Recall Roundup: January 5, 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.

United States

• Food Safety Recall: Limeno LLC (Lake Worth, FL) recalls 16 ounce packages of Rico Queso duro blanco (white hard cheese) distributed by Flores Food of America because they may have be contaminated with Salmonella. The recalled cheese was sold in local retail stores within Florida.

Canada

• Meat Company Fined: Try Canada Meats Inc. (Charlottetown, PEI) pled guilty and was fined a total of $24,000 for misleading labeling that gave the false impression the company was operating as a federally registered establishment.
• Meat Company Fined: Perfection Packers Inc. (Bedford, NS) pled guilty and was fined a total of $24,000 for misleading labeling that gave the false impression the company was operating as a federally registered establishment.

Asia, Africa & The Pacific

• Food Safety Recall (Singapore): The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority instructs importer to recall J. Leblanc Walnut Oil after receiving advice from France that the oil is contaminated with mineral oil.

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.

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