate Peanut Butter Bar by EAS (40g size)
ZonePerfect Chocolate Peanut Butter bars
ZonePerfect Peanut Toffee bars
NutriPals Peanut Butter Chocolate nutrition bars

Albertus Koeze & Co.

Koeze has recalled milk chocolate covered peanuts sold in bulk from behind the candy counter in the two Allbertus Koeze & Company retail stores in Grand Rapids, MI and Wyoming, MI on or before February 20, 2009. No pre-packaged goods are included in this recall.

ALDI

ALDI has recalled all Cambridge cheese crackers with peanut butter, and all Grandessa peanut butter cookies. Some of the Cambridge crackers were produced for ALDI by Kellogg. ALDI's other supplier did not purchase peanut butter from PCA; nevertheless, the company has decided, in order to avoid consumer confusion, to recall the products regardless of the peanut butter source.

Allann Bros. Coffee

Allann Bros. has recalled the following products, sold in Oregon through café counter display cases in nine (9) "The Beanery Café" locations (in Albany, Corvallis, Salem, Eugene and Ashland), Table Rock Kiwanis (Central Point), Burrito Amigos and Java Generations (Eugene), Miss-Deb (Monmouth), and Big Ho (Independence).

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake (Individual slice): Sold 02/08/07 through 01/22/09
Chocolate Peanut Butter Bundts (Individual slice): Sold 01/09/07 through 01/22/09
Cowboy Cookies (Individual cookie): Sold 01/15/07 through 02/04/09
Monster Cookies (Individual cookie): Sold 04/18/07 through 01/22/09
Peanut Butter Cookies (Individual cookie): Sold 01/05/07 through 01/29/09
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies (Individual cookie): Sold 01/09/07 through 02/05/09
Peanut Butter Fudge Bars (Individual bar): Sold 02/16/07 through 12/15/08
Double Delicious Bars (Individual bar): Sold 01/11/07 through 01/29/09
Turtle Brownies (Individual brownie): Sold 08/15/07 through 11/23/09
Peanut Butter Fudge Cups (Individual cups): Sold 02/12/07 through 01/27/09
Peanut Butter Fudge Pie (Individual slice): Sold 01/03/07 through 02/29/09
Rice Pilaf (Display bowl): Sold 01/26/07
Sesame Peanut Noodle Salad (Display bowl): Sold 01/08/07 through 02/04/09
Thai Chicken Salad (Display bowl): Sold 01/04/07 through 02/03/09
Turkey Thai Peanut Soup (Soup Kettle): Sold 01/25/07 through 01/08/09
Peanut Butter (2 oz. plastic cup): Sold 01/01/07 through 02/05/09

Allegro Fine Foods, Inc.

Allegro has recalled WOW Thai Peanut Wing Sauce & Dressing, packaged in plastic gallon jugs with the code 07213 on the label. The sauce was distributed in 2007 in California, Montana, Colorado, Illinois, and Louisiana through WOW Café and Wingery (Covington, LA) and Sysco Food Service (Harahan, LA and Walnut, CA).

The Alps Candy

The Alps Candy has recalled the following product, distributed through The Alps retail store in Leavenworth, WA between 11/15/2007 and 1/15/2008.

The Alps Honey Roasted Peanuts - Peanuts and Honey (8 oz clear 6"x8"polyethylene heat-sealed bag): No UPC or lot codes; Pull date of 5-08 or 6-08

A.L. Schutzman Company

A.L. Schutzman has recalled the following products with Best By dates of 1/26/10 or earlier, distributed in certain regions of the United States.

Always Save, Best Choice and Kitty Clover brands were distributed by Associated Wholesale Grocers (Kansas City, KS) to independent grocery stores in approximately 25 states in the central United States. Always Save also was distributed by some Albertsons' Stores in the Southern and Southwestern United States. Centrella products were distributed by Central Grocers (Franklin Park, IL) to independent grocery stores in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana.

Always Save brand Dry Roasted Peanuts (16 oz. jars): UPC #70038-30375
Best Choice brand Dry Roasted Peanuts (16 oz. jars): UPC #70038-30381
Best Choice brand Dry Roasted Peanuts (8 oz. jars): UPC #70038-30380
Best Choice brand Dry Roasted Peanuts, Lightly Salted (16 oz. jars): UPC #70038-59661
Best Choice brand Dry Roasted Peanuts, Unsalted (16 oz. jars): UPC #70038-22546
Best Choice brand Honey Roasted Peanuts (16 oz. jars): UPC #70038-30383
Best Choice brand Nut Topping (2 oz. bags): UPC #70038-59821
Kitty Clover brand Dry Roasted Peanuts (16 oz. jars): UPC #699430-21664
Centrella brand Dry Roasted Peanuts (16 oz. jars): UPC #70980-22545
Centrella brand Dry Roasted Peanuts, No Salt (16 oz. jars): UPC #70980-22546

A.M. Braswell, Jr. Food Company, Inc.

A.M. Braswell, Jr. has recalled the following products (lot codes beginning with 7, 8 or 9), distributed for retail sale in Alabama, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin. Some of the products may also have been sold to retail customers in other states.

