Recall Roundup: December 5, 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

• Food Safety Recall: The Suter Company, Inc. (Sycamore, IL) recalls approximately 72,000 pounds of canned chicken salad products that may contain foreign materials. The recall covers 8.2-ounce packages of Bumble Bee Lunch On The Run Chicken Salad Complete Lunch Kit (Best by date of 08/11) and 3.5-ounce packages of Bumble Bee Chicken Salad With Crackers (Best By date of 02/12). The cans bear lot code 0225XXQB. The chicken salad products were assembled between Aug. 14 and Aug 28, 2010 and shipped to distributors and retail stores nationwide.

Canada

• Food Safety Recall (Update): CFIA has updated the list of sandwich products that contain processed cheese slices recalled by Saputo Inc. (Montreal, QC) on December 2, 2010. The agency will continue to monitor the progress of the recall and will update the list of products as more are identified.

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*
  
• Lucky Supermarkets
• Price Chopper
  
• Publix
• 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.