Recall Roundup: January 15, 2010

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.

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United States

• OTC Pharmaceutical Recall: McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, recalls selected production lots of Tylenol, Motrin, Benadryl, Rolaids, Simply Sleep and St. Joseph Aspirin that may contain a chemical contaminant. The recalled items were distributed in the Americas, the United Arab Emirates, and Fiji.
• Allergy Alert: USDA posts updated retail consignee list for "Pepe's Gigante Louisiana Hot Sauce Flavored Cracklins," recalled several days ago due to the presence of undeclared milk protein.
• Food Safety Recall: Hines Nut Company recalls 270 packages of Pine Nuts, packaged under the brand name Harris Teeter Farmers Market. The Pine Nuts were purchased from Red River Foods in Camarillo, CA, and have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The nuts were supplied only to Harris Teeter. Red River Foods is an importer of pine nuts from China, and operates a pine nut processing factory in Dalian, China.
• Food Safety Recall: PEO Chapter FO (Ashland, OR) recalls 75 - 1 lb packages of roasted hazelnuts, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The nuts were sold through the Victoria's and Strand's beauty salons in Ashland.
• Dietary Supplement Recall: MuscleMaster.com, Inc. recalls multiple production lots of seventeen dietary supplements due to FDA's concern that these products may contain steriods.
• Food Safety Recall: Parkers Farm, Inc. (Coon Rapids, MN) today expanded the previously announced recall of products to include all date codes because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Affected brands include Parkers Farm, Parkers, Happy Farms, Kroger, Central Markets, Dutch Farms, Crystal Farms, Heluva Good, Amish Classic, San Pablo, Century Resources, Block & Barrel, Cobblestone, Biery, and Dierks Waukesha. The recalled products were sold in retail stores nationwide.
• Food Safety Recall: Jerry Hayes Meats Inc. (Newark Valley, NY) recalls approximately 490 pounds of a beef carcass that may not have had the spinal column removed.
• Food Recall: Food City recalls Food City Fresh 2% Half Gallon Milk. No reason given for the recall.

Canada

• OTC Pharmaceutical Recall: McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, recalls selected production lots of Tylenol, Motrin, Benadryl, Rolaids, Simply Sleep and St. Joseph Aspirin that may contain a chemical contaminant. The recalled items were distributed in the Americas, the United Arab Emirates, and Fiji.
• Personal Care Product Safety Recall: Importers Farah Impex (Toronto, ON) and Gagan Foods International (Vancouver, BC), recall all lots of Hesh Aritha Powder, a powder shampoo, because of bacterial contamination. The recalled shampoo, a product of India, was sold in retail stores in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and the Greater Toronto Area.

Europe

• Food Safety Notification (EU #2010.0041): Mercury in chilled swordfish fillets (Xiphias gladius) from Sri Lanka; distributed in Germany.
• Food Safety Notification (EU #2010.0042): Mercury in frozen blue shark (Prionace glauca) fillets from Spain; distributed in Italy.

Australia and New Zealand

• Allergy Alert: Dong Nam Trading recalls three Bravo brand ice cream products due to the presence of undeclared milk and peanuts. The recalled products were sold in Asian retail stores in New South Wales.

Asia, Africa & The Pacific

• OTC Pharmaceutical Recall (United Arab Emirates and Fiji): McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, recalls selected production lots of Tylenol, Motrin, Benadryl, Rolaids, Simply Sleep and St. Joseph Aspirin that may contain a chemical contaminant. The recalled items were distributed in the Americas, the United Arab Emirates, and Fiji

Latin America

• OTC Pharmaceutical Recall (North, Central and South America and the Caribbean region): McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, recalls selected production lots of Tylenol, Motrin, Benadryl, Rolaids, Simply Sleep and St. Joseph Aspirin that may contain a chemical contaminant. The recalled items were distributed in the Americas, the United Arab Emirates, and Fiji

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

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

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