Braswell Food Company Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 422036
Braswell Food Company Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 421039
Avon Cider Mill Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Avon Cider Mill Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
B & B Fruit Stand Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Barefoot General Store Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Barnyard Produce Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Barnyard Produce Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Baskets Etc. Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Battleview Orchard Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Battleview Orchard Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Bayhill Accents, LTD. Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Bayhill Accents, LTD. Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Bayview Shop Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Bloomers Flower Shop Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Bo’tes Imports Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Borzynski Farm Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Briarpatch on 34, LLC Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Briarpatch on 34, LLC Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Brine’s Market, LLC Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Brine’s Market, LLC Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Brookside Restaurant Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Bucciarelli Farm Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Burke Garden Center Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Bushnell Farms Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Calabash Nautical Gifts Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Calabash Nautical Gifts Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Callahan’s General Store Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Celebrate Maryland Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Celebrate Redlands Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Chop Shop Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Chop Shop Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Church Street Market Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Confederate Cemetery Board Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Cook’s Shoppe Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Corinna’s Country House Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Davis Produce Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Dean’s Market Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Dean’s Market Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Dick & Jane’s Farm Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Dick & Jane’s Farm Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Di’s Antiques Old Stuff Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Doin’ The Charleston Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Doin’ The Charleston Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Donna’s #6 Produce Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Donna’s #6 Produce Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Driskell’s Foods Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Driskell’s Foods Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Fillet & Vine Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Fillet & Vine Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Fool On The Hill Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Fool On The Hill Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Ford Flower Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Ford Flower Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Franklin’s General Store Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Franklin’s General Store Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Fresh Approach Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Fresh Approach Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
From The Heart, LLC Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Galena Canning Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Galena Canning Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
GCB Partners DBA All Sauced Up Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
GCB Partners DBA All Sauced Up Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
GA Association of Educators Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Gimbels Of Main Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Gordon County Farm Bureau Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Granville Cheese Inc. Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Graul’s Market Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Greene County Farm Bureau Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Grillmaster SGT Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Hahn’s Market Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Hahn’s Market Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Happy Cow Creamery Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Happy Cow Creamery Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Hilltop Produce Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Huck’s General Store Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Huffman’s Market Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Ingleside Plantation Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
J & K Gnatt DBA Willis Produce Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Jack In The Beanstalk Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Jackson County Farm Bureau Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Jacob’s Market, Inc. Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Jane’s Expressions Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Janssen’s Market Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Janssen’s Market Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Jefferson General Store Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Jefferson General Store Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Jekyll Books Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Kiefer Co. DBA Souvenir Village Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
L.H Webb & Son Market, Inc. Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
L.H Webb & Son Market, Inc. Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Lazy Gator Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Lazy Gator Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Lewis Jones Food Market Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Lindy’s Downtown Market Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Lloyd’s Florist Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Lloyd’s Florist Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Locust Grove Smoke House Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Locust Grove Smoke House Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Love From Minnesota Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
M & M Produce, Inc. Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
M & M Produce, Inc. Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Main Course Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Main Course Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Marietta Museum Of History Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Market Mixture, LLC Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Market Mixture, LLC Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Marshall Pottery Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Murphree’s Fruit & Vegetables Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
My Butcher & More C/O Meat Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Nanny’s Country Barn Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
North Shore Fruit Basket Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
North Shore Fruit Basket Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Oglethorpe County Farm Bureau Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Olde Home Place Shop Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Olde Home Place Shop Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Otto’s Produce Market Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Owl N’ Things Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Past Times Inc. Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Past Times Inc. Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Peaches Fruit & Produce Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Peaches Fruit & Produce Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Pearl Country Store Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Peoples Flower Shop Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Persnickety LLC Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Persnickety LLC Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Piggly Wiggly Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Plantation Shoppe Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Poplar Grove Plantation Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Poplar Grove Plantation Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Prissy’s Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Prissy’s Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
R.J.’s Steakery Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
R.J.’s Steakery Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Red Eagle Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Reid’s Orchard Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Rombach Farms Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Rombach Farms Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Sea Treasures Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Sea Treasures Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Seasons In The Sun Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Slater’s Great American Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Slater’s Great American Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Southern Museum Of Civil War Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Southern Museum Of Civil War Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Stein Mart Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Stoller Fisheries/OKOBOJI Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Stony Point Apiaries Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Susie’s Bake Shoppe Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Texas Best III Travel Plaza Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Texas Best III Travel Plaza Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Texas Store Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Toucan Market Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Toucan Market Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Trax Farms Market Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Vella Farms Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Walker County Farm Bureau Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Walt’s Market Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Walt’s Market Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Ward’s SuperMarket Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Ward’s SuperMarket Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Wellington Farm Market Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Whaley’s Market, Inc. Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
William Harris Homestead Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039
Ya’lls Texas Store Honey Roasted Peanuts (11oz can): UPC #041695 503032
Your Gifted Basket, Inc Skinless Salted Peanuts (10oz can): UPC #041695 504039

American Almond Products Company

American Almond has recalled the following products. FreshDirect brand Peanut Butters were distributed from their Long Island City, NY location. The other products were distributed to Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington, Illinois, Rhode Island and Puerto Rico.

American Almond Products brand Roasted Granulated Peanuts (5 pound cartons): UPC #717740505275; Lot #050708-525001
Roasted Granulated Peanuts (10 pound cartons): UPC #717740505381; Lot #031307-523001 through 010609-523001
Roasted Granulated Peanuts (30 pound cartons): UPC #717740505312; Lot #041807-521001 through 011409-521001
Roasted Granulated Peanuts (4 pound cans): UPC #717740505350 Lot #031307-529001 through 082108-529001
Peanut Brittle Crunch (5 pound cartons): UPC #717740806075; Lot #091508-590001 through 120408-590001;
Peanut Brittle Crunch (10 pound cartons): UPC #717740806037; Lot #101007-594001
Peanut Brittle Crunch (30 pound cartons): UPC 717740806020; Lot #031207-590001 through 010809-590001
Chunky Peanut Butter (40 pound pails): UPC 717740303093; Lot #032907-586001 through 102308-586001
Fresh Direct brand Honey Roasted Peanut Butter (16 ounce containers): UPC FD0300777433; Lot #091808-588001 through 010509-588001
Fresh Direct brand Chunky Peanut Butter (16 ounce containers): UPC FD0300777435; Lot #091708-586001 through 010509-586001

American Importing Company

American Importing has recalled the following products. The recall was announced on February 5th, but the notice was withdrawn to correct an error and was reissued today.

