Showing posts with label hazelnuts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hazelnuts. Show all posts

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Consolidated List of Recalled Hazelnut Products

Updated January 16, 2010

More recalls are likely, and I'll be updating the following list of items as additional recalls are announced. Please navigate to the live links for more details.

  • Burnt Ridge Orchards, Inc.: 98 pounds of shelled hazelnuts, packed in 8 oz and 16 oz zip lock plastic bags and sold Nov. 17th to Dec. 13th at the Olympia Farmer’s Market in Olympia, WA.
  • Colorado retail distribution: Whole Food Markets, Ft. Collins Food Co-op, Mountain Mama Natural Foods in Colorado Springs, and Healthy Solutions, in Denver.
  • Evonuk Oregon Hazelnuts: Raw and dry roasted hazelnut kernels supplied to retail and wholesale stores, restaurants and bakeries in Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Oklahoma and New Jersey
  • Harry and David: Raw shelled hazelnut kernels sold only in the Harry & David Country Village store in Medford, OR
  • Janzen Farms: Hazelnut kernels sold in November and December 2009 at Lenny's North (Seattle, WA) and six 1-lb. bags sold at the Sunset Produce Stand (Banks, OR).
  • Kunze Farms: ‘Select Shelled Hazelnuts’ Dayton, Oregon. Code numbers 289091A or 299091A
  • Market of Choice: Bulk and packaged hazelnuts sold at Market of Choice stores in Eugene, Ashland, SW Portland and West Linn, Oregon
  • Meridian Organic Hazelnuts: 25-lb. corrugated boxes with lot codes 289091A and 311091A
  • Mountain Man Nuts and Fruits Co: Hazelnuts sold via the Internet, stores and sales distributors
  • PEO Chapter FO (Ashland, OR): Hazelnuts sold at two beauty salons
  • Whole Foods Market: Organic raw hazelnuts, non-organic raw hazelnuts and non-organic dry roasted hazelnuts; sold in bulk bins in California, Colorado, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Washington
  • Willamette Filbert Growers: 25-lb. corrugated boxes with lot codes 289091A and 311091A
  • Willamette Shelling: Brand names Kunze Farms, Evonuk Oregon Hazelnuts, Canadian Hazelnuts, and Firestone Farms. 25-lb. and 50-lb. corrugated boxes with lot codes 296091A, 299091A, 300091A, VH3696BO, and 310091A

The following list of Mountain Man recalled products were sold in retail stores in the state of Colorado, through Mountain Man distributors and via the Mountain Man internet website. Some of the recalled products also might have been used in gift baskets, including 12 Tastes Basket, Bounty Basket and Half-Pound Sample Baskets.
  • Filberts, 289091A, 299091A
  • Natural Mixed Nuts, 32009, 33809
  • Fancy Mixed Nuts, 8- and 16-oz. bags, 30909, 31309, 31709, 32009, 32309, 32909, 33509, 33709 34209, 34309, 34809, 34909 35009
  • Choice Mixed Nuts, 16-oz. bags, 31309, 32709, 33609, 34909
  • Dry Roast Mixed Nuts,16-oz. bags, 30909
  • Sweet Simplicity™ Trail Mix, 32909
  • Mountain Jubilee® Trail Mix, 8- and 16-oz. bags, 31309, 32409, 33709, 34909
  • Cinnamon Almond Appleanche™ Trail Mix, 31009
  • Fancy Mixed Nut Gift Packs, 1.75 lb., all product, except 35009
  • Fancy Mixed Nut Gift Packs, 1 lb., all product, except 35009

Please check back daily for additions to this list of recalled products.

Posted by Phyllis E at Saturday, January 16, 2010 0 comments
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Friday, January 15, 2010

