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In another recall related to hard-cooked eggs that may be contaminated with Listeria, Bost Distributing Company of Bear Creek, NC, doing business as Harold Food Company, is withdrawing approximately 1,200 pounds of chicken salad products.The recall is one of many resulting from a recall by Minnesota-based Michael Foods, which produced the cooked eggs at its Wakefield, NE facility.There have been...
Walgreen Co. is recalling certain lots of packages with chocolate-covered raisin labels because they may instead contain bridge mix, which includes peanuts, almonds and soy, allergens not listed as ingredients.After receiving a consumer complaint of an allergic reaction, Walgreen said it learned that the product manufacturer, GKI Foods of Brighton, MI, had mistakenly packaged bridge mix with chocolate-covered raisin labeling.The...
Hard-cooked eggs that may be contaminated with Listeria have prompted the 18th Street Deli of Hamtramck, MI to recall about 118 pounds of julienne salad products that include turkey, ham and the suspect eggs.The eggs - from Michael Foods Egg Products Co. -- are the subject of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration recall due to contamination with Listeria monocytogenes,...
M.E. Thompson of Jacksonville, FL is recalling ham and turkey sub sandwiches that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.No illnesses have been reported.Routine sampling by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services detected Listeria in some sandwiches. The recall is for Anytime Deli Turkey & Ham Footlong Sandwiches, packaged in white butcher wrap, with the UPC 0543200194 and a best-by...
A Canadian company is recalling 248,000 insulated lunch boxes because chemicals could leak from damaged freezer gel packs, according to a U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission safety alert. California Innovations Inc. of Toronto said on its website that the gel packs contain diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol, which can be poisonous if ingested. The company has received two reports of dogs chewing and ingesting...
Price Chopper Supermarkets is recalling its Coyote Joe's Shredded Taco Cheese because there could be shredded plastic fragments inside the packaging.The recall is for 16 oz. cheese with the UPC 41735-12509 and an expiration date of April 21, 2012 sold chain-wide from Jan. 4 through Jan. 17, 2012.Price Chopper is also alerting customers who bought the recalled cheese via its...
Price Chopper Supermarkets is recalling two sizes of its bakery's Central Market Classics Tres Leches cakes - the 5 inch, UPC 41735-26013, and the 8 inch, UPC 41735-25128.Rich Foods, the manufacturer of the sponge cake layers contained in these cakes, notified Price Chopper that they may contain plastic fragments. Rich Foods recalled the cake about two weeks ago, saying small plastic...
Price Chopper Supermarkets is recalling stuffed clams from its seafood departments because three ingredients - milk, wheat and eggs - are allergens and are not listed on the label.The recall is for Gourmet Stuffed Clams with a scale code of 209181, sold chain-wide in Price Chopper seafood departments between Sept. 30 and Dec. 30, 2011. According to the company's news release,...
Sourdough Mining Co. of Juneau, AK is recalling Alaska Sourdough's Hot Buttered Rum Batter because the product label does not list milk, an allergen.No adverse reactions have been reported. The recall is for 16 oz. containers of Alaska Sourdough's Hot Buttered Rum Batter with the package code 11/25/11 and the sell-by date of 4/25/12. The product was distributed to retail food establishments...
Zip International Group of Edison, NJ is recalling sliced herring imported from Ukraine because of Listeria contamination. Routine sampling by New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets food inspectors and subsequent testing found the sliced herring, known as Forelka, to be positive for Listeria monocytogenes.No illnesses have been reported. The Forelka comes in both 330 gram and 600 gram plastic containers...
Bloch's Best of Monsey, NY, is recalling vanilla rugelach that was distributed to retail stores in Massachusetts, Maryland and New Jersey because the pastry may contain undeclared eggs.There's been one report of illness connected to the mislabeled rugelach.The recalled Laromme brand Vanilla Rugelach comes in a 14 oz. round, clear plastic container with the UPC 87062500954-8. Ten cases of the...
Rich Products of Buffalo, NY, is recalling sheet sponge cake distributed primarily to in-store bakeries because small plastic fragments were shredding from the packaging.The size of the plastic bits ranged from 1/4 to 3/4 inches. The company, also known as Rich's, says it has not received any reports of injuries.In the recall news release, the company said the vanilla-flavored sponge...
Shamrock Foods of Phoenix, AZ, is recalling approximately 7,500 pounds of marinated beef and marinated chicken because the marinated beef contains soybeans, wheat, and sulfites, and the marinated chicken contains wheat, milk and sulfites -- all known allergens that are not declared on the label for either product.The problem was discovered by the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service during...
Winn-Dixie Stores is recalling certain Winn-Dixie Brand Italian Green Beans that may be mixed with peanuts.There have been no reports of adverse reactions, but individuals with an allergy or severe sensitivity to peanuts run the risk of a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they eat them.Mary Kellmanson, Winn-Dixie's group vice president of marketing, said the company is investigating the...
U.B.C Food Distributors of Dearborn, MI is recalling Baraka Apricot Candies imported from Lebanon because they contain undeclared sulfites as preservatives.According to the recall alert, the state of New York found high sulfite levels in the candies during routine product sampling. The company said they sulfites were not listed on the label due to a temporary breakdown in its production...