Food Club Chocolate Nut (28 oz.): UPC #036800-28501-9; Sell By dates 1-1-08 to 1-31-10
Food Club Raisin Nut (28 oz.): UPC #036800-28500-2; Sell By dates 1-1-08 to 1-31-10
HyVee Chocolate Nut (28 oz.): UPC #075450-04087-6; Sell By dates 1-1-08 to 1-31-10
HyVee Dk. Chocolate Cranberry (28 oz.): UPC #075450-04135-4; Sell By dates 1-1-08 to 1-31-10
HyVee Santa Fe (28 oz.): UPC #075450-04107-1; Sell By dates 1-1-08 to 1-31-10
HyVee Raisin Nut (28 oz.): UPC #075450-04082-1; Sell By dates 1-1-08 to 1-31-10
HyVee Chocolate Nut (9 oz.): UPC #075450-04078-4; Sell By dates 1-1-08 to 1-31-10
HyVee Santa Fe (6.5 oz.): UPC #075450-04110-1; Sell By dates 1-1-08 to 1-31-10
Valu Time Cajun Mix (6 oz.): UPC #011225-04750-3; Sell By dates 1-1-08 to 1-31-10
Valu Time Raisin Nut (8 oz.): UPC #011225-04749-7; Sell By dates 1-1-08 to1-31-10
Valu Time Sweet Nutty (8 oz.): UPC #011225-04748-8; Sell by dates 1-1-08 to 1-31-10
Gourmet Select Cajun Trail (6 oz.): UPC #639277-19791; Sell By dates 1-1-08 to 1-31-10
Gourmet Select Mixed Nuts (4.5 oz.): UPC #639277-78168; Sell By dates 1-1-08 to 1-31-10
Gourmet Raisin Nut (8 oz. & 7oz.): UPC #639277-49492-4; Sell By dates 1-1-08 to 1-31-10
Gourmet Select Sweet & Nutty (8 oz. or 7oz.): UPC #639277-49490; Sell By dates 1-1-08 to 1-31-10

Amway Global

Amway has expanded its recall of three Nutrilite® Energy bar products, and also has recalled XS® Energy Bars. The Nutrilite Energy Bars recall has been expanded to include all lot numbers starting with an 8. The combined recalls cover the following products, distributed by direct sales across the United States

Nutrilite® Vanilla Pretzel Energy Bar: SKU/UPC 10-6529; All lot codes starting with "8"
Nutrilite® Peanut Butter Energy Bar: SKU/UPC 10-6530; All lot codes starting with "8"
Nutrilite® Chocolate Nut Roll Energy Bar: SKU/UPC 10-6528; All lot codes starting with "8"
Product Intro Kit: SKU/UPC E9745; lot numbers 8275BPS1, 8275BPS2, 8275BPS3, 8275MSN1, 8275MSN2, 8275MSN3
XS® Energy Bar - Chocolate Nut Roll: SKU/UPC 71-1842: lot numbers 7197, 7198, 7208, 7211A, 7212A, 7212B, 7213A, 7213B, 7228A, 7228B, 7229A, 7277A, 7282A, 7276A, 7295A, 7296A

Annapolis Chocolate Co., Inc.

Annapolis Chocolate has recalled the following products, distributed nationwide to retail stores and mass merchants, and sold to fundraising organizations and mail order customers.

Mr. Chocolate Milk Chocolate with Peanut Butter Bar (2 oz): Lot #8044, 8056
Old Fashion Candy Company Milk Chocolate with Peanut Butter Bar (2 oz and 2.25 oz): Lot #7300 to 7365, 8001 to 8365, 9001 to 9008
Peanut Butter Paws (6 oz): Lot #8315
The Kidz Kompany Milk Chocolate with Peanut Butter Bar (3.5 oz and 2.25 oz): Lot #8033 to 8316
Peanut Butter Paws (6 oz): Lot #8315
Peanut Butter Bears (6 oz): Lot #8315
4-H Fundraising Milk Chocolate with Peanut Butter Bar (2.25 oz): Lot #8029, 8014, 8070, 8071, 8281
Wilson Candies Milk Chocolate with Peanut Butter Bar (2 oz and 2.25 oz): Lot #8028 to 8365
Penhurst Candy Co. Milk Chocolate with Peanut Butter Bar (3.5 oz and 2.25 oz): Lot #7300 to 7365, 8001 to 8365, 9001 to 9008
Taufelen Candy Co. Milk Chocolate with Peanut Butter Bar (2.25 oz): Lot #7300 to 7365, 8001 to 8365
Fortune Fundraising Milk Chocolate with Peanut Butter Bar (2 oz and 2.25 oz): Lot #8200 to 8303
Heart and Soul Candies Peanut Butter Meltaway Hearts (0.5 oz): UPC #842719000069; Lot #7300 to 7365, 8001 to 8325
S & S Candies Overload King Size Peanut Butter Cups (2.55 oz): UPC #633013245399, UPC # 633013818005; Lot #7304 to 7365, 8001 to 8319
The Candy Lady Milk Chocolate with Peanut Butter Bar (2 oz): Lot #8056, 8059, 8071
The Foreign Candy Co. El Dia de Los Muertos Milk Chocolate with Peanut Butter Bar (2 oz): Lot #8113, 8221, 8235
Merry Christmas Milk Chocolate with Peanut Butter Bar (2 oz): Lot #8113, 8221, 8235
Dazzling Delicacies Milk Chocolate with Peanut Butter Truffle Bar (2.25 oz): Lot #8070, 8113

Anna's Pantry LLC

Anna's Pantry has recalled the following products, sold through gift shops – at retail and/or in gift baskets – in Oregon and Washington State between January 1, 2007 and January 23, 2009, inclusive.