Recall Roundup: January 15, 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 Recall: McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, recalls selected production lots of Tylenol, Motrin, Benadryl, Rolaids, Simply Sleep and St. Joseph Aspirin that may contain a chemical contaminant. The recalled items were distributed in the Americas, the United Arab Emirates, and Fiji.
  • Allergy Alert: USDA posts updated retail consignee list for "Pepe's Gigante Louisiana Hot Sauce Flavored Cracklins," recalled several days ago due to the presence of undeclared milk protein.
  • Food Safety Recall: Hines Nut Company recalls 270 packages of Pine Nuts, packaged under the brand name Harris Teeter Farmers Market. The Pine Nuts were purchased from Red River Foods in Camarillo, CA, and have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The nuts were supplied only to Harris Teeter. Red River Foods is an importer of pine nuts from China, and operates a pine nut processing factory in Dalian, China.
  • Food Safety Recall: PEO Chapter FO (Ashland, OR) recalls 75 - 1 lb packages of roasted hazelnuts, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The nuts were sold through the Victoria's and Strand's beauty salons in Ashland.
  • Dietary Supplement Recall: MuscleMaster.com, Inc. recalls multiple production lots of seventeen dietary supplements due to FDA's concern that these products may contain steriods.
  • Food Safety Recall: Parkers Farm, Inc. (Coon Rapids, MN) today expanded the previously announced recall of products to include all date codes because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Affected brands include Parkers Farm, Parkers, Happy Farms, Kroger, Central Markets, Dutch Farms, Crystal Farms, Heluva Good, Amish Classic, San Pablo, Century Resources, Block & Barrel, Cobblestone, Biery, and Dierks Waukesha. The recalled products were sold in retail stores nationwide.
  • Food Safety Recall: Jerry Hayes Meats Inc. (Newark Valley, NY) recalls approximately 490 pounds of a beef carcass that may not have had the spinal column removed.
  • Food Recall: Food City recalls Food City Fresh 2% Half Gallon Milk. No reason given for the recall.


Canada
  • OTC Pharmaceutical Recall: McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, recalls selected production lots of Tylenol, Motrin, Benadryl, Rolaids, Simply Sleep and St. Joseph Aspirin that may contain a chemical contaminant. The recalled items were distributed in the Americas, the United Arab Emirates, and Fiji.
  • Personal Care Product Safety Recall: Importers Farah Impex (Toronto, ON) and Gagan Foods International (Vancouver, BC), recall all lots of Hesh Aritha Powder, a powder shampoo, because of bacterial contamination. The recalled shampoo, a product of India, was sold in retail stores in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and the Greater Toronto Area.

Europe


Australia and New Zealand
  • Allergy Alert: Dong Nam Trading recalls three Bravo brand ice cream products due to the presence of undeclared milk and peanuts. The recalled products were sold in Asian retail stores in New South Wales.


Asia, Africa & The Pacific
  • OTC Pharmaceutical Recall (United Arab Emirates and Fiji): McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, recalls selected production lots of Tylenol, Motrin, Benadryl, Rolaids, Simply Sleep and St. Joseph Aspirin that may contain a chemical contaminant. The recalled items were distributed in the Americas, the United Arab Emirates, and Fiji


Latin America
  • OTC Pharmaceutical Recall (North, Central and South America and the Caribbean region): McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, recalls selected production lots of Tylenol, Motrin, Benadryl, Rolaids, Simply Sleep and St. Joseph Aspirin that may contain a chemical contaminant. The recalled items were distributed in the Americas, the United Arab Emirates, and Fiji


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.



Posted by Phyllis E at Friday, January 15, 2010 1 comments
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Friday, January 1, 2010

When FDA And A Food Processor Get It Right

Hazelnut Investigation & Recall Shows How System Should Work

The recent recalls of shelled hazelnuts by Willamette Shelling Inc. and some of its customers is a good example of how FDA's inspection system is meant to work.

FDA performed an annual sanitation inspection of Willamette Shelling's processing facility in mid-November. The inspection, which lasted four days, revealed several flaws in Willamette's operations. These deficiencies were detailed in the FDA's inspection report, dated November 20, 2009.

On November 23rd, Willamette responded in writing to FDA's report. In its response, the Company detailed the steps it was taking to address every single one of FDA's observations. By the time the letter was written, many of the corrective actions were already in place.

As part of its routine inspection, FDA carried out environmental testing of the processing facility and finished product testing for bacterial contamination. Some time after the inspection report was written and the Company's reply was received, the FDA lab reported finding Salmonella in one production lot of hazelnuts.

On December 17th, Willamette recalled all hazelnuts that had been processed at its facility from October 12th 2009 through November 25th 2009. Most of the recalled nuts were still in the hands of Willamette Shelling's customers and consignees. Within a week, the consignees had been identified and virtually all of the secondary recalls had been initiated.

Contrast this with the protracted investigations and recalls that ensued last winter and spring when Peanut Corporation of America was identified as the source of a major Salmonella outbreak. Or the two-month long series of pistachio recalls.

Obviously, it would be preferable for there to not have been any "deficiencies" in Willamette Shelling's operations. And having FDA find Salmonella in a production lot is every food processor's nightmare. So, why was this a success story? Because all the parties involved did their jobs.

