Category Archives: Food Micro Blog

USA – Fresh Creative Foods Announces Voluntary Recall of Dressings and Taco Kit Due to Risk of Listeria in Ingredient From Cheese Supplier: Rizo-Lopez Foods, Inc. – Listeria monocytogenes

FDA

Don Pancho Crema Trio Pack

Summary

Company Announcement Date:
FDA Publish Date:
Product Type:
Food & Beverages
Foodborne Illness
Reason for Announcement:
Potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination
Company Name:
Fresh Creative Foods
Brand Name:
Don Pancho, HEB, Trader Joe’s
Product Description:
Cilantro Lime Crema, Everything Sauce Fiesta, Cilantro Cotija dressing, Poblano Caesar dressing, Cilantro Dressing, Street Taco Express Meal Kit

Company Announcement

Fresh Creative Foods, a division of Reser’s Fine Foods, Inc., is voluntarily recalling certain cremas, everything sauces, cilantro cotija dressing, poblano Caesar dressing, cilantro dressing and one taco kit due to the risk of Listeria monocytogenes in a cheese ingredient supplied by RIZO-LÓPEZ FOODS, INC.

The dressings and kits were distributed to retail outlets including Costco, H-E-B, Trader Joe’s and Albertson’s in the following states: CA, CT, FL, ID, IL, MD, MT, NJ, NV, OR, PA, SD, TX, UT, VA, and WA.

The dressings are sold in bottles; the taco kit is sold in a clear clamshell container with a printed carboard band.

No consumer complaints have been reported to date.

Listeria Monocytogenes can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.

Consumers are urged not to consume these products. Consumers who purchased these products may take them back to the store for a refund or discard them.

The list of products can be seen here.


Company Contact Information

Media:
Linda Reidman
 503-267-8373

Canada – President’s Choice brand and Taylor Farms brand Mexican-Style Street Corn Salad Kits recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes

CFIA

Product
Mexican-Style Street Corn Salad Kits
Issue
Food – Microbial Contamination – Listeria
What to do

Do not consume, use, sell, serve, or distribute recalled products

Distribution
National

Issue

The affected products are being recalled from the marketplace due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. These products were made using cheese recalled by Rizo-López Foods, Inc. in association with an outbreak investigation in the US.

What you should do

  • If you think you became sick from consuming a recalled product, contact your healthcare provider
  • Check to see if you have recalled products
  • Do not consume, serve, use, sell, or distribute recalled products
  • Recalled products should be thrown out or returned to the location where they were purchased

Food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes may not look or smell spoiled but can still make you sick. Symptoms can include vomiting, nausea, persistent fever, muscle aches, severe headache and neck stiffness. Pregnant women, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems are particularly at risk. Although infected pregnant women may experience only mild, flu-like symptoms, the infection can lead to premature delivery, infection of the newborn or even stillbirth. In severe cases of illness, people may die.

France – Pepper Mackerel Fillets – Provençal Mackerel Fillets – Listeria monocytogenes

Gov France

Product category
Food
Product subcategory
Fishing and aquaculture products
Product brand name
Bourgain et fils and Grand Frais
Model names or references
Mackerel Fillets with pepper 200g Provençal Mackerel Fillets 200g
Product identification
GTIN Batch Date
3284570000623 044051 Use-by date 02/20/2024
3284570002092 044051 Use-by date 02/20/2024
3284570002092 044052 Use-by date 02/21/2024
3284570000210 044051 Use-by date 02/14/2024
3284570000210 044052 Use-by date 02/15/2024
3284570002108 044045 Use-by date 02/17/2024
3284570002108 044051 Use-by date 02/20/2024
3284570000340 044051 Use-by date 02/14/2024
Products List
List_of_products_concerned_by_the_recalls_MAQUEREAUX_044.pdfAttachment
Packaging
Vacuum or atmosphere tray 200g
Start/end date of marketing
From 01/29/2024 to 02/21/2024
Storage temperature
Product to keep in the refrigerator
Health mark
FR 62160108 CE
Geographical sales area
Whole France
Distributors
Scapmarée-Carrefour-Grand Frais
List of points of sale
List_of_products_concerned_by_the_recalls_MAQUEREAUX_044_Adresses_clients.pdf

France – MSC HADDOCK NET – Listeria monocytogenes

Gov France

Product category
Food
Product subcategory
Fishing and aquaculture products
Product brand name
My little fishmonger
Model names or references
MSC FILET HADDOCK, vacuum tray, variable weight
Product identification
GTIN Batch Date
2298106000002 2095022 Use-by date 01/28/2024
2298106000002 2095409 Use-by date 01/29/2024
2298106000002 2097565 Use-by date 02/03/2024
2298106000002 2097791 Use-by date 02/04/2024
2298106000002 2098342 Use-by date 05/02/2024
Packaging
vacuum tray, variable weight
Start/end date of marketing
From 01/18/2024 to 02/05/2024
Storage temperature
Product to keep in the refrigerator
Health mark
FR 47 091 046
Geographical sales area
Whole France
Distributors
INTERMARCHE, LECLERC, BOUCHERIES ANDRE, FRANPRIX, COEUR DE FRAIS, INTERMARCHE, MDF, CONSOMACTECOEUR47, MONOPRIX, SECOURS POPULAR, EAJ, SUPER U, O MARCHE FRAIS, CARREFOUR, MERICQ BOUTIQUE AGEN