Anna's Pantry Honey Roasted Peanuts: 1.5 oz, 3 oz, 10 oz sizes; No lot code; No UPC
Anna's Pantry Cocktail Snack Mix: 3 oz, 7 oz sizes; No lot code; No UPC
Anna's Pantry Roasted and Salted Mixed Nuts: 1.5 oz, 3 oz, 10 oz sizes; No lot code; No UPC

Annie B's Confections

Annie B's has recalled the following products, either sold nationally through QVC and QVC.com and purchased after August 11, 2008, or sold wholesale to food distributors, restaurants, caterers, hotels and B&B inns in New Jersey and Pennsylvania and identified with a production date code of 080801 through 081231.

Annie B's® Miniature Variety Classic: Product code MVC5
Annie B's® Variety Two Miniatures: Product code VTM5
Annie B's® Peanut Butter Swirl Bar: Product code PBSB11
Annie B's® Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake: Product code CPB4
Annie B's® Individual Peanut Butter Mousse: Product code IPB3
Annie B's® Crunchy Peanut Brownie: Product code PBCB11
Annie B's® Chocolate Peanut Butter Miniatures: Product code CPBM5
Annie B's® Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake: QVC Product code M106327; Annie B's Product code C02008
Annie B's® Classic Miniature Collection: QVC Product code M106333; Annie B's Product code M00236

Arbonne International, LLC

Arbonne has expanded its initial recall to include all of the following lots of Arbonne Figure 8 Peanut Butter Chews.

A8296-8291, A8331-8291, A8331-8309, B8331-8309, C8331-8309, A8336-8291, C7075-7073, B7075-7073, A7075-7073, B7079-7073, B7302-7296, B7170-7166

The recalled items were sold as individual packages and as components of the Go Figure 8 30-Day Program Set and the Figure 8 Ready, Set, Go! Vanilla product bundles. Arbonne products are distributed nationwide in the United States and Canada through Arbonne independent consultants. The recalled items were shipped between January 1, 2007 and January 19, 2009.

Arico Natural Foods Company

Arico has recalled certain peanut butter cookies and peanut butter cookie bars, which were sold in health food and grocery stores across the United States and Canada. Only the following products are affected:

Arico Peanut Butter Cookies (4.76 oz stand-up pouch): UPC #1 82363 00022 1; Sell-by dates 080309 and 100509 (Date code on the top, front, left of each pouch, OR on case label as 08/03/09 and 10/05/09)
Arico Peanut Butter Cookie Bars (1.4 oz): UPC #1 82363 00006 1; Sell-by date of AUG0409; M03098 (Date code on the middle, back of individual bar wrapper, OR on the case label as 08/04/09)

Aspen Hills, Inc.

Aspen Hills has recalled several cookie dough products, sold nationwide in 3 lb. pails and 3 lb. corrugated boxes from September 23, 2008 through December 13, 2008 to distributors who are involved in fund raising.

The following list includes items recalled by the company on January 22nd and February 18th

Baker Jo's Peanut Butter, Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk, and Monster (3 lb. pails): Date codes 08273, 08281
Ovens of Ashley Monster (3 lb. pails): Date code 08273
Gourmet Cookie Dough Peanut Butter, and Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk (3 lb. pails): Date code 08273
Gigi's Peanut Butter (3 lb. pail): Date code 08281
Gigi's Peanut Butter, (3 lb. corrugated box): Date code 08277
Arizona Gold Peanut Butter, and I love Peanut Butter (3 lb. pails): Date code 08281
ABC Dough Peanut Butter (3 lb. pails): Date codes 08261, 08263, 08268, 08277, 08288, 08297
ABC (Pail): Shipped 11/13/08
Apple Mountain Peanut Butter (pail): Date code 08309
Baker Jo's Pre-Portioned Peanut Butter with Chocolate Chunks (box): Date code 08282
Baker Jo's Peanut Butter with Chocolate Chunks (pail): Date codes 08269, 08288, 08295, 08302, 08309, 08317, 08324, 08337
Gourmet Cookie Dough JT Ent Peanut Butter with Chocolate Chunks (pail): Date codes 08269, 08288, 08295, 08317
Arizona Gold Peanut Butter with Chocolate Chunks (pail): Date codes 08269, 08295, 08302, 08309, 08317, 08324, 08337

Atkins Nutritionals, Inc.

Atkins has recalled certain lot codes of the following four products, distributed in the United States and Canada.