  1. FDA carried out a thorough 4-day inspection (versus the half-day inspections that had been the norm when the Georgia Department of Agriculture inspected Peanut Corporation of America).
  2. FDA reported its observations promptly and clearly to Willamette Shelling.
  3. The Company acted immediately and constructively to correct the deficiencies reported by FDA, and responded to the FDA observations in writing – something that often doesn't happen.
  4. The Company reacted responsibly to FDA's finding of Salmonella, by recalling all product that was at risk of Salmonella contamination.
  5. The Company's record keeping allowed it to identify quickly the destination of all the recalled product and catch much of it before it reached consumers.
  6. Finally, in this Administration's spirit of transparency, FDA made public both the inspection report, and the Company's substantive response, just two weeks after the first recall notice was posted.

Let's hope that this is a sign of better days ahead for food safety in the USA.

Posted by Phyllis E at Friday, January 01, 2010 0 comments
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Recall Roundup: December 30, 2009

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.



United States
  • Allergy Alert: Publix Super Markets recalls Publix Pumpkin Pecan Streusel Pie, because it was mislabeled and may contain undeclared pecans. The mislabeled pies were distributed in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and South Carolina.
  • Food Safety Recall: Janzen Farms (Dayton, OR) recalls hazelnut kernels because the product has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
  • Consumer Product (Toy) Recall: Kendamaspot LLC (Redmond, WA) recalls Oozora and Shin-Fuji Kendama Japanese wooden skill ball toys because the surface paint coating on the ball contains excessive levels of lead.


Canada
  • Consumer Product (Toy) Recall: Toy Investments Inc (Sumner, WA) recalls Flashing Eyeball Glideball because the toy – made in China – contains low viscosity petroleum distillates, which are strictly prohibited in children's toys in Canada. The recalled toys were sold exclusively in Pier 1 stores across Canada from September 2009 to December 2009.


Europe
  • Food Safety Recall (Denmark): CM-Food recalls Whole fresh chilled turkey breast, Lot No. 091203801;Production Date 04/12/2009; Best before 18.12.2009; Produced at the company Abakus in Poland (authorization number PL28153902 WE) and imported into Denmark by CM-FOOD, because Salmonella has been detected in the refrigerated raw turkey breasts.
  • Food Safety Alert Update (UK): The UK Food Standards Agency reminds the public not to consume Pakstar Curried Chick Peas, 400g cans with ‘Best before’ dates of August 2012, September 2012, October 2012, November 2012 and December 2012. The cans of Pakstar brand Curried Chick Peas were been produced on a West Yorkshire premises that has been served with a Hygiene Emergency Prohibition Order, because of food hygiene contraventions and insufficient canning controls.
  • Food Safety Alert Update (UK): The UK distributor of Bonsoy Soy Milk has have taken action to quarantine all existing stocks of the product in the UK and notify all their customers to withdraw the product from sale. Consumers are advised that Bonsoy Soy Milk may contain excessive amounts of iodine, and has been linked to at least 10 reports of thyroid problems in Australia. The affected products have best before dates up to and including 3 November 2011 and are distributed in 1 litre Tetra Pack containers.
  • Consumer Product Safety Notification (EU #2009.1784): Migration of formaldehyde from melamine salad spoon from unknown origin; distributed in Greece.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2009.1785): Aluminium fragments in nutcake from Germany; distributed in Germany, Luxembourg and Malta.
  • Pet Food Safety Notification (EU #2009.1786): Aflatoxins in groundnuts for birdseed from Mozambique; distributed in the United Kingdom.


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.
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Thursday, December 24, 2009

Recall Roundup: December 24, 2009

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.



United States
  • Food Safety Recall: Market of Choice (Eugene, OR) recalls bulk and packaged hazelnuts (filberts) that were processed at Willamette Shelling Inc. for Evonuk Oregon Hazelnuts, because the nuts may be contaminated with Salmonella. The recalled nuts were sold in seven Market of Choice stores in Eugene, Ashland, SW Portland and West Linn, Oregon.
  • Safety Alert (Texas): Texas Department of State Health Services warns consumers, especially pregnant or breastfeeding women, to avoid consuming a traditional product called “Nzu” because of the potential health risks from high levels of lead and arsenic.
  • Food Safety Recall: National Steak and Poultry (Owasso, OK) recalls approximately 248,000 pounds of beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. The recalled meat is linked to reported illnesses in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, South Dakota and Washington
  • Food Safety Recall: Associated Grocers of Maine (Gardiner, ME) recalls approximately 312 pounds of ham products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled ham was imported from Canada and is part of a recall initiated by OLYMEL S.E.C. (Montreal, QC).


