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.If you would like to receive automatic email alerts for all new articles posted on eFoodAlert, please click here or submit your request using the sidebar link. Please include "subscribe eFoodAlert" in the subject line.
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For information on the Abbott infant formula powder recall, please click here.
United States
- Allergy Alert: Mekong Fresh Meats (Mosinee, WI) recalls approximately 29,893 pounds of cured uncooked pork ginger sausages because they contain undeclared wheat.The recalled sausages were produced between June 21, 2010 and September 21, 2010 and distributed to retail establishments in Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma and Wisconsin.
- Food Safety Alert: New York State Agriculture Commissioner warns consumers not to eat Dried Fish sold by Heng Yen Food Inc. (New York, NY) and by K&S Market Inc. (Brooklyn, NY) because the product was found to be uneviscerated and has the potential to be contaminated with spores of Clostridium botulinum.
- Consumer Product Safety Recall: Pfizer Consumer Healthcare recalls ThermaCare® HeatWraps Menstrual (lot E06831; Exp. Date 8/2012) after finding a potential for a leak of the components contained in the wrap, which could cause skin irritation or burn. The recalled lot was distributed in the United States and Puerto Rico. No other lots of this product are affected.
Europe
- Food Safety Recall (Ireland): Bragan Spring Water Company Limited (Co. Monaghan) recalls Bragan Spring Water, 1 liter bottles (Best Before end December 2010) due to the presence of enterococci, an indicator of fecal contamination. The recalled product was distributed in and around the Monaghan area only.
Asia, Africa and the Pacific Islands
- Pharmaceutical Product Safety Recall (Hong Kong): Christo Pharmaceuticals (Guangzhou) Company Limited recalls Cimedine Tablet, 400mg (batch number S081121; registration number HK-40956) after the product fails the dissolution test. The Department of Health initiated its test after receiving a complaint about the effectiveness of the product.
Latin America and the Caribbean
- Consumer Product Safety Recall: Pfizer Consumer Healthcare recalls ThermaCare® HeatWraps Menstrual (lot E06831; Exp. Date 8/2012) after finding a potential for a leak of the components contained in the wrap, which could cause skin irritation or burn. The recalled lot was distributed in the United States and Puerto Rico. No other lots of this product are affected.
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
- 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.
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