Recall Roundup: August 13, 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

• Dietary Supplement Safety Recall: Prolatis’ (Salt Lake City, UT) recalls the company’s product sold under the name Prolatis’, because the product contains Sulfoaildenafil, an analogue of Sildenafil, an FDA-approved drug used as treatment for male Erectile Dysfunction (ED), making Prolatis’ an unapproved drug. The active drug ingredient is not listed on the product label. Product manufactured prior to August 9, 2010 is included in this recall. Prolatis’ is sold nationwide in double blister packs and 40 count bottles.
• Food Safety Recall (Update): USDA updates retail distribution list for frozen ground beef patties and ground beef recalled by Valley Meat Company (Modesto, CA) due to contamination with E. coli O157:H7.

Canada

• Allergy Alert: Maple Leaf Consumer Foods recalls Shopsy's Original Recipe brand Jumbo Franks (450g; Best before 2010, SE 062010 SE 16, and 2010 SE 27) because the product contains undeclared wheat. The recalled franks were distributed only in Ontario.

Latin America and the Caribbean

• Food Safety Recall Update (Guam): USDA updates retail distribution list for frozen ground beef patties and ground beef recalled by Valley Meat Company (Modesto, CA) due to contamination with E. coli O157:H7.

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.