Canada
  • Dietary Supplement Safety Alert: Health Canada warns consumers not to use "RevolutionDS Weight Loss", an unauthorized health product promoted for weight loss, because it contains benzylpiperazine (BZP), and may pose serious health risks.
  • Consumer Product Safety Recall: Dollarama L.P./S.E.C. (Montreal, QC) recalls Slimosaurus BlowUp Goop With a Dinosaur Fossil after Health Canada determines that these China-made products contain organic solvents; children's balloon blowing kits that contain organic solvents have been banned in Canada since 1973.
  • Consumer Product Safety Recall: RP Toys Ltd. (Mississauga, ON) recalls Star Trek U.S.S Enterprise Bridge Play Set because the coating on the screen of the made-in-China toy contains barium in excess of the allowable limit.


Europe


Australia and New Zealand
  • Food Safety Recall (Australia): Spiral Foods Pty Ltd (Coburg, VIC) recalls all date codes of Bonsoy Soy Milk up to and including Best Before dates of 03.11.11 because the soy milk contains excessive levels of iodine. Ten illnesses have been linked to consumption of this product.


Asia, Africa & The Pacific
  • Food Safety Recall (Hong Kong): The Centre for Food Safety advises people not to drink a Bonsoy soy milk product which is suspected of containing unusually high levels of iodine. The agency has alerted retailers to stop selling this product.



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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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Recall Roundup: December 22, 2009

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.



United States
  • Food Safety Recall: Burnt Ridge Orchards, Inc. (Onalaska WA) recalls 98 pounds of shelled hazelnuts because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
  • Food Safety Recall: Harrington and Sons (Williston, VT) recalls approximately 68 pounds of fresh ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. The recalled meat was supplied to restaurants and a retail establishment in Chittenden County, VT.
  • FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns Nestle HealthCare Nutrition that its labeling of BOOST Kid Essentials Nutritionally Complete Drink (Vanilla, Chocolate, and Strawberry flavors) is false and misleading in that the product is promoted on the Company's websites as a "medical food" without meeting the statutory criteria of a medical food.
  • FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns Nestle USA that Juicy Juice Brain Development Fruit Juice Beverage (Apple), Juicy Juice All-Natural 100% Juice Orange Tangerine, and Juicy Juice All-Natural 100% Juice Grape are misbranded, because the product labeling deviates from the requirements of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
  • FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns JFD Enterprises Inc. t/a Antonio's Bakery (Baltimore, MD) that a July/August 2009 inspection revealed serious violations of the Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) regulations for foods.
  • FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns Burgos Burgos Corporation dba The Sandwich Lady (Silver Spring, MD) that an October 2009 inspection revealed serious violations of the seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulation.


Canada
  • Food Safety Recall: Siena Foods Ltd. (Toronto, ON) recalls Cacciatore Salami, Mild (best before 2010 MA 04) because the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled salami is known to have been sold in Ontario and Quebec, but may have been distributed elsewhere in Canada.


Europe
  • Food Safety Recall (Belgium): AFSCA (Federal Agency for Food Safety) initiates mandatory recall of Ujino Tsuyu Japanese green tea - Sencha green (imported from Japan) due to the presence of pesticide residues that exceed the legal limit for this product.
  • Food Safety Recall (Belgium): ETS DUMORTIER (Tourcoing Cedex, France) recalls Bouton d'Or brand Nut Oil (Huile de Noix) due to contamination with mineral oil. The recalled oil was sold in Intermarché et Ecomarché stores.
  • Food Safety Recall (Ireland): Heinz recalls Heinz Baby Food 100% apple & pear puree 90g pouches (lot no. L9286; manufactured in France) because of a manufacturing fault which causes leaking in a small number of pouches within this batch.
  • Food Safety Recall (UK): Heinz UK recalls Heinz Baby Food 100% apple & pear puree 90g pouches (lot no. L9286) because of a manufacturing fault which causes leaking in a small number of pouches within this batch.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2009.1762): Salmonella typhimurium in live mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) from Spain, dispatched from Italy; distributed in Germany and Italy.


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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Monday, December 21, 2009

Recall Roundup: December 21, 2009

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.



