Food recalls

[Toliver]

"Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Onions"

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Fresh whole red, white, and yellow onions imported from Chihuahua, Mexico and distributed by ProSource Inc.

These onions were sold to restaurants and grocery stores throughout the United States.
ProSource Inc. indicated onions were last imported on August 27, but these imported onions can last up to three months in storage and may still be in homes and businesses.

I had heard about the multi-state outbreak and the trouble they were having to pinpoint the source.

Glad they've seemed to have found it.

Sad, too, because I am tossing the most recent onions I purchased just to be safe. 

[chromedome]

The onion recall has reached Canada as well, though since they were primarily sold into the commercial market rather than the consumer market it's hard to say where they'll turn up.

 

https://inspection.canada.ca/food-recall-warnings-and-allergy-alerts/2021-10-21/eng/1634854501139/1634854507177?utm_source=r_listserv

 

(my own current bag of onions was Canadian-grown...)

[chromedome]

Sliced white mushrooms from the Carleton Mushroom Company are being recalled for listeria. The current recall is for Ontario and Quebec - they were sold through the Metro chain - but there's also a "possibly national" appended to this, which suggests to me that they may have been sold to other grocers as well.

 

https://inspection.canada.ca/food-recall-warnings-and-allergy-alerts/2021-10-25/eng/1635207961753/1635207968501?utm_source=r_listserv

 

[Toliver]

On 10/21/2021 at 10:34 AM, Toliver said:

"Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Onions"

I had heard about the multi-state outbreak and the trouble they were having to pinpoint the source.

Glad they've seemed to have found it.

Sad, too, because I am tossing the most recent onions I purchased just to be safe. 

 

The onion recall has been expanded...now including meal kits:

"Onion recall expands to meal kits, another distributor over salmonella concerns: product codes to check"

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The FDA is now urging people to throw out onions from several different sources, including some included in popular meal kits.

This article has new listings of product codes (you may have to magnify the article to see the codes).

[chromedome]

An update to the onion recall adds yellow onions sold under the GoodFood brand name.

 

https://inspection.canada.ca/food-recall-warnings-and-allergy-alerts/2021-10-27/eng/1635378251955/1635378252408?utm_source=r_listserv

[chromedome]

An update on the onion recall in Canada:

 

https://inspection.canada.ca/food-recall-warnings-and-allergy-alerts/2021-10-29/eng/1635556754131/1635556754775?utm_source=r_listserv

 

And an update on that enoki mushroom recall from a little while ago:

https://inspection.canada.ca/food-recall-warnings-and-allergy-alerts/2021-10-28/eng/1635442062421/1635442068643?utm_source=r_listserv

 

...and, while it's not a recall as such, this one leapt out at me from a site I visit often: toxic luster dusts used on commercially-prepared cakes, to the detriment of the kids who ate them

 

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/10/toxic-frosting-children-poisoned-with-lead-copper-from-cake-decorations/
 

[Darienne]

34 minutes ago, chromedome said:

An update on the onion recall in Canada:

 

Best I can say, CD, is thanks so much for keeping me (us) up to date on all these problems.   You are a brick.  If we ever get east again....

[chromedome]

This is not a recall notice as such, but explores the limitations of the recall system. I'm putting it here because of the direct connection to actual recalls, but mods may feel it merits its own topic and discussion thread.

https://www.propublica.org/article/salmonella-chicken-usda-food-safety

[Toliver]

"Dole Fresh Vegetables Announces Precautionary Limited Recall of Garden Classic Salads for Possible Contamination with Listeria monocytogenes"

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Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc. is voluntarily recalling a limited number of cases of garden salad due to a possible health risk from Listeria monocytogenes. Dole Fresh Vegetables is coordinating closely with regulatory officials. No illnesses connected to any of the recalled lot codes have been reported to date.

There are 4 salad mixes being recalled which are listed in the article along with lot codes and dates.

[Toliver]

Tastykakes are in the news...
"Flowers Foods Issues Voluntary Recall on Certain Tastykake Multi-Pack Cupcakes Sold in Eight States Due to Possible Presence of Tiny Fragments of Metal Mesh Wire"

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As a precautionary measure, Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE: FLO) is voluntarily recalling Tastykake multi-pack cupcakes due to the potential presence of tiny fragments of metal mesh wire. The recall was initiated following notification by a vendor of the possible contamination in a supplied ingredient.

The products being recalled were distributed to retail customers in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington DC, and West Virginia.

The bolding in the quote text is mine, emphasizing US states impacted.

Products codes can be found in the article.

[chromedome]

There was another update on the enoki mushrooms recall.

 

https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/jongilpoom-brand-enoki-mushroom-recalled-due-listeria-monocytogenes-3?utm_source=r_listserv

[chromedome]

For those of you who like to "sprout your own," the CFIA has recalled Mumm's brand broccoli seeds for home sprout-making, because of contamination with salmonella. Details on the link:

https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/mumm-s-sprouting-seeds-brand-broccoli-recalled-due-salmonella?utm_source=r_listserv

[chromedome]

Another onion recall; these ones apparently originate in New Mexico as opposed to Mexico proper. 
https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/mvp-brand-yellow-onions-recalled-due-salmonella?utm_source=r_listserv
 

Sliced mushrooms sold at Metro and Superstore, so far thought to be just Ontario and Quebec but possibly more widely distributed.

https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/certain-sliced-mushroom-products-recalled-due-listeria-monocytogenes?utm_source=r_listserv

 

Also a couple of regional recalls: Broadwood Farm microgreens sold in Ontario, and Al Burj brand tahini and halwa in Alberta.

