Recall Roundup: September 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

• Allergy Alert: Better Buns Inc. recalls its 22 oz package of Europa Baking Company brand 6 pack Knot Rolls because they may contain undeclared eggs. The recalled buns were sold in retail stores in Nassau, Suffolk and Queens Counties in New York State.
• Food Safety Recall (Update): Ippolito International, LP (Salinas, CA) recalls 1,715 cartons of bunched spinach after the Michigan Department of Agriculture finds Salmonella in a sample of the spinach as part of a routine testing program. The recalled spinach was distributed to retail, foodservice and wholesale customers in Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York and British Columbia, Ontario and Manitoba, Canada.

Canada

• Food Safety Recall: The Canadian importers of Queen Victoria brand bunched fresh spinach recall the produce item after the Michigan Department of Agriculture detects Salmonella in a sample of the spinach. The recalled Queen Victoria spinach was sold in Ontario, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Europe

• Food Safety Alert (EU): Mycobacterium tuberculosis was detected in cattle from which milk was used to produce raw milk cheese. The German-made raw milk cheese was distributed in France, Germany, the UK and the United States.

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
• Hannaford Brothers Co.
  
• Harris Teeter
  
• Harvey's Supermarket
  
• H-E-B
• The Kroger Company*
  
• Price Chopper
  
• Roundy's Supermarkets, Inc.
  
• Sainsbury's
  
• ShopRite
  
• Stop & Shop
• Sweetbay Supermarkets
• Target
  
• Tops Friendly Markets
  
• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  
• Wegmans
  
• Whole Foods Market
  
• 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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