Food recalls

demiglace · December 9, 2019

2 hours ago, chromedome said:

"Sunflower crisp" salad kit from Fresh Express, for E. coli.

https://inspection.gc.ca/about-the-cfia/newsroom/food-recall-warnings/complete-listing/2019-12-08/eng/1575846136193/1575846136974?utm_source=r_listserv

I'm just getting over a bout of food poisoning and I'm so afraid to eat anything right now. Thanks for the updates.

Toliver · December 9, 2019

"White Castle recalls frozen burgers over listeria fears"

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White Castle is recalling some of its frozen burgers due to possible listeria contamination after finding the bacteria in one of its manufacturing plants.

The recall by the fast-food chain involves specific lots of frozen six-pack cheeseburgers, hamburgers and jalapeno cheeseburgers, as well as frozen 16-pack hamburgers and cheeseburgers, according to a notice posted Friday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The products being recalled all have best-by dates ranging from Aug. 4, 2020, to Aug. 17, 2020, the company said.

Toliver · December 11, 2019

"Ruiz Food Products, Inc. Recalls Frozen Sausage Breakfast Burrito Products due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination"

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Ruiz Food Products Inc., a Florence, S.C. establishment, is recalling approximately 55,013 pounds of frozen, not ready-to-eat (NRTE) breakfast burrito products containing eggs, sausage, and cheese that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically pieces of plastic, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

The frozen, NRTE breakfast burrito products were produced on October 15, 2019. The following products are subject to recall: [View Labels (PDF only)]

3.38-lb. Value Pack, containing 12 individually wrapped, 4.5-oz. “EL MONTEREY Signature BURRITO EGG, SAUSAGE & CHEESE” with a “Best if Used By” date of 01/15/2021 and a lot code of 19288.
The products subject to recall bear establishment number “EST 45694” printed on the value pack bag and the individual wrappings, next to the lot code. These items were shipped to retail locations nationwide.

The problem was discovered when the firm notified FSIS of three consumer complaints involving pieces of white, semi-rigid plastic found in the product.

chromedome · December 12, 2019

Foreign matter (plastic) in PC brand cranberry goat's milk cheese:

https://www.inspection.gc.ca/about-the-cfia/newsroom/food-recall-warnings/complete-listing/2019-12-11/eng/1576113490340/1576113496379?utm_source=r_listserv

Darienne · December 12, 2019

8 hours ago, chromedome said:

Foreign matter (plastic) in PC brand cranberry goat's milk cheese:

https://www.inspection.gc.ca/about-the-cfia/newsroom/food-recall-warnings/complete-listing/2019-12-11/eng/1576113490340/1576113496379?utm_source=r_listserv

Monday I attended a Pot Luck lunch and there was a cranberry crusted cheese log...I had a bit...I guess we didn't have plastic in ours...

chromedome · December 12, 2019

An update/expansion of the Sunflower Crisp salad mix recall:

https://www.inspection.gc.ca/about-the-cfia/newsroom/food-recall-warnings/complete-listing/2019-12-12/eng/1576180047004/1576180047316

Darienne · December 13, 2019

Spoke to a friend on the phone this morning and they had been eating Salinas lettuce all last week and are fine. (I wouldn't have done it.) And later in our local library, the librarian told me she has a friend who had eaten some of the same brand without knowing of the problem and she has been ill for days.

But then I have friends who still feed their dogs treats made in China....

chromedome · December 17, 2019

Quebec only, Coaticook brand cheddar, for potential listeria:

https://www.inspection.gc.ca/food-recall-warnings-and-allergy-alerts/2019-12-16/eng/1576561478528/1576561485300?utm_source=r_listserv

liuzhou · December 27, 2019

Exploding Sriracha!

kayb · December 27, 2019

Caught something on TV last night about peeled, boiled eggs being recalled.

Not that I think anyone in this group would purchase pre-boiled, pre-peeled eggs. The first time I saw them, I stood in wonder for some time. People BUY those? People don't know how to boil eggs?

lindag · December 27, 2019

4 minutes ago, kayb said:

Caught something on TV last night about peeled, boiled eggs being recalled.