Advantage Chocolate Peanut Butter bar: APR 08 2009, APR 09 2009, APR 10 2009, APR 17 2009, APR 18 2009, APR 29 2009, MAY 06 2009, MAY 07 2009, MAY 12 2009, MAY 16 2009, JUN 05 2009, JUN 11 2009, JUN 12 2009, JUN 13 2009, JUN 27 2009, JUN 28 2009, JUL 09 2009, JUL 22 2009, JUL 24 2009, JUL 25 2009, JUL 30 2009, JUL 31 2009, AUG 07 2009, AUG 08 2009, AUG 09 2009, AUG 21 2009, AUG 22 2009, SEP 03 2009, SEP 15 2009, SEP 16 2009, SEP 17 2009, SEP 26 2009, SEP 30 2009, OCT 01 2009, OCT 30 2009, OCT 31 2009, NOV 05 2009, NOV 06 2009, NOV 07 08 K, NOV 11 2009, NOV 28 2009, DEC 08 2009, DEC 09 2009, DEC 17 2009, DEC 18 2009, DEC 19 2009, JAN 15 2010, JAN 16 2010, JAN 22 2010, JAN 23 2010
Advantage Peanut Fudge Granola bar: APR 08 2009, APR 08 2009, APR 09 2009, MAY 06 2009, MAY 07 2009, MAY 23 2009, MAY 26 2009, JUN 04 2009, JUN 05 2009, JUN 18 2009, JUN 19 2009, JUN 26 2009, JUL 08 2009, JUL 09 2009, JUL 17 2009, JUL 23 2009, AUG 08 2009, SEP 08 2009, SEP 09 2009, SEP 26 2009, OCT 02 2009, OCT 29 2009, NOV 03 2009, NOV 04 2009, NOV 05 2009, NOV 28 2009, DEC 03 2009, DEC 16 2009, DEC 19 2009, JAN 05 2010, JAN 23 2010
Day Break Peanut Butter Fudge Crisp bar: OCT 20 2009, OCT 21 2009, NOV 13 2009, NOV 14 2009, NOV 28 2009, DEC 03 2009, DEC 05 2009, DEC 19 2009, JAN 22 2010
Endulge Peanut Caramel Cluster bar: All "Best by" dates

Aurora Products, Inc.

On February 2nd and February 13th, Aurora recalled the following products, bearing a Best if Used by date of 10/1/2007 through 10/28/2009, and distributed in one or more of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Delaware, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Michigan, South Carolina, Florida, Louisiana, Texas and Bermuda.

Peanuts, Roasted Salted (10 oz Plastic Cup): UPC # 65585200090; Best if Used by 10/1/2007 to 10/28/09
Peanuts, Roasted Salted (Bulk): No UPC; Best if Used by 10/1/2007 to 10/28/09
Peanuts, Roasted Salted (3 oz Mini Cup): No UPC; Best if Used by 10/1/2007 to 10/28/09
Peanuts, Roasted Un Salted (10 0z Plastic Cup): UPC #65585200088; Best if Used by 10/1/2007 to 10/28/09
Peanuts, Roasted Un Salted (Bulk): No UPC; Best if Used by 10/1/2007 to 10/28/09
Mixed Nuts Salted (4.5 oz Mini Cup): No UPC; Best if Used by 10/1/2007 to 10/28/09
Mixed Nuts Salted (5 oz Mini Cup): No UPC; Best if Used by 10/1/2007 to 10/28/09
Mixed Nuts, Salted, (5 oz Pouch): UPC #65585200252; Best if Used by 10/1/2007 to 10/28/09
Mixed Nuts Salted (9 oz Plastic Cup): UPC #65585200084; Best if Used by 10/1/2007 to 10/28/09
Mixed Nuts Salted (20 oz Family Tub): UPC #65585200340; Best if Used by 10/1/2007 to 10/28/09
Mixed Nuts Salted (Bulk): No UPC; Best if Used by 10/1/2007 to 10/28/09
Mixed Nuts Un Salted (9 oz Plastic Cup): UPC #65585200243; Best if Used by 10/1/2007 to 10/28/09
Mixed Nuts Un Salted (Bulk): No UPC; Best if Used by 10/1/2007 to 10/28/09
Cranberry Health Trail Mix (3 oz Mini Cup): No UPC; Best if Used by 10/1/2007 to 10/28/09
Cranberry Health Trail Mix (4.5 oz Pouch): UPC#65585200206; Best if Used by 10/1/2007 to 10/28/09
Cranberry Health Trail Mix (9.25 oz Plastic Cup): UPC #65585200288; Best if Used by 10/1/2007 to 10/28/09
Cranberry Health Trail Mix (21 oz Family Tub): UPC #65585200585; Best if Used by 10/1/2007 to 10/28/09
Cranberry Health Trail Mix (Bulk): No UPC; Best if Used by 10/1/2007 to 10/28/09
Hikers Trail Mix (9.5 oz Plastic Cup): UPC #65585200150; Best if Used by 10/1/2007 to 10/28/09
Hikers Trail Mix (Bulk Plastic Cup): No UPC; Best if Used by 10/1/2007 to 10/28/09
Cranberry Honey Nut with Soy (3 oz Mini Cup): UPC #65585200538; Best if Used by 10/1/2007 to 10/28/09
Cranberry Honey Nut with Soy (9.5 oz Plastic Cup): UPC #65585200395; Best if Used by 10/1/2007 to 10/28/09
Cranberry Honey Nut with Soy (Bulk): No UPC; Best if Used by 10/1/2007 to 10/28/09
Berry Nutty Trail Mix (10 oz Plastic Cup): UPC #65585200161; Best if Used by 10/1/2007 to 10/28/09
Raisin Nut Party Trail Mix (11 oz Plastic Cup): UPC #65585200094; Best if Used by 10/1/2007 to 10/28/09
Raisin Nut Party Trail Mix (Bulk): No UPC; Best if Used by 10/1/2007 to 10/28/09
Caribbean Crunch Grail Mix (17.5 oz Plastic Cup): UPC #65585200474; Best if Used by 10/1/2007 to 10/28/09
Caribbean Crunch Grail Mix (Bulk): No UPC; Best if Used by 10/1/2007 to 10/28/09
Organic Peanuts, Raw (10 oz. plastic cup): UPC #65585200445; Best if Used by 1/01/2007 to 4/02/09
Organic Roasted Salted Peanuts (10 oz. plastic cup): UPC #65585200446; Best if Used by 1/01/2007 to 4/02/09
Organic Roasted Unsalted Peanuts (10 oz. plastic cup): UPC #65585200155; Best if Used by 1/01/2007 to 4/02/09

Austinuts Wholesale, Inc.

