Friday, July 9, 2010

Recall Roundup: July 9, 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 Safety Recall: McNeil Consumer Healthcare, Division of McNEIL-PPC, Inc., recalls 21 lots of over-the-counter medicines that were manufactured in the company's Puerto Rico facility and that may contain trace amounts of a chemical called 2,4,6-tribromoanisole. The recall includes specific dosage formats and lot codes of Benadryl Allergy Ultratab, Children's Tylenol Meltaways, Motrin IB, Tylenol Extra Strength, and Tylenol PM products. The recalled products were sold in the United States, Fiji, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, and Jamaica. Please follow the link to the McNeil recall notice for additional details on the recalled products.
  • Food Safety Recall (Update): USDA updates the retail distribution list for bison meat products that were recalled recently by Rocky Mountain Natural Meats due to contamination with E. coli O157:H7.
  • Food Safety Recall: Miravalle Foods, Inc. (S. El Monte, CA) recalls 37,318 lbs. of Miravalle Chile California and Miravalle Chile Nuevo Mexico Peppers distributed between March 15th and May 6th 2010 to some customers in California, Colorado, Utah, North Carolina, Nebraska, Idaho, Oregon and Nevada because they may be contaminated with Salmonella. The recalled was initiated after FDA detected Salmonella in a random sample of the peppers.
  • Food Safety Recall: J. Hellman Frozen Foods, Inc. (Los Angeles, CA) recalls 992 cases (4,960 retail units) of Señor Mexicano™ Avocado Pulp (A 21 04 10 / A 21 04 12), after FDA finds Listeria monocytogenes in a random sample of the product. The recalled avocado pulp was distributed in California and Hawaii.
  • Dietary Supplement Safety Alert: FDA warns that Que She, marketed as an herbal weight loss supplement, contains active pharmaceutical ingredients not listed on the product label that could harm consumers, especially those with cardiovascular conditions. An FDA lab analysis of the product found that it contains fenfluramine, propranolol, sibutramine, and ephedrine. Que She has been widely distributed on Internet sites such as the Bouncing Bear Botanicals website, and at retail outlets, including Sacred Journey in Lawrence, Kansas.


