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USA – Update to Palmer Candy Company Recall of White Confectionary Products Because of Possible Health Risk – Salmonella

FDA

The firm previously issued a public notification on 05/06/2024. The firm is issuing this public notification to include additional best by dates and products.

This press release was updated to include additional best by dates of the products:

Caramel Swirl Pretzels 4oz
Cookies & Cream Yummy Chow 14#
Munchy Medley 4oz
Peanut Butter Snack Mix 12oz
Vanilla Yogurt Covered Pretzels 10oz
Zebra Fudge Cookies 7oz

and to include the following two items:

Patriotic White Fudge Cookies 13.5oz
Drizzled Caramel Corn 5oz and 12oz

The revisions are identified in bolded and highlighted text.

The recalled confectionary items were distributed nationwide in Walmart, HyVee, Target, Dollar General, and to distributors in Alabama, California, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

The product comes in a variety of retail packaging like bags, pouches and tubs.

No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with this problem.

Palmer Candy was notified by its liquid coating supplier that there was a potential for contamination with salmonella from an ingredient that was potentially contaminated from one of their suppliers.

Production of the product has been suspended while FDA and the company continue their investigation as to the source of the problem.

Consumers who have purchased White coated confectionary items manufactured by Palmer Candy Company are urged to return them to the place of purchase for a full refund.

Consumers with questions may contact the company at 1-800-831-0828 Monday through Friday 8am – 5pm.

PRODUCTS BEST BY DATES
CARAMEL SWIRL PRETZELS 4oz 12/18/24-12/28/24
CARAMEL SWIRL PRETZELS 6oz 12/19/24, 12/20/24 and 1/19/25
CLASSIC YOGURT PRETZELS 28# 12/11/24 – 1/8/25
COOKIES & CREAM YUMMY CHOW 14# 12/6/24 – 1/23/25
ENROBED PRETZEL RODS 8oz 1/22/2025
FAVORITE DAY BAKERY WHITE FUDGE MINI COOKIES 7oz 4/4/25, 4/5/25, 4/15/25 – 4/18/25
FROSTED MUNCHY MEDLEY BOWL 15oz 1/3/2025
FROSTED PATRIOT FROSTED PRETZELS 28# 1/2/25, 1/3/25
FROSTED PRETZELS 6oz 1/23/2025
MUNCHY MEDLEY 15# 12/14/24, 1/3/25
MUNCHY MEDLEY 4oz 12/25/24 – 12/28/24 and 1/19/25
MUNCHY MEDLEY TO GO 4oz 12/25/24 – 1/19/25
MUNCHY MEDLEY 6oz 12/20/24, 4/25/25
PATRIOTIC MUNCHY MEDLEY BOWL 15oz 1/19/2025
PATRIOTIC PRETZELS 14oz 1/25/25, 1/26/25
PATRIOTIC PRETZELS 6oz 1/19/2025
PATRIOTIC RED, WHITE & BLUE PRETZEL TWISTS 14oz 12/13/24 – 1/15/25
PATRIOTIC SNACK MIX 13oz 1/19/25 – 2/1/25
PATRIOTIC WHITE FUDGE COOKIES 13.5oz 4/22/2025
PATRIOTIC WHITE FUDGE COOKIES 7oz 4/23/25, 4/24/25
PEANUT BUTTER SNACK MIX 12oz 11/13/24 – 12/22/24
PEANUT BUTTER SNACK MIX TO GO 4.5oz 1/18/2025
SNACKIN’ WITH THE CREW! MIZZOU MUNCHY MEDLEY 7oz 12/18/24, 12/19/24
SNACKIN’ WITH THE CREW! TIGER TREATS 7oz 12/18/24, 12/19/24
STAR SNACKS CHOW DOWN 25# 12/6/24, 12/7/24
STRAWBERRY YOGURT COATED PRETZELS 10oz 1/5/25, 1/23/25
SWEET SMILES YOGURT COVERED PRETZELS 3.25oz 12/18/24 – 1/4/25
VANILLA YOGURT COVERED PRETZELS 10oz 12/18/24, 1/5/25, 1/22/25
YOGURT PRETZEL 14# 12/14/24 – 12/21/24
ZEBRA FUDGE COOKIES 7oz 3/20/25 – 4/30/25
DRIZZLED CARAMEL CORN 5oz 1/22/2025
DRIZZLED CARAMEL CORN SNACK MIX BOWL 12oz 1/22/2025