Austinuts has extended its earlier recall to include all three of the following products:

Honey Roasted Peanuts: UPC 798612-19004, 798612-19008, 798612-19025, or any product labeled Honey Roasted Peanuts; All lot numbers beginning with the letter "P" and ending with the code "19000PB"
Sweet & Spicy Snack Mix: UPC 798612-24208; All lot numbers beginning with the letter "P" and ending with the code "24200PB"
Organic Peanuts, Dry Roasted Salted and Unsalted: Consumer PLU's 41399 or 41400; All lot numbers ending with the code "60500PB" or "60600PB"

The Sweet & Spicy Snack Mix was sold only in Texas; the other products were available nationwide.

Bad Byron's SFP, Inc.

Bad Byron's has recalled the following item, produced prior to 10-10-2007 and distributed nationwide prior to 2-11-2008.

Bad Byron's Butt Rub Roasted Peanuts (12 oz tins): UPC #4492358599; Produced prior to 10-10-2007; Distributed prior to 2-11-2008

Balance Bar Company

Balance Bar has recalled the following product distributed to retail stores and foodservice operators across the United States.

Honey Peanut Balance Bars (1.76 oz/50g individual bar or 26.4 oz box of 15 bars): UPC #750049 000102

Bass Pro Shops®

Bass has recalled the following Uncle Buck's® Candy products, which were sold in Bass Pro Shops® stores across the United States.

Burnt Peanut (12 oz. bag): UPC #0 52545 02132 3
Burnt Peanut (3.8 oz. bag): UPC #7 52545 07132 7
No Sugar Added Peanut Cluster (10 oz. bag): UPC #0 52545 10341 8
No Sugar Added Chocolate Peanuts (13 oz. bag): UPC #0 52545 10344 9

Bear Naked

Bear Naked has recalled certain date codes of Bear Naked All-Natural Appalachian Trail Mix products. The recalled products carry a "Best if Used Before" date prior to February 01, 2010, and one of the following UPC codes: 85641600187, 85641600141, 85641600174, 85641642518, 85641600189 and 88462343792.

On February 17th, Bear Naked recalled the following additional products.

Bear Naked® All-Natural Peanut Butter Granola (12 oz): UPC #8-5641600100; Better If Used Before date prior to Feb 01, 2010
Bear Naked® All-Natural Peanut Butter Granola with Heavenly Chocolate (12 oz): UPC #8-5641600185; Better If Used By date prior to Feb 01, 2010

Bear Stewart Corporation

Bear Stewart has recalled peanut butter cookies, sold at bakeries, restaurants, grocery stores and food service facilities across the United States. The recall covers the following items, dated January 1, 2007 through December 4, 2008.

Peanut Butter Cookie Batter, #9740 (18 lbs pail): UPC #68501 09740
Preformed Peanut Butter Cookies #8741 (1.0oz/216ct): UPC #06850 18741
Preformed Peanut Butter Cookies #9741 (1.5oz/216ct): UPC #68501 09741
Preformed Peanut Butter Cookies #9742 (2.5oz/144ct): UPC #68501 09742
Preformed Peanut Butter Cookies #9540 (2.5oz/144ct): UPC #68501 09540
Preformed Peanut Butter Cookies #9743 (3.5oz/90ct): UPC #68501 09743
Preformed Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies #9773 (3.5oz/90ct): UPC #68501 09773

Belfonte Ice Cream and Dairy Foods Company

Belfonte has recalled the following ice cream product, sold in retail and convenience stores in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma.

Belfonte Square Home Run Sundae (1/2 Gal): UPC #83057-01023-9; Dates 04/08/2009 and 05/29/2009

Beneficial Foods / Nature's Candy

Beneficial Foods has recalled the following products, distributed nationally through distributors, retail stores and mail order.

Nature's Candy Peanut Butter Krinkles (24-1.7 oz.): UPC #0-54486-10011-2; Lot #x931
Nature's Candy Peanut Butter Krinkles (Family Packs): No UPC; Lot #x898
Nature's Candy Peanut Butter Krinkles (60 Pack Small Bulk): No UPC; Lot #6301, 6327, 6414, 6418, 6432, 6451
Nature's Candy Peanut Butter Krinkles (100 Pack Large Bulk): No UPC; Lot #6315, 6327, 6369, 6398, 6414, 6432
Nature's Candy Karob Krinkles (24-1.7 oz.): UPC #0-54486-10014-3; Lot #x891, x904, x933
Nature's Candy Karob Krinkles (Family Packs): No UPC; Lot #x905
Nature's Candy Karob Krinkles (Large Bulk): No UPC; Lot #6439
Nature's Candy Peanut Chip Crunch (24-1.7 oz.): UPC #0-54486-10208-6; Lot #6345, 6428
Nature's Candy Peanut Chip Crunch (2.1 oz.): UPC #0-54486-10238-3; Lot #6345, 6428
Beneficial Foods Omega-3 Uplift Bar Peanut Caramel (18-2.25 oz.): UPC #0-54486-10101-0; Lot #0206, 0207, 0208, 0209, 0210, 0211, 0212, 090809

Best Brands Corp.

Best Brands has recalled peanut butter frozen cookie dough products manufactured since January 1, 2007 (lot codes between 0017-1 and 0139-1). The dough was sold to retail and grocery store bakeries, and to other food service customers. The baked cookies, which are sold to consumers in retail packages, will likely not be identified as Best Brands products.

