Recall Roundup: July 31, 2010

Here is today's list of food safety recalls, product withdrawals, allergy alerts and miscellaneous compliance issues. 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

• Allergy Alert: Bay Valley Foods recalls 10.5 oz cans of Chef's Cupboard Chicken with Rice Soup (BEST BY 01 05 12) because some cans are mislabeled and may contain Vegetarian Vegetable Soup. The mislabeled product contains undeclared egg and wheat.
• Allergy Alert: Giant Eagle recalls Market District brand Couscous (UPC 3003400014; Best By Nov. 10) due to undeclared wheat and incorrect cooking instructions.
• Pet Food Safety Recall: The Procter & Gamble Company expands its earlier recall to include additional veterinary and some specialized dry pet food that may be contaminated with Salmonella. The company has recalled all sizes and varieties (Best by 01Jul10 – 01Dec11) of Iams Veterinary Dry Formulas, Eukanuba Naturally Wild, Eukanuba Pure, and Eukanuba Custom Care Sensitive Skin. The recalled products all were manufactured in a single facility in the United States and are sold in veterinary clinics and specialty pet retailers throughout the United States and Canada.
• USDA Enforcement Action: USDA ordered Murray's Chicken to cease processing at its South Fallsburg poultry plant Tuesday, citing unspecified food safety concerns. The action follows earlier written warnings to the company regarding sanitation and regulatory compliance issues.

Canada

• Food Safety Recall: G. Brandt Meat Packers Ltd. of Brampton, ON (Establishment No. 164) recalls ready-to-eat cooked meat products sold under the Borges, Brandt, Longo's and The Smoke Master brand names, because the deli meats may be contaminated with unspecified foodborne pathogens. The products were distributed nationally. This follows an earlier recall of Freybe and Brandt brands of headcheese, after the Freybe headcheese was associated with an outbreak of Salmonella Chester in British Columbia and Ontario. Brandt is the manufacturer of Freybe headcheese. Freybe brand Ham Suelze – also manufactured by Brandt – was recalled recently due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination. It is likely, therefore, that the extensive list of products encompassed by this latest recall are at risk of both Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes contamination. No illnesses have been associated with this latest list of recalled meats.
• Pet Food Safety Recall: The Procter & Gamble Company expands its earlier recall to include additional veterinary and some specialized dry pet food that may be contaminated with Salmonella. The company has recalled all sizes and varieties (Best by 01Jul10 – 01Dec11) of Iams Veterinary Dry Formulas, Eukanuba Naturally Wild, Eukanuba Pure, and Eukanuba Custom Care Sensitive Skin. The recalled products all were manufactured in a single facility in the United States and are sold in veterinary clinics and specialty pet retailers throughout the United States and Canada.

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
  
• WinCo Foods
• Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.
  

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