Original Press Release


Company Contact Information

Consumers:
Palmer Candy Company
 1-800-831-0828

Germany – Sliced ​​Cloud Ear Fungus – dried mushrooms – Salmonella

Lebensmittelwarnung

Alert type: Groceries
Date of first publication: May 17, 2024
Product name:

Sliced ​​Cloud Ear Fungus – dried mushrooms

Manufacturer (distributor):

Hung Van Do Halberstädter Straße 183, 39112 Magdeburg

Reason for warning:

Detection of salmonella

Packaging Unit: 1 kg
Durability: Best before: April 16, 2025
Production date: October 16, 2023
Additional Information:

We have determined that this product is contaminated with Salmonella Weltevreden. If prepared incorrectly, salmonella causes symptoms such as sudden diarrhea, headaches, stomach aches, general malaise and occasionally vomiting, and often a slight fever. If symptoms persist, please seek medical help immediately.
We ask all customers who have purchased this product not to consume or resell it and to return it immediately to the following store:
Address:
Hung Van Do Halberstädter Straße 183, 39112 Magdeburg Tel.:0172 8186146
You will be refunded the full purchase price, too without presenting the receipt.

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Research – Scientists call for more awareness of raw pet food risks for people

Food Safety News

A study has added to evidence of the risk posed by contaminated raw pet food to human health.

Researchers investigated whether dog food, including raw meat-based diets (RMBD), available in Portugal can be a source of Salmonella or other Enterobacteriaceae strains resistant to last-line antibiotics such as colistin.

Since 2020, there have been more than 20 reports or recalls of pet food and RMBD in the EU because of the detection of pathogens.

Fifty-five samples from 25 brands of various meat and dog food types from 12 suppliers were screened by standard cultural methods between September 2019 and January 2020. Forty-one of the 55 samples were processed, and 14 were raw, according to the study published in the journal Eurosurveillance.

France – Chicken thighs marinated with lemongrass in a tray – Salmonella

Gov France

Product category
Food
Product subcategory
Meats
Product brand name
unbranded
Model names or references
Chicken thighs marinated with lemongrass in a tray
Product identification
Batch Date
Date of manufacture: 05/04/2024 Use-by date 05/07/2024
Packaging
In filmed tray
Start/end date of marketing
From 05/04/2024 to 05/07/2024
Storage temperature
Product to keep in the refrigerator
Geographical sales area
Tang Frères store located 48 avenue d’Ivry 75013 Paris
Distributors
Tang Frères store located 48 avenue d’Ivry 75013 Paris

RASFF Alert- Clostridium botulinum – Chilled Soup

RASFF

Clostridia producing botulinum toxin in chilled soup with emmer and vegetables from Italy in Malta

RASFF Alert – Norovirus – Oysters

RASFF

Hollow oyster (Crassotrea gigas) – Presence of Norovirus from Portugal in Spain and Italy

RASFF Alerts – Two Week Catch Up -STEC E.coli – Beef – Raw Milk Soft Cheese – Capreolus Cuts

RASFF

E. Coli STEC en carne de vacuno de Brazil. E. Coli STEC in beef from Brazil. in Spain

RASFF

Recall of Soft Cheese Made with Raw Milk Associated with Two Cases of Shigatoxigenic E coli from Ireland in Northern Ireland

RASFF

STEC in Capreolus cuts from United Kingdom in the Netherlands

RASFF Alerts- Two Week Catch Up- Listeria monocytogenes – Cheese- Raw Milk Cheese – Salad – Meat- Roasted Duck – Chicken Schnitzel

RASFF

Listeria in cheeses from France in Belgium

RASFF

Listeria in meat from Germany in the Netherlands

RASFF

Listeria monocytogenes in frozen, roasted duck from Kosovo in Germany

RASFF

Listeria monocytogenes in chicken schnitzel from Germany in Luxembourg

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Detection of Listeria monocytogenes in raw milk cheese from Portugal in France

RASFF

Listeria in raw sheep’s milk, from Portugal in France and the Netherlands

RASFF

Listeria monocytogenes in salad from France in Italy

RASFF

Suspected contamination with Listeria monocytogenes in soft cheeses from Germany in Luxembourg and Austria

RASFF Alerts – Two Week Catch Up- Salmonella – Polish Poultry Products – Brazilian Poultry Products – Sesame Seeds – Minced Meat- Chicken Legs – Merguez Sausage – Ground Sweet Pepper – Garlic Leaves -Duck Meat – Chicken Meat – Pistachios – Chicken Minced Meat

