Recall Roundup: March 4, 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

• Food Safety Recall: The Kroger Co. advises its customers that HURST BEEF 15 BEAN SOUP, 20 OZ (available in King Sooper stores) has been recalled because it may be contaminated with Salmonella.
• Food Safety Recall: The Kroger Co. advises its customers that several Reser's brand dips have been recalled due to possible contamination with Salmonella.
• Food Safety Recall: Trader Joe's recalls Trader Joe’s Organic Creamy Ranch Dressing & Dip (Use By date of JUN 13 10) because the product may be contaminated with Salmonella.
• Food Safety Recall: Earth Island recalls Follow Your Heart brand deli products as a precautionary measure due to possible Salmonella contamination of a natural flavor from one of its suppliers.
• Food Safety Recall: Tim's Cascade Snacks is recalling 'HAWAIIAN® Kettle Style Potato Chips - SWEET MAUI ONION’ AND 'HAWAIIAN - SWEET MAUI ONION RINGS' because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
• Food Safety Recall: Homemade Gourmet is voluntarily recalling approximately 320 packages of 1.96 oz Tortilla Soup Mix, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
• Hand Sanitizer Safety Alert: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers in Puerto Rico that two hand sanitizers – "Bee-Shield Hand Sanitizer” with Aloe Vera (10 fl. oz. or 1 gallon bottles) and “MD Quality Hand Sanitizer” with Aloe Vera (10 fl oz. bottles) – contain high levels of a bacteria, Burkholderia cepacia, that can cause serious infections in humans.

Canada

• Food Safety Recall: Tim's Cascade Snacks is recalling 'HAWAIIAN® Kettle Style Potato Chips - SWEET MAUI ONION’ AND 'HAWAIIAN - SWEET MAUI ONION RINGS' because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Some of the recalled items may have been distributed in Canada.

Europe

• Food Safety Recall: Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc has recalled a certain date code of its own brand Toffee & Pecan Ice Cream 950g, as it may be contaminated with pieces of black rubber.
• Food Safety Recall: Waitrose has recalled a certain date code of its own brand Natural Roasted Peanuts as they may be contaminated with small pieces of rubber.

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
  
• Top Food & Drug
• 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.