Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Recall Roundup: October 19, 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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For information on the US Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak and egg recalls, please click here.

For information on the Abbott infant formula powder recall, please click here.


United States
  • OTC Pharmaceutical Product Recall: McNeil Consumer Healthcare (Fort Washington, PA) recalls Tylenol® 8 Hour caplets 50 count bottles (Lot #BCM155; UPC 3 0045-0297-51 8) following the receipt of a number of complaints of a musty or moldy odor. The odor is thought to be caused by the presence of trace amounts of a chemical called 2,4,6-tribromoanisole. The recalled production lot was sold in the United States and Puerto Rico.
  • Food Safety Recall: Valley Farm Meats, dba Strasburg Provision, Inc. (Strasburg, OH) recalls approximately 2,413 pounds of various ready-to-eat meats that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. This is an expansion of a previous recall, which was announced on October 5th and brings the total quantity of recalled meat to 3,600 pounds. The recalled products were sold in a number of retail outlets, grocery stores, restaurants and diners in the state of Ohio on or after June 1, 2010. Please follow the live link for details on the affected date codes and a list of the locations where the products may have been sold.
  • FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns Blum's Spring Lake Fisheries (Potosi, WI) that an April/May 2010 inspection of the company's seafood processing facility revealed serious violations of the seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulation and the Current Good Manufacturing Practice regulation for foods.


Canada
  • Allergy Alert: Henlong Oriental Gifts & Foods Co. Ltd. (Surrey, BC) recalls four Thai processed fruit and vegetable products, because the products contain undeclared sulphites. The recalled products were distributed in British Columbia. Please follow the live link for a detailed list of the recalled items.


Europe


Asia, Africa and the Pacific Islands
  • Food Safety Recall (Singapore and Fiji): B.-d Farm Paris Creek recalls Paris Creek Tilsit Cheese,Paris Creek Cheddar Cheese, Paris Creek Gouda Cheese and Paris Creek Norwegino Cheese (all best before dates from 18/10/10 up to and including 26/01/11), due to contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled cheeses were manufactured in Australia and exported to Singapore and Fiji.


Australia and New Zealand
  • Food Safety Recall: B.-d Farm Paris Creek recalls Paris Creek Tilsit Cheese, Paris Creek Cheddar Cheese, Paris Creek Gouda Cheese and Paris Creek Norwegino Cheese (all best before dates from 18/10/10 up to and including 26/01/11), due to contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled cheeses were sold in supermarkets and other food retail outlets throughout Australia.


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 Tuesday, October 19, 2010
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