RASFF

Salmonella spp. in frozen chicken meat preparation from Brazil in Germany

RASFF

Salmonella spp. in frozen chicken meat preparation from Brazil in Germany

RASFF

Salmonella in beef from the UK used for minced meat in Denmark

RASFF

Detection of Salmonella enteritidis in frozen chicken legs from Romania in Belgium

RASFF

Salmonella Enteritidis in chilled poultry elements from Poland in Slovakia in the Netherlands

RASFF

Salmonella Enteritidis in chicken from Poland in the Netherlands and UK

RASFF

Salmonella detected in merguez sausages in the Netherlands and Portugal

RASFF

Detection of the presence of Salmonella spp. in 25 g of ground sweet peppers from Spain in Germany, Italy, Moldova, Poland, Slovakia and Sweden

RASFF

Salmonella in 25 g of the product (garlic leaves) from Germany in Poland

RASFF

Presence of Salmonella Typhimurium in duck meat from Hungary in Italy and Slovenia

RASFF

Salmonella spp. in frozen chicken meat preparation from Brazil in Germany

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Salmonella spp. in frozen chicken meat preparation from Brazil in Germany

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Salmonella spp. in poultry meat preparation from Brazil in Germany

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Salmonella Newport (in 1 out of 5 units) in fresh turkey thighs from Poland in Latvia

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Salmonella spp. in frozen and salted poultry breast halves from Brazil in Germany

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Salmonella spp. in frozen chicken meat preparation from Brazil in Germany

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Salmonella spp. in frozen and salted poultry breast halves from Brazil in Germany

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Salmonella spp. in poultry meat preparation from Brazil in Germany

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Salmonella spp. in frozen and salted poultry breast halves from Brazil in Germany

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Salmonella spp. in chicken meat preparations from Brazil in France and the Netherlands

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Salmonella in chicken meat from the Netherlands in Belgium

RASFF

Salmonella spp in sesame seeds from Mali in Greece

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Salmonella spp and aflatoxins in kernel pistachios from Jordan in Greece

RASFF

Salmonella Infantis (in 4 out of 5 units) in fresh chicken thighs from Poland in Lativa

RASFF

Salmonella infantis in frozen chicken wings from Poland, obtained from whole chickens slaughtered in Slovakia in the Netherlands and Italy

RASFF

Salmonella Infantis in chilled chicken breast from Ukraine in Hungary and the Netherlands

RASFF

Detection of Salmonella enteritidis in refrigerated lower chicken legs from Romania in Kosovo

RASFF

Salmonella in turkey meat from Poland in Belgium, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain and UK

RASFF

Salmonella spp in sesame seeds from Chad in Greece and Mali

RASFF

Salmonella Minnesota in frozen chicken meat preparation from Brazil in Germany

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Salmonella spp. in poultry meat preparation from Brazil in Germany

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Salmonella spp. in poultry meat preparation from Brazil in Germany

RASFF

Salmonella spp. in chicken meat preparation from Brazil in Germany

RASFF

Salmonella spp. in frozen chicken meat preparation from Brazil in Germany

RASFF

Salmonella spp. in poultry meat preparation from Brazil in Germany

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Salmonella spp. in poultry meat preparation from Brazil in Germany

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Salmonella spp. in chicken meat preparation from Brazil in Germany

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Salmonella spp. in poultry meat preparation from Brazil in Germany

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Salmonella Heidelberg in frozen chicken meat preparation from Brazil in Germany

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Salmonella spp. in chicken meat preparation from Brazil in Germany

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Salmonella Minnesota in poultry meat preparation from Brazil in Germany

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Salmonella Minnesota in poultry meat preparation from Brazil in Germany

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Salmonella spp. in chicken meat preparation from Brazil in Germany

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Salmonella Minnesota in chicken meat preparation from Brazil in Germany

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Salmonella Minnesota in chicken meat preparation from Brazil in Germany

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Salmonella Minnesota in poultry meat preparation from Brazil in Germany

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Salmonella spp. in frozen chicken/turkey kebab from Poland in Italy

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Salmonella infantis in frozen chicken minced meat from the Netherlands from the Netherlands in Italy

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Salmonella Newport and Salmonella Minnesota in frozen chicken meat preparation from Brazil in Germany

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Salmonella Minnesota in poultry meat preparation from Brazil in Germany

 

UK- Update 1: Food Alert “For Action”: To: Consumers and Food Business who have purchased products from Bread Spread Ltd – Listeria monocytogenes

FSA

PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED AND SUPPLIED BY BREAD SPREAD SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM SALE AND NOT CONSUMED BECAUSE OF SERIOUS FOOD SAFETY RISKS

Environmental Health and Trading Standards Services have been alerted to remove chilled and ready-to-eat products that include baguettes, french sticks, sandwiches, rolls, wraps and pasta salads manufactured and supplied by Bread Spread Ltd, 22 Balfour Business Centre, Balfour Road, Southall, England, UB2 5BD, under the brand name, Bread Spread, Orbital Foods and Perfect Bite because they have not been manufactured in accordance with food law requirements.

