Category Archives: Recall

USA – USDA – Garden Fresh – Listeria monocytogenes – Costco – Salmonella

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Garden Fresh Foods, a Milwaukee, WI. establishment, is recalling approximately 6,694 additional pounds of ready-to-eat chicken and ham products due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The company is recalling these products in addition to the 19,054 pounds of similar products that were recalled on Sept. 25, 2013

USDA

Costco’s El Camino Real store in San Francisco, Calif., is recalling an additional 14,093 units of rotisserie chicken products that may be contaminated with a strain of Salmonella, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. This is in addition to the 9,043 units that were recalled on Oct. 12.

The products subject to recall are:

  • 13,455 “Kirkland Signature Foster Farms” rotisserie chickens
  • 638 total units of “Kirkland Farm” rotisserie chicken soup, rotisserie chicken leg quarters, and rotisserie chicken salad.

The products were sold directly to consumers in a Costco located at 1600 El Camino Real, South San Francisco, Calif., between Sept. 24 and Oct. 15, 2013.

Costco and the California Department of Public Health discovered through a follow up investigation to the previous recall that additional product should be recalled. No illnesses have been reported in association with the product being recalled today.

USA – USDA Q&A Sheet- Foster Farms – Salmonella Outbreak

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Frequently Asked Questions – Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Chicken Products Produced at Three Foster Farms FacilitiesEurofins Food Testing UK

Canada – Ground Beef Recall Update – E.coli O157

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The public warning issued on October 11th, 2013 has been updated to include an additional product which was sold at only one Costco store location.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd. are warning the public not to consume the Kirkland Signature brand Lean Ground Beef described in the link above because it may be contaminated with pathogenic E. coli bacteria.

This product has been sold from the Costco warehouse in Lethbridge, Alberta.

There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of this product.

The retailer, Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd., Ottawa, Ontario, is voluntarily recalling the affected product from the marketplace. The CFIA is monitoring the effectiveness of the recall

RASFF Alerts DSP – Live Mussels- E.coli – Clams

RASFF -Too high count of Escherichia coli (1130;2230;3230;5230 MPN/100g) in clams (Venus gallina) from Turkey in Greece

RASFF -Diarrhoeic Shellfish Poisoning (DSP) toxins – okadaic acid (826.3 µg/kg – ppb) in live mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) from Spain in italy

RASFF Alerts – Aflatoxin – Peanut – White Maize Dust – Pistachios – Groundnuts

RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 7.1; Tot. = 8.8 mg/kg – ppm) in peanut from China in Portugal

RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 48; Tot. = 57 µg/kg – ppb) and fumonisins (2300 µg/kg – ppb) in white maize dunst from Serbia in Switzerland

RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 27.75; Tot. = 29.94 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachios from Iran in Slovakia

RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 116; Tot. = 250 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnuts from Mozambique

RASFF Alerts – Hepatitis A – Frozen Berries

RASFF -hepatitis A virus in frozen berries mix from Bosnia and Herzegovina, produced in Italy, with raw material from Poland, Serbia, Bulgaria and Chile

RASFF -hepatitis A virus (presence /g) in frozen blackberries from Romania in italy

RASFF Alerts – Salmonella

RASFF -Salmonella group D (present /25g) in frozen beef burgers from Germany in Finland

RASFF -Salmonella (in 2 out of 5 samples) in paan leaves from Bangladesh in the UK

RASFF -Salmonella spp. (in 2 out of 5 samples /25g) in paan leaves (betel/pan) from India in the UK

RASFF -Salmonella spp. (presence /25g) in paan leaves from Bangladesh in the UK

RASFF -Salmonella enteritidis in whole chicken frozen from Poland in Italy

RASFF -Salmonella enteritidis (presence /25g) in frozen poultry meat manufactured in Poland, with raw material from the Czech Republic in Poland

RASFF Alerts – Animal Feed – Salmonella -Soy Bean – Rapecake – Meat Meal

RASFF-Salmonella Oranienburg (present /25g) in soy bean meal from Italy in Austria

RASFF-Salmonella (present /25g) in soy bean meal from Argentina, via Germany in Poland

RASFF-Salmonella Tennessee (presence /25g) in rapecake from Croatia in Germany

RASFF -Salmonella spp. (presence /25g) in meat meal for petfood (food-producing animals) from New Zealand in the UK

Canada – CFIA Recall – Ground Beef – E.coli

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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd. are warning the public not to consume the Kirkland Signature brand Organic Lean Ground Beef described below because it may be contaminated with pathogenic E. coli bacteria.

This product has been sold from Costco warehouses in BC, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of this product

Canada – Recall Beef Burger – E.coli O157

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The public warning issued on October 2, 2013 has been updated to include additional products.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Belmont Meats Ltd. (Est. 112) are warning the public not to consume the beef burgers described in the link above because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.

This recall is the result of an ongoing food safety investigation initiated as a result of a recent outbreak investigation. There may be recalls of additional products or best before dates as the food safety investigation at this facility continues.

The manufacturer, Belmont Meats Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, is voluntarily recalling all affected products from the marketplace. The CFIA is monitoring the effectiveness of the recall.