France -MILD SMOKED HERRING FILLET – Listeria monocytogenes

Gov France

Product category
Food
Product subcategory
Fishing and aquaculture products
Product brand name
UNBRANDED
Model names or references
SWEET HERRING FILLET
Product identification
GTIN Batch Date
2298105000003 2097332 Use-by date 02/04/2024
2298105000003 2097792 Use-by date 02/04/2024
2298105000003 2098344 Use-by date 02/04/2024
Packaging
vacuum tray, variable weight
Start/end date of marketing
From 01/23/2024 to 02/04/2024
Storage temperature
Product to keep in the refrigerator
Health mark
FR 47 091 046
Geographical sales area
Whole France
Distributors
FRANPRIX, COEUR DE FRAIS, CARREFOUR CONTACT, MDF, CONSOMACTECOEUR47, ADOR, SUPER U, O MARCHE FRAIS, SAVEURS D’ICI, MERICQ BOUTIQUE AGEN

Malta – Blueberries – Freshona, Mirtilli giganti americani – Norovirus

Malta Health Service

Name of product on label: Mirtilli giganti americani (frozen product)
Brand: Freshona
Weight: 500g
Lot number: LP3144DL7
Durability date: 05/2025
For further information, the public is kindly requested to contact the Health Inspectorate Services between 8:00
a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on telephone number 21337333 or by email on admin.ehd@gov.mt. The public is also being

Canada – Bauman’s Country Meat Shop brand Summer Sausages recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes

CFIA

Product
Summer Sausages
Issue
Food – Microbial Contamination – Listeria
What to do

Do not consume, use, sell, serve, or distribute recalled products

Distribution
Ontario

The affected products are being recalled from the marketplace due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

What you should do

  • If you think you became sick from consuming a recalled product, contact your healthcare provider
  • Check to see if you have recalled products
  • Do not consume, serve, use, sell, or distribute recalled products
  • Recalled products should be thrown out or returned to the location where they were purchased

Food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes may not look or smell spoiled but can still make you sick. Symptoms can include vomiting, nausea, persistent fever, muscle aches, severe headache and neck stiffness. Pregnant women, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems are particularly at risk. Although infected pregnant women may experience only mild, flu-like symptoms, the infection can lead to premature delivery, infection of the newborn or even stillbirth. In severe cases of illness, people may die.

Czech Republic – SKIN BONE GOOSE BREAST – Salmonella

Potravinynapranyri

Illustrative photo #1

Place of inspection:
Chrudim ( Slovak National Uprising 1081, 53705 Chrudim )
ID: 25110161
Food group: Meat and meat products Packaged meat

SKIN BONE GOOSE BREAST
Category: Dangerous foods
Invalid parameter:

Salmonella

The presence of pathogenic bacteria Salmonella Agona and Salmonella Newport , which can cause a disease called salmonellosis, was detected in the food  .

The SZPI has already informed about this product in a press release dated 1/16/2024  Warning for consumers: two batches of poultry meat from abroad with salmonella in the market network.

Best before date: 30/09/2025
Packaging: plastic packaging
Quantity of the product in the package: 900 g
Manufacturer: TRANSIT-FOOD KFT, H4362 NYÍRGELSE, DEBRECENI UT 1,
Date of sample collection: 1/11/2023
Reference number: 24-000068-SZPI-CZ
The sample was detected by the official control of the State Agricultural and Food Inspection.

Czech Republic – AW Olomouc cottage cheese wreaths – Visible Mold/Moulds

Potravinynapranyri

Illustrative photo #5

Place of inspection:
Svitavy ( náměstí Míru 192/95, 568 02 Svitavy )
ID: 44012373
Food group: Milk and milk products Cheese

AW Olomouc cottage cheese wreaths
Category: Dangerous foods
Invalid parameter:

fungi visible to the eye

There was mold on the surface of the food. Food is not considered safe if it shows signs of spoilage.

Unsuitable storage temperatures for this food were not detected during the inspection. The product did not have an expired minimum durability date.

Batch: L133 252
Best before date: 29 12 23
Packaging: plastic foil
Quantity of the product in the package: 125 g
Manufacturer: AW SPOL. SRO Palackého 4, 789 83 Loštice
Country of origin:  Czechia
Date of sample collection: 13/12/2023
Reference number: 24-000057-SZPI-CZ
The sample was detected by the official control of the State Agricultural and Food Inspection.

USA – Rizo-López Foods, Inc. Voluntarily Recalls Dairy Products Because of Possible Health Risk – Listeria monocytogenes

FDA

MODESTO, Calif. (February 5, 2024) – Rizo-López Foods, Inc. (“RLF”) is voluntarily recalling its dairy products listed below because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.

Based on information shared by the CDC and FDA, RLF may be a potential source of illness in an ongoing nationwide Listeria monocytogenes outbreak.

The recalled products were distributed nationwide by RLF and through distributors. Products also were sold at retail deli counters including, but not limited to, El Super, Cardenas Market, Northgate Gonzalez, Superior Groceries, El Rancho, Vallarta, Food City, La Michoacana, and Numero Uno Markets.

The recalled products include cheese, yogurt, and sour cream sold under the brand names Tio Francisco, Don Francisco, Rizo Bros, Rio Grande, Food City, El Huache, La Ordena, San Carlos, Campesino, Santa Maria, Dos Ranchitos, Casa Cardenas, and 365 Whole Foods Market. Representative images of the recalled products are provided below.

Consumers should check their refrigerators and freezers for any of the products listed below and dispose of them. Consumers with questions may contact the company at 1-833-296-2233, which will be monitored 24 hours a day.

This recall is being carried out with the knowledge of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Expanded List of Products

Link to Original Announcement

Link to FDA Outbreak Investigation


Company Contact Information

Consumers:
 1-833-296-2233
Media:
Daren Williams
 209-232-3703
 dwilliams@rizolopez.com