Listeria monocytogenes has been found in some of the products. These products are also subject to a number of hygiene and traceability contraventions which makes them unsafe to eat.

All food businesses such as catering establishments and corner shops, across the UK supplied by Bread Spread Ltd should withdraw from sale any chilled and ready-to-eat foods and recall from consumers any of these products sold at retail because they are unsafe to eat. Products should be disposed of safely.

It is a developing situation, the list of affected products below may be incomplete. All chilled and ready-to eat foods with a use-by date up to and including 20 May 2024 manufactured or supplied by Bread Spead Ltd are affected.

This recall has been extended to include the pasta salads.

Product details

Tuna sweetcorn French stick
Pack size All sizes
Use by All date codes up to and including 18 May 2024
Ham cheese French stick
Pack size All sizes
Use by All date codes up to and including 18 May 2024
Egg sausage sandwich
Pack size All sizes
Use by All date codes up to and including 18 May 2024
Chicken tikka sandwich
Pack size All sizes
Use by All date codes up to and including 18 May 2024
Chicken salad sandwich
Pack size All sizes
Use by All date codes up to and including 18 May 2024
Chicken sweetcorn sandwich
Pack size All sizes
Use by All date codes up to and including 18 May 2024
Ham cheese sandwich
Pack size All sizes
Use by All date codes up to and including 18 May 2024
Cheese ploughman sandwich
Pack size All sizes
Use by All date codes up to and including 18 May 2024
Chicken may soft roll
Pack size All sizes
Use by All date codes up to and including 18 May 2024
Tuna sweetcorn soft roll
Pack size All sizes
Use by All date codes up to and including 18 May 2024
Egg mayo soft roll
Pack size All sizes
Use by All date codes up to and including 18 May 2024
Ham cheese torpedo
Pack size All sizes
Use by All date codes up to and including 18 May 2024
Chicken tikka French stick
Pack size All sizes
Use by All date codes up to and including 18 May 2024
Tuna sweetcorn torpedo
Pack size All sizes
Use by All date codes up to and including 18 May 2024
Chicken bacon twist
Pack size All sizes
Use by All date codes up to and including 18 May 2024
Egg mayo torpedo
Pack size All sizes
Use by All date codes up to and including 18 May 2024
Cheese onion soft roll
Pack size All sizes
Use by All date codes up to and including 18 May 2024
Chicken tikka soft roll
Pack size All sizes
Use by All date codes up to and including 18 May 2024
Chicken sweetcorn pasta
Pack size All sizes
Use by All date codes up to and including 20 May 2024
Chicken tikka pasta
Pack size All sizes
Use by All date codes up to and including 20 May 2024
Tuna and sweetcorn pasta
Pack size All sizes
Use by All date codes up to and including 20 May 2024
Chicken sweetcorn French stick
Pack size All sizes
Use by All date codes up to and including 18 May 2024
Chicken salad sandwich
Pack size All sizes
Use by All date codes up to and including 18 May 2024
Chicken sweetcorn baguette
Pack size All sizes
Use by All date codes up to and including 18 May 2024
Egg mayo sausage baguette
Pack size All sizes
Use by All date codes up to and including 18 May 2024
Tuna sweetcorn torpedo
Pack size All sizes
Use by All date codes up to and including 18 May 2024
Chicken mayo torpedo
Pack size All sizes
Use by All date codes up to and including 18 May 2024
Tuna sweetcorn twist
Pack size All sizes
Use by All date codes up to and including 18 May 2024

Risk statement

The presence of Listeria monocytogenes, a number of hygiene and traceability contraventions which makes these products unsafe to eat.

Symptoms caused by this organism can be similar to flu and include high temperature, muscle ache or pain, chills, feeling or being sick and diarrhoea. However, in rare cases, the infection can be more severe, causing serious complications, such as meningitis.

Some people are more vulnerable to listeria infections, including those over 65 years of age, pregnant women and their unborn babies, babies less than one month old and people with weakened immune systems.

Our advice to consumers

If you have purchased any products listed above, or any other products that are chilled or ready-to-eat from Bread Spread Ltd , do not eat them. Instead, dispose of the products safely, at home.

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