The recalled products, listed below, were distributed in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin.

Best Brands Corp. 1.25 oz Peanut Butter Precut Frozen Cookie Dough: 22.5 lb case, 288 cookies per case (Item #1003-01); Case UPC 10035074100315
Best Brands Corp. 1.5 oz Custom Peanut Butter Precut Frozen Cookie Dough: 20.25 lb case, 216 cookies per case (Item #1046-01); Case UPC 10035074104610
Best Brands Corp. 1.25 oz Custom Peanut Butter Precut Frozen Cookie Dough: 18.75 lb case, 240 cookies per case (Item #1046-02); Case UPC 10035074104627
Best Brands Corp. 2 oz Custom Peanut Butter Precut Frozen Cookie Dough: 25 lb case, 200 cookies per case (Item #1046-05); Case UPC 10035074104658
Best Brands Corp. 1.5 oz Custom Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Precut Frozen Cookie Dough: 20.25 lb case, 216 cookies per case (Item #1047-01); Case UPC 10035074104719
Best Brands Corp. 1.5 oz Custom Reese's® Peanut Butter Precut Frozen Cookie Dough: 20.25 lb case, 216 cookies per case (Item #1048-01); Case UPC 10035074104818
Best Brands Corp. 3 oz Original Peanut Butter Precut Frozen Cookie Dough: 21 lb case, 112 cookies per case (Item #1610-12); Case UPC 10035074161026
Best Brands Corp. Gourmet Peanut Butter Frozen Cookie Dough: 18 lb. pail (Item #1659-66); Case UPC 10098086165963
Best Brands Corp. Gourmet Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chunk Frozen Cookie Dough: 18 lb. pail (Item #1665-98); Case UPC 10098086166595
Best Brands Corp. 1.5 oz ZT Custom Peanut Butter Precut Frozen Cookie Dough: 20.25 lb case, 216 cookies per case (Item #4367-01); Case UPC 10035074436711
Best Brands Corp. 1.5 oz ZT Custom Reese's® Peanut Butter Precut Frozen Cookie Dough: 20.25 lb case, 216 cookies per case (Item #4369-01); 10035074436919
Best Brands Corp. Peanut Butter Frozen Cookie Dough: 18 lb pail (Item #5201-67); Case UPC 10035074520175

Best Maid Cookie Company, Inc.

Best Maid has recalled the following expired dough and cookie products, sold between October 2007 and November 2007 and bearing Julian dates of 07285 through 07310.

Monster Cookie (48 ct / 2 oz): Product code #70081
Monster Cookie (144 ct / 3 oz): Product code #70109
Monster Cookie Dough (108 ct / 4 oz): Product code #70089
Monster Cookie Dough (180 ct / 2 oz): Product code #70080
Monster Cookie Dough (200 ct / 1.5 oz): Product code #70086
Peanut Butter Peanut Cookie (72 ct / 1 oz): Product code #6116

Betty Lou's Inc.

Betty Lou's has once more expanded its earlier recall of the following products, distributed nationally through retail health food stores, wholesalers and direct-to-customer sales between January 1, 2007 and February 16, 2009. All Best By dates of 29AUG09 and earlier are included in the recall

Betty Lou's Peanut Butter Protein Balls (1.7 oz pkgs): UPC #0 16073 52143 4
Betty Lou's Peanut Butter Protein Balls (40-count jar): UPC #0 16073 52123 6
Betty Lou's Peanut Butter Protein Balls (70-count jar): UPC #0 16073 52103 8
Betty Lou's Peanut Butter Protein Balls (18-count box): UPC #0 16073 52113 7

Betty Lou's also has recalled the following health food bars, which were distributed via donation to the Oregon Food Bank Network, serving Oregon State and Clark County in Washington State.

Peanut Oregon Health Food Bar (12 x 1.8 oz): No UPC; MFG 10MAR08, 31MAR08, 24APR08, 22MAY08, 08JUL08, 19AUG08, 14OCT08, 06JAN09, 17JAN09

BIC Acquisition, LLC

BIC has recalled all code dates of the following ice cream product.

World Classic Trading Company Ultimate Chunk Ice Cream (Qt): UPC #11225-05663

Bindi North America

Bindi has recalled the following three products, distributed nationwide through distribution centers and restaurants.

Peanut Butter Gelato (1.08 Gal white plastic tub): Lot codes 7155, Exp 05/2009; Lot code 7183, Exp 06/2009; Lot code 7211, Exp 07/2009
Dream Bomba (7.48 lb - 20 monoportions individually packed in white cardboard box): Lot code 8116, Exp 10/2009; Lot code 8121, Exp 10/2009; Lot code 8220, Exp 02/2010; Lot code 8297, Exp 04/2010; Lot code 8353, Exp 06/2010
Peanut Butter Cheesecake (5.07 lb white cardboard box): Lot code 8189, Exp 06/2009; Lot code 8228, Exp 08/2009; Lot code 8351, Exp 12/2009

BioGenesis Nutraceuticals Inc.

BioGenesis has expanded an earlier recall to include additional date lots of the following product, which was distributed nationally through natural health care providers.

Diabetone Gluco:Support Peanut Butter Chocolate bar (15 x 1.5 oz): No UPC; Manufacture dates MFG14MAR08, MFG08MAY08 Fu1, MFG12JUN08, MFG27AUG08 and MFG31DEC08

Blanton's Candies

Blanton's has recalled approximately 1,400 pounds of Blanton's Peanut Butter Sticks. The candies are packaged in 8-ounce cellophane bags bearing the description "Blanton's Homemade Candy, Sweetwater, TN 423-337-3487". The bags are not labeled with a lot number or date code.