Europe
  • Allergy Alert Notification (EU #2010.0916): Undeclared peanut (9 mg/kg - ppm) in coconut ice-cream bar from Poland; distributed in the Czech Republic.
  • Food Safety Recall (France): Covial (Establishment #FR 15 014 032 CE) recalls 3.8 tonnes (3,800 kg or 8,378 lb) of fresh ground meat and vacuum-packed ground meat after detecting E. coli O157:H7 in a sample. The recalled meat was sold under the Carrefour (Use by dates of July 6 and July 7) and Casino (Use by date of July 7) brand names. The recalled meat was sold in Carrefour, Carrefour Market, Carrefour City, Carrefour Contact, Shopi, 8 À Huit, Marché Plus, Géant Casino and Casino supermarkets. Carrefour products were available in Aquitaine, Auvergne, Bourgogne, Centre, Franche-Comté, Haut-Rhin, Languedoc-Roussillon, Limousin, Midi-Pyrénées, Poitou-Charentes and Rhône-Alpes; the Casino-labelled meat was sold in the central and south-west regions of France (recall notice forwarded by Albert Amgar).
  • Food Safety Recall (Denmark): Nordic Seafood A/S recalls fresh tuna steaks, due to illegal treatment with carbon monoxide.
  • Food Safety Recall (Denmark): Altia Denmark recalls Santa Veda CS boxed wine, sold in SuperGros stores, because some of the boxes are bulging.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2010.0912): Residue level above MRL for oxytetracycline in chilled horse meat from Argentina, via Belgium; distributed in Germany and Switzerland.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2010.0913): Potentially pathogenic bacteria in sardines in olive oil from Morocco; distributed in Italy and Hong Kong.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2010.0914): Listeria monocytogenes in smoked salmon from Poland; distributed in France and Poland.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2010.0915): Monocrotophos (pesticide) in fresh okra from India; distributed in Germany.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2010.0917): Parasitic infestation with Anisakis of frozen hake from Spain, via Latvia; distributed in Lithuania.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2010.0918): Listeria monocytogenes in Lavistown cheese from Ireland; distributed in Ireland and the United Kingdom.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2010.0919): Mercury in frozen sliced swordfish from Portugal; distributed in Italy.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2010.0920): Salmonella spp. in sliced dry turkey sausage from France; distributed in France and the United Arab Emirates.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2010.0921): Glass fragment (2x4 mm) in potato salad from Germany; distributed in Denmark.
  • Animal Feed Safety Notification (EU #2010.0922): Salmonella in rapeseed meal from Switzerland; distributed in Sweden.
  • Animal Feed Safety Notification (EU #2010.0923): Salmonella cubana in soya pellets from Brazil, via Aruba and via Germany; distributed in Sweden.
  • Animal Feed Safety Notification (EU #2010.0924): Excessive Enterobacteriaceae in poultry meal from Germany; distributed in Belgium.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2010.0925): Aflatoxins in red pepper powder from China; distributed in Ireland and the United Kingdom.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2010.0927): Mercury in frozen sliced swordfish from Portugal; distributed in Italy.
  • Animal Feed Safety Notification (EU #2010.0928): Feather meal (possible contamination) in poultry meal from Spain; distributed in Spain.
  • Consumer Product Safety Notification (EU #2010.0929): Migration of formaldehyde from melamine bowls from China, via Spain; distributed in Slovenia.
  • Consumer Product Safety Notification (EU #2010.0930): Migration of formaldehyde from melamine bowls from China, via Italy; distributed in Slovenia.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2010.0931): Salmonella typhimurium DT 104 - multiresistant in pork tenderloin without chain muscle from Germany; distributed in Denmark.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2010.0932): Salmonella in raw sausage from Poland; distributed in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2010.0933): Metal fragment in ice cream from Italy; distributed in Italy and Malta.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2010.0934): Aflatoxins in ground nutmeg from India, via Poland; distributed in Czech Republic.
  • Animal Feed Safety Notification (EU #2010.0935): Salmonella cubana in soya pellets from Brazil, via Aruba and via Germany; distributed in Sweden.
  • Consumer Product Safety Notification (EU #2010.0936): Migration of formaldehyde from plastic bowl from China; distributed in Slovenia.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2010.0937): Risk of breakage (due to glass deformation) of glass jars containing fruit puree from Slovenia; distributed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro and Slovenia.


Asia, Africa and the Pacific Islands
  • OTC Pharmaceutical Safety Recall: McNeil Consumer Healthcare, Division of McNEIL-PPC, Inc., recalls 21 lots of over-the-counter medicines that were manufactured in the company's Puerto Rico facility and that may contain trace amounts of a chemical called 2,4,6-tribromoanisole. The recall includes specific dosage formats and lot codes of Benadryl Allergy Ultratab, Children's Tylenol Meltaways, Motrin IB, Tylenol Extra Strength, and Tylenol PM products. The recalled products were sold in the United States, Fiji, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, and Jamaica. Please follow the link to the McNeil recall notice for additional details on the recalled products.
  • Food Safety Seizure (China): Chinese food safety officials in Qinghai province have seized 64 tonnes of raw dairy materials contaminated with melamine. Test samples showed the milk powder carried up to 500 times the maximum allowed level of the chemical.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2010.0913): Potentially pathogenic bacteria in sardines in olive oil from Morocco; distributed in Hong Kong.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2010.0920): Salmonella spp. in sliced dry turkey sausage from France; distributed in the United Arab Emirates.


Australia and New Zealand
  • Food Safety Recall (Australia): On the order of Victoria health authorities, Kyvalley Farms 500ml bottles of chocolate-flavoured reduced-fat milk with a use-by date of July 11 have been withdrawn from sale, because the milk may be contaminated with a chemical sanitizer.


Latin America and the Caribbean
  • OTC Pharmaceutical Safety Recall: McNeil Consumer Healthcare, Division of McNEIL-PPC, Inc., recalls 21 lots of over-the-counter medicines that were manufactured in the company's Puerto Rico facility and that may contain trace amounts of a chemical called 2,4,6-tribromoanisole. The recall includes specific dosage formats and lot codes of Benadryl Allergy Ultratab, Children's Tylenol Meltaways, Motrin IB, Tylenol Extra Strength, and Tylenol PM products. The recalled products were sold in the United States, Fiji, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, and Jamaica. Please follow the link to the McNeil recall notice for additional details on the recalled products.



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.


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



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