Food Contamination Alert and June Recalls

by Joanne on July 1, 2009

in Food and Nutrition

Mississippi Firm Recalls Pre-Packaged Meal Products Due To Possible Salmonella Contamination.

The problem was first discovered when USDA found Salmonella in a dairy product and alerted FDA, resulting in the FDA investigation and subsequent recall of the nonfat dry milk product by Plainview Milk Products Cooperative.

The products subject to recall include:
Boxes of “TRADITIONS MEAL SOLUTIONS” prepackaged meal kits.
Boxes of “ILSmeals Home Meal Delivery Service” prepackaged meal kits.

New York Firm Recalls Frozen Meat and Poultry Products Due To Unapproved Ingredient

WASHINGTON, June 30, 2009 – Buffalo SAV, Inc., a Buffalo, N.Y., establishment, is recalling approximately 208,768 pounds of frozen meat and poultry products because they contain an unapproved ingredient, Amaranth Red #2, that is declared on the label, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

The provisional listing and certification of FD&C Red #2 (Amaranth Red #2) was terminated by the U.S. Health and Human Services’ Food and Drug Administration. Amaranth Red #2 is not approved for use in products sold in the United States.

The following products are subject to recall:
16- and 32-ounce bags of “GRANDMA’S perogies, ПЕЛЬМЕНИ СИБИРСКИЕ, SIBERIAN brand, PELMENI, PORK & BEEF DUMPLINGS.”
16- and 32-ounce bags of “GRANDMA’S perogies, ПЕЛЬМЕНИ ИНДЮШАЧЬИ, TURKEY, PELMENI, TURKEY DUMPLINGS.”
16- and 32-ounce bags of “GRANDMA’S perogies, ПЕЛЬМЕНИ УКРАИНСКИЕ, UKRAINIAN brand, PELMENI, PORK DUMPLINGS.”
16- and 32-ounce bags of “GRANDMA’S perogies, ПЕЛЬМЕНИ ТЕЛЯЧЬИ, VEAL, PELMENI, VEAL DUMPLINGS.”
16- and 32-ounce bags of “GRANDMA’S perogies, ПЕЛЬМЕНИ УРАЛЬСКИЕ, MONASTERY brand, PELMENI, CHICKEN & BEFF DUMPLINGS.”
16- and 32-ounce bags of “GRANDMA’S perogies, ПЕЛЬМЕНИ КУРИННЫЕ, CHICKEN, PELMENI, CHICKEN DUMPLINGS.”

There are no package or case codes. The frozen meat and poultry products were produced from June 1, 2008, through June 5, 2009, and were sent to distributors and retail establishments in California, Illinois, New York and Pennsylvania.

FDA Recalls for June

June 2009June 26, 2009 – City Baking Brand Apple Crumb Cake
June 25, 2009 – Nuts For You Recalls Roasted & Salted Peanuts Because of Possible Health Risk
June 23, 2009 – La Mexicana, Inc. Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Milk and Milk Products in Tortilla Chips
June 19, 2009 – Unilever United States, Inc. Conducts Nationwide Voluntary Recall of Imported Knorr® Kosher Soup Mix – Chicken Vegetable Flavor with Pasta Due to Undeclared Allergen
tollhouseJune 19, 2009 – Nestlé USA’s Baking Division Initiates Voluntary Recall
June 16, 2009 – Smith Dairy Announces Voluntary Recall on SMITH’S Tea with Lemon in Gallon Size Only
June 15, 2009 – Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Issues Nationwide Recall of All Lots of Stamina-Rx Dietary Supplement Products
June 13, 2009 – Torres Hillsdale Country Cheese LLC Announces the Recall of all lots of Soft Mexican Cheeses due to Possible Listeria Contamination
June 11, 2009 – R. E. Kimball. and Company, Inc. Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Milk and Wheat in Clam Chowder and Corn Chowder
June 11, 2009 – FoodScience Corporation Recalls Kid’s Multivitamin for label Error
June 11, 2009 – Knouse Foods, Inc. Announces Recall of Apple Sauce in Glass Jars
June 10, 2009 – Indian Groceries & Spices, Inc. Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Sulfites in Nirav Golden Raisins
June 10, 2009 – Bao Ding Seafood Co. Issues Alert on Uneviscerated Fish
June 10, 2009 – Seoul Shik Poom Inc. ISSUES ALLERGY ALERT ON UNDECLARED Sulfites IN HONEY JUJUBE TEAS
June 10, 2009 – Sconza Candy Company Voluntarily Initiates Nationwide Recall of Trail Mix, Organic Chocolate Peanuts and Organic Toffee Cashews and Peanuts Because of Possible Health Risk –SECOND RELEASE.
June 05, 2009 – NY Fish Inc. Recalls Imperial-European Style Smoked Salmon Because of Possible Health Risk
June 05, 2009 – Le Pain Quotidien Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Milk in Noir Belgian Dark Chocolate Spread
June 04, 2009 – Provide Commerce, Inc. Initiates Nationwide Voluntary Recall of Items Containing Peanuts Due to Recall by Peanut Corporation of America
June 04, 2009 – Provide Commerce, Inc. Initiates Nationwide Voluntary Recall of Items Containing Pistachio Nuts Due to Expanded Recall by Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella, Inc.
June 02, 2009 – In-Shell Pistachios Due To Possible Health Risk

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