The bags of candy were sold in retail stores in Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Virginia, North Carolina and Florida.

Blanton's also has recalled approximately 195 pounds of Blanton's Peanut Brittle and Blanton's Sugar Free Peanut Brittle, packaged in 4-ounce and 8-ounce cellophane bags sold to seven customers in Tennessee, Florida and Georgia between 01/01/2009 and 01/30/2009.

Bliss Bros. Dairy, Inc.

Bliss Bros. has recalled the following products, distributed in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Maine through scoop shops, retail stores and home delivery.

Bliss Brothers Dairy Witch's Brew Ice Cream (1/2 gal and 3 gal containers): No UPC; Lot codes 8252 and 8273
JJ Lawson Brand Snikkers Ice Cream (3 gal containers): No UPC; Lot codes 8109, 8147, and 8218

Blue Heron Bakery

Blue Heron has recalled the following products, sold prior to July 2008 at Blue Heron Bakery's retail outlet and other retail outlets in Washington State.

Spelt Peanut Butter Cookies (Clear plastic bags containing 5-6 cookies each; 10-12 oz): No lot code; No UPC
Spelt Peanut Butter Cookies (Individual unwrapped cookies): No lot code; No UPC
Spelt Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies (Clear plastic bags containing 5-6 cookies each; 10-12 oz): No lot code; No UPC
Spelt Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies (Individual unwrapped cookies): No lot code; No UPC
Mud Bay Trail Mix (12 oz clear plastic bags): No lot code; No UPC

Blue Ribbon Products Inc.

Blue Ribbon has recalled the following Peanut Butter Cookie Dough products, distributed within the fundraising industry in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Mexico, Tennessee and Texas.

Blue Ribbon Products Ultimate Gourmet cookie dough (3 lb peanut butter tub): Item #4104; UPC #7336700043; Shipped from January 1, 2007 - January 20, 2009
Blue Ribbon Products Ultimate Gourmet cookie dough (3 lb peanut butter box): Item #5104; UPC #7336700034; Shipped from January 1, 2007 - January 20, 2009
Little Lambs Gourmet Cookie Dough (48 - 1 oz. pre-portion peanut butter): Item #5104B (red box); UPC #7336700034; Shipped from September 17, 2008 - January 20, 2009

Boca Grande Foods Inc.

Boca Grande has recalled POCO PAC® and GRANDE GOURMET™ peanut butter and peanut butter & jelly combination products, distributed nationally for use in food service operations.

The products were packaged in 0.5 oz., 0.75 oz., 1 oz., 1.12 oz., 2 oz., 2.25 oz. and 3 oz. individual plastic containers (such as one finds in cafeterias and on restaurant table displays) labeled with POCO PAC® or GRANDE GOURMET™, and in unbranded 16 oz., 5 lb. and 50 lb. bulk plastic containers.

Neither brand was sold through retail stores.

Boston Cookies

Boston Cookies has recalled the following cookies and brownies, sold at health and natural food stores, convenience stores and grocery stores in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York and New Jersey.

Peanut Butter Cookies (3.5 oz): Item #3003; All sell-by Dates up to and including 04/21/2009
Peanut Butter Snack Pack (8.5 0z): Item #4009; All sell-by Dates up to and including 03/06/2009
Peanut Fudge Brownie (2.75 oz): Item #6003; All sell-by Dates up to and including 01/18/2009

Braum's Ice Cream and Dairy Stores

Braum's has recalled three package sizes of Premium Peanut Butter Pretzel ice cream, which has been recalled by Pecan Deluxe Candy Company, Braum's supplier. The ice cream was sold in Braum's stores in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas.

Premium Peanut Butter Pretzel Ice Cream (1/2 Gal): UPC #400000001098
Premium Peanut Butter Pretzel Ice Cream (3 Pint): UPC #400000021096
Premium Peanut Butter Pretzel Ice Cream (3 1/2 Gal squares): No UPC-Not sold retail

Breadfarm, Inc.

Valencia Peanut Butter (16 oz jars): No labeling or code information
Peanut Butter-Chocolate Chip Cookies (sealed cellophane packs of 5 cookies or unpackaged single cookies): No labeling or code information
Sirius Dog Treats (7 oz cellophane packages): No labeling or code information
Wonder Bars (sealed cellophane packages of 2 bars): No labeling or code information

Brent and Sam's

Brent and Sam's has announced the recall of the following products. The list of Date codes reflects additional production lots recalled on February 12th.

Archer Farms Brand Milk Chocolate Monster Chewy Soft Baked Cookies (8.6oz): UPC #85239 09156; Date codes 26Jan2009A, 31Jan2009A, 09Feb2009B, 09Feb2009A, 14Feb2009B2, 17Feb2009B2, 08Mar2009B2, 15Mar2009B2, 21Mar2009A2, 12Apr2009A2, 21Apr2009A2, 16May2009B2, 23May2009A2, 31May2009B2 and all expired code dates between 01Jun2007 and 26Jan2009
Archer Farms Brand Double peanut Butter Chewy Soft Baked Cookies (8.6oz): UPC #85239 09811; Date codes 01Feb2009, 07Feb2009A, 14Feb2009B2, 17Feb2009B2, 16Mar2009A2, 22Mar2009A2, 12Apr2009A2, Apr 18 2009, 06May2009B2, 19May2009B2, 25May2009A2, 02Jun2009A2, 13Jun2009B2 and all expired code dates between 01Jun2007 and 01Feb2009

The peanut butter cookies were sold in Target and SuperTarg