Not that I think anyone in this group would purchase pre-boiled, pre-peeled eggs. The first time I saw them, I stood in wonder for some time. People BUY those? People don't know how to boil eggs?

I thought the same thing. Then I remembered that when making a big batch of devilled eggs it can be a mess when the eggs don't peel nicely. For some this could be an easy solution.

blue_dolphin · December 27, 2019

11 minutes ago, kayb said:

Caught something on TV last night about peeled, boiled eggs being recalled.

Not that I think anyone in this group would purchase pre-boiled, pre-peeled eggs. The first time I saw them, I stood in wonder for some time. People BUY those? People don't know how to boil eggs?

I bought them last year when I was staying in a hotel w/kitchenette (fridge, microwave, dishwasher) with my cousin who was receiving out-patient treatment at MD Anderson. They were a handy source of protein that I was able to include in her meals - mine, too!

Porthos · January 1, 2020

Boiled and peeled are useful in some commercial situations. Also, my last year of doing my spring ren faire I was short-staffed so I purchased pre-done eggs so we could still have deviled eggs on Sunday.

chromedome · January 1, 2020

On 12/27/2019 at 12:33 PM, kayb said:

Caught something on TV last night about peeled, boiled eggs being recalled.

Not that I think anyone in this group would purchase pre-boiled, pre-peeled eggs. The first time I saw them, I stood in wonder for some time. People BUY those? People don't know how to boil eggs?

As observed above, very handy in foodservice. In Edmonton I sometimes oversaw production of (ie, did not make myself...) 400+ egg salad sandwiches in a day, plus more for other purposes. Doing that with shell eggs is just not cost-effective due to labor, wastage, use of limited cooking spaces and suchlike.

You want to make sure you're rotating your stock and dating the buckets when they're opened, but we definitely had sufficient volume that their age never became an issue.

kayb · January 1, 2020

Re: bulk egg prep like egg salad, etc. -- the Instant Pot groups on FB recommend cracking the desired number of eggs into a bowl and steaming them, P in P, to the "hard-boiled" stage, then chopping and using as usual. Seems to me that'd be a reasonable procedure. Obviously wouldn't work for deviled eggs.

chromedome · January 15, 2020

Alberta only, ground frozen veal from The Italian Store has been recalled for E. coli:

https://www.inspection.gc.ca/food-recall-warnings-and-allergy-alerts/2020-01-13/eng/1578959926811/1578959932803?utm_source=r_listserv

Also Alkanater brand tahini, possibly national, for salmonella.

https://inspection.gc.ca/food-recall-warnings-and-allergy-alerts/2020-01-14/eng/1579039733281/1579039739334?utm_source=r_listserv

**andiesenji** · January 28, 2020

"Botulism suspected in Argentina, confirmed in Iceland" Item a brand of PICKLED WILD BOAR

Porthos · February 9, 2020

Family Traditions Meat Company Recalls Ready-to-Eat Meat Stick Products Due to Misbranding and an Undeclared Allergen

chromedome · February 11, 2020

Nuts & More branded peanut spread, recalled nationally for listeria.

https://www.inspection.gc.ca/food-recall-warnings-and-allergy-alerts/2020-02-10/eng/1581381640531/1581381646484?utm_source=r_listserv

chromedome · February 22, 2020

Fresh Sprouts brand bean sprouts, Ontario only. Salmonella.

https://inspection.gc.ca/food-recall-warnings-and-allergy-alerts/2020-02-21/eng/1582331627441/1582331632510?utm_source=r_listserv

Darienne · February 22, 2020

12 minutes ago, chromedome said:

Fresh Sprouts brand bean sprouts, Ontario only. Salmonella.

https://inspection.gc.ca/food-recall-warnings-and-allergy-alerts/2020-02-21/eng/1582331627441/1582331632510?utm_source=r_listserv

Thank you as always, CD. It's always good to find out that the UPC code of the possible salmonella sprouts doesn't match the one you have in the fridge.