 

https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/certain-broadwood-farm-brand-microgreens-recalled-due-salmonella?utm_source=r_listserv

https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/alburj-brand-tahina-and-halawa-recalled-due-salmonella?utm_source=r_listserv

[Orbit]

Not exactly a recall, but an article about spices with high levels of lead and other heavy metals.

https://www.consumerreports.org/food-safety/your-herbs-and-spices-might-contain-arsenic-cadmium-and-lead/?EXTKEY=YSOCIAL_FB

[Toliver]

"Euro Foods Dba Citterio USA Corp. Recalls Salame Stick Products Due To Possible Salmonella Contamination"

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Euro Foods, a Freeland, Penn. establishment, is recalling approximately 119,091 pounds of salame stick products that may be contaminated with Salmonella the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. FSIS issued a public health alert for the salame stick products on October 29, 2021, believing that the product was no longer in commerce. However, following this alert, FSIS observed product available at one retail location and two Citterio salame stick samples previously collected by the California Department of Public Health have tested positive for Salmonella.

Thought this was pertinent 'cause tis the season for a variety of meat sticks (for Xmas stocking stuffers).

[Toliver]

Trader Joe's is involved with this one. The patties in question are sold at Trader Joe's:

 

"Innovative Solutions, Inc. Recalls Chicken Patty Products Due To Possible Foreign Matter Contamination"

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Innovative Solutions, Inc., a Kent, Wash. establishment, is recalling approximately 97,887 pounds of raw ground chicken patty products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically pieces of bone...

Product codes/details are in the article.

[Porthos]

Shamrock Foods Company DBA Gold Canyon Meat Company Recalls Raw Ground Beef Products

 

[Toliver]

"Costco alerts customers to recall of Kool-Aid mix that may contain metal or glass"

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Costco is warning customers who purchased a certain Kool-Aid mix that batches of the product are being recalled over concerns that they might contain small fragments of metal or glass...
The retailer issued an alert from Kraft Heinz – the company that makes Kool-Aid –  explaining that the manufacturer and the FDA have issued recalls of 82.5oz Kool-Aid Tropical Punch Mix with "Best When Used By" dates of Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 "due to the potential presence of foreign material, specifically very small pieces of metal or glass,"

 

[chromedome]

2 minutes ago, Toliver said:

"Costco alerts customers to recall of Kool-Aid mix that may contain metal or glass"

 

Brings "Don't drink the Kool-Aid" to a whole other level, doesn't it?

[Toliver]

"E. coli Outbreak Linked to Baby Spinach"

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Josie’s Organics Baby Spinach

•Sold at stores nationwide
•“Best by” date of October 23, 2021
•Sold in plastic clamshell containers
Minnesota officials found E. coli O157:H7 in a package of leftover Josie’s Organics baby spinach collected from a sick person’s home. Five people in this outbreak reported eating spinach in the week before they got sick and 1 reported Josie’s Organics brand.

Investigators are working to determine if additional products may be contaminated.

The investigation has spread to 7 states.

[gfweb]

7 hours ago, Toliver said:

"E. coli Outbreak Linked to Baby Spinach"

The investigation has spread to 7 states.

Bagged greens scare me anymore. Spinach, romaine,  lettuce. Oy. 

But so far not arugula as far as I've seen. Which is nice. But I'm trusting it less. 

 

 

 

[Okanagancook]

Like sprouted anything…an opprtuniyu for bugs.

[gfweb]

I've gotten so concerned that I won't do many salad greens that I haven't grown myself (unless they are cooked).

 

I'm entering the season of braised romaine, brussels sprouts and stewed greens.  I've convinced myself that it is "eating seasonally" and is a virtue.  😉

[chromedome]

Okay, so... Kraft Heinz is recalling Country Time lemonade crystals and Tang orange drink (tbh, I didn't realize they still made that...) nationally for possible presence of glass:
https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/country-time-brand-original-lemonade-fruit-juice-substitute-drink-mix-and-tang-brand?utm_source=r_listserv

 

There are also two recalls of sesame seed for possible salmonella:

https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/elan-brand-organic-sesame-whole-seeds-recalled-due-salmonella?utm_source=r_listserv

https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/going-nuts-brand-organic-white-sesame-seeds-recalled-due-salmonella?utm_source=r_listserv

 

...and an update to an earlier recall of tahini and halwa, which - given the timing - may have been related to the sesame recalls above. I dunno.

https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/alburj-brand-and-algota-brand-tahinatahini-and-halawahalvah-recalled-due-salmonella?utm_source=r_listserv

 

It was a busy night at the ol' CFIA mailing list foundry...

 

[Darienne]

https://www.consumerreports.org/food-recalls/trader-joes-chile-lime-chicken-burgers-recall-bone-fragments-a1722277719/?EXTKEY=NF1BNCP3&utm_source=acxiom&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20211120_nsltr_food&utm_nsltr=food

Trader Joe's Chile Lime Chicken Burgers Recalled Due to Possible Bone Fragments   Found this in my Consumer Reports download. 

Edited November 20, 2021 by Darienne (log)