United States
  • Food Safety Recall: Whole Foods Market recalls organic raw hazelnuts (filberts) sold in bulk through its stores in California, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Washington because the nuts were part of a batch that was contaminated with Salmonella. The company also recalls non-organic dry roasted hazelnuts (filberts) sold in bulk through its stores in California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington, and non-organic raw hazelnuts (filberts) sold in bulk through its stores in Oregon and Washington.
  • Baby Food Recall: Buehlers advises its customers that Nature’s Goodness BB2 Infant Food - Strained Peas & Strained Green Beans has been recalled by the manufacturer due to a mislabeling issue.
  • OTC Pharmaceutical Product Recall: Buehlers advises its customers that Our Family - Ibuprofen 24 ct. Caplets has been recalled due to a mislabeling issue.


Europe


Australia and New Zealand


Asia, Africa & The Pacific
  • Unregistered Pharmaceutical Product Alert (Hong Kong): The Department of Health warns consumers not to buy or use a product named "Vegetal Vigra" for managing sexual dysfunction as it was found to contain sildenafil and tadalafil, which may cause serious side effects.


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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Sunday, December 20, 2009

Recall Roundup: December 20, 2009

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.



United States
  • Food Safety Recall: Evonuk Oregon Hazelnuts (Eugene, OR) recalls 6,712.5 lbs. of raw and dry roasted hazelnut kernels because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The recalled hazelnuts were supplied to retail and wholesale stores, restaurants and bakeries in Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Oklahoma and New Jersey.
  • Food Safety Recall: Harry and David is voluntarily recalling raw, shelled hazelnut kernels due to concerns of potential Salmonella contamination. The recalled hazelnuts were sold as Filbert (hazelnut) kernels in bulk bin #10077 only at the Harry & David Country Village store, Medford, Oregon, prior to December 18, 2009.
  • Food Safety Recall: Mountain Man Nut & Fruit Co. (Parker, CO) recalls a number of products and gift basket components that contain hazelnuts, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The recalled items were sold between November 1, 2009 and December 17, 2009 through Mountain Man distributors, retail stores and directly through the Mountain Man website.
  • Food Safety Recall: Whole Foods Market non-organic dry roasted hazelnuts, non-organic raw hazelnuts and organic raw hazelnuts due to possible Salmonella contamination. The various recalled hazelnuts (also known as filberts) were sold in Whole Foods Market stores in California, Colorado, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Washington.


Canada
  • Consumer Products Recall: Glazers Inc. (St.-Laurent, QC) recalls Decorative Canada-Themed Glazed Plates because the plates contain lead and cadmium in excess of allowable limits. The recalled plates, which were imported from China, were sold in Dollar-type stores and other retail stores across Canada between March 2007 and December 2009.



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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Saturday, December 19, 2009

Recall Roundup: December 19, 2009

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.



United States
  • Food Safety Recall: Kunze Farms (Dayton, OR) recalls 32,950 lbs. of hazelnut kernels that may be contaminated with Salmonella. The recalled nuts were distributed to processors and wholesalers in Dayton, OR; Milton-Freewater, OR; Hauppauge, NY; Mesa, AZ; Cottonwood, AZ; Seattle, WA; Ogden, UT; San Antonio, TX.; and Parker, CO.
  • Food Safety Recall: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment provides list of recalled hazelnut products that were either sold to retail customers in the state, or were processed or packed in Colorado. Please use live link to navigate to list of items.
  • OTC Pharmaceutical Product Recall: Procter & Gamble recalls Vicks® DayQuil® Cold & Flu 24-Count LiquiCaps Bonus Pack due to a labeling error. This product does not contain a child-resistant backing for the blister packs in the box, despite label statements that the product is in child-resistant packaging.
  • OTC Pharmaceutical Product Recall: McNeil Consumer Healthcare, Division of McNEIL-PPC, Inc., expands its voluntary recall to include all available product lots of TYLENOL® Arthritis Pain Caplet 100 count bottles, with the distinctive red EZ-OPEN CAP due to consumer reports of an unusual moldy, musty, or mildew-like odor that was associated with nausea, stomach pain, vomiting and diarrhea.
  • Toy Recall: The US Consumer Product Safety Commission and Variety Wholesalers Inc. (Henderson, NC) recall Super Rigs Play Sets toy trucks (imported from China) because the toy truck’s surface coating contains high levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard.


Europe
  • Food Safety Recall (Belgium): Match and Smatch supermarkets recall Match brand Nut Oil (Huile de Noix), 50 cl size, because the oil is contaminated with mineral oil.
  • Prescription Pharmaceutical Product Recall (France): AFSSAP recalls various brands of anti-inflammatory gel containing ketoprofen (Gel Anti-Inflammatoire au Kétoprofène), because of reports that prescription medications containing this non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug caused serious skin reactions, including eczema and photoallergies.


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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