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Recalls & Alerts
Whole Foods Market Recalls Select Peanuts, Peanut Products
Whole
Foods Market of Bellevue, Washington is recalling seven peanut and
peanut containing products, plus self-serve grind Peanut Butter due to
potential salmonella contamination
Mar 2, 2009 - 3:46:00 PM
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FDA Update on Recall of Peanut-Containing Products
A combination
of epidemiological analysis and laboratory
testing by state officials in Minnesota and Connecticut, the Food
and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) have enabled FDA to confirm that the sources
of the outbreak of illnesses caused by
Salmonella Typhimurium
are peanut butter and peanut paste produced by the Peanut Corporation
of America (PCA) at its Blakely, Georgia processing plant.
Feb 5, 2009 - 9:10:59 AM
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Jenny Craig Recall Jenny’s Cuisine® Anytime Peanut Butter Flavor Nutritional Bars
Jenny Craig Announces Nationwide Voluntary Recall of Jenny’s Cuisine® Anytime Peanut Butter Flavor Nutritional Bars Due to Possible Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) Contamination and Potential Health Risk
No Cases of Illness Reported
Jan 28, 2009 - 10:18:00 AM
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FDA Warns Consumers Against Dietary Supplement Containing Undeclared Drug
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to
take Venom HYPERDRIVE 3.0, a product sold as a dietary supplement and
containing sibutramine. Sibutramine, a controlled substance with risks
for abuse or addiction, is a potent drug that poses potential safety
risks.
Jan 27, 2009 - 1:37:35 PM
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SOPAKCO, Inc. Announces a Nationwide Recall of Certain SURE-PAK 12 Meals Containing Peanut Butter Products
SOPAKCO, Inc., of Mullins, South
Carolina, is voluntarily recalling certain Sure-Pak 12 Meals because peanut
butter packages in the Meals may have the potential to be contaminated with
Salmonella
Jan 27, 2009 - 1:36:16 PM
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Food Porn Alert: Chili’s "Chocolate Chip Paradise Pie"
After a full restaurant meal,
would you order a rack of baby back ribs for dessert? How about a
rack and a half? That would be roughly equivalent to Chili’s Chocolate
Chip Paradise Pie—the latest Food Porn exposed in
Nutrition Action
Healthletter.
Jan 27, 2009 - 9:50:13 AM
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FDA: Recall of Products Containing Peanut Butter: Salmonella Typhimurium
Recall of Products Containing Peanut Butter: Salmonella Typhimurium, Updated: January 26, 2009
Jan 26, 2009 - 10:18:33 AM
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Another Salmonella Peanut Butter Outbreak - "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
Five months after the Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak began, and nearly three weeks after the Minnesota Department of Health “spilled the beans” that tainted peanut butter was the vector, the public still has little idea why nearly 500 became ill with over 125 hospitalized and 11 deaths. Now, Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) has shuttered its doors and the town of Blakely, Georgia is reconsidering itself as “Peanut Capital of the World.”
Jan 26, 2009 - 10:10:31 AM
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Recalls issued for salmonella contamination
Commissioner Jerry Farrell,
Jr. today announced that genetic testing on the 5-lb unopened tub of
King Nut peanut butter found by food inspectors last week at a West
Haven distributor has produced the first independently confirmed
genetic match for the salmonella strain responsible for the nationwide
outbreak. This finding definitively links the peanut butter sample
implicated in the recent outbreak back to the manufacturer, Peanut
Corporation of America.
Jan 20, 2009 - 5:10:00 PM
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Kellogg Company Announces Voluntary Nationwide Recall
Kellogg Company Announces Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Austin® and Keebler® Branded Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers and Select Snack-Size Packs of Famous Amos® And Keebler® Soft Batch Peanut Butter Cookies Because of Possible Health Risk
Jan 17, 2009 - 12:07:47 PM
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Kellogg Company Announces Precautionary Hold on Austin and Keebler Branded Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers
Kellogg Company today announced it has taken the precautionary measure of
putting a hold on Austin® and Keebler® branded Toasted Peanut Butter Sandwich
Crackers, Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Crackers, Cheese and Peanut Butter
Sandwich Crackers, and Peanut Butter-Chocolate Sandwich Crackers.
Jan 15, 2009 - 11:21:09 AM
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King Nut and Parnell’s Pride Peanut Butter Recalled Due to Salmonella
State health officials
today announced Peanut Corporation of America, a peanut processing
company that makes peanut butter for bulk distribution to institutions,
food service industries and private label food companies, is
voluntarily recalling peanut butter produced in its Blakely, Ga.,
processing facility because of possible contamination with Salmonella.
None of the peanut butter being recalled is sold directly to consumers
through retail stores.
Jan 14, 2009 - 4:30:42 PM
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King Nut Issues Peanut Butter Recall
King Nut Companies, a distributor of peanut butter manufactured for
them by Peanut Corporation of America, today announced a recall of
peanut butter distributed under the King Nut label.
Jan 12, 2009 - 6:02:27 PM
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FDA: more infant formulas contaminated
If you go to the FDA website, you do not have an easy access to the information. The agency found that more products are contaminated.
Jan 9, 2009 - 8:35:25 AM
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National Brands Inc. Issues a Nationwide Recall of Topaz brand Wafer Rolls Because of Possible Health Risks
National
Brands Inc., Spring Valley NY is initiating a nationwide recall of all their
4.76oz (135gm) cans and 12.3oz (350gm) cans of Topaz brand Wafer Rolls because
it may be contaminated with Melamine.
Jan 5, 2009 - 10:15:49 AM
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FDA Warns Consumers About Tainted Weight Loss Pills
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting consumers nationwide not
to purchase or consume more than 25 different products marketed for weight
loss because they contain undeclared, active pharmaceutical ingredients that
may put consumers’ health at risk.
Dec 22, 2008 - 1:13:28 PM
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Recalls and Safety Alerts - Show #82, December 2008
Drug safety alerts from FDA
Dec 1, 2008 - 10:27:38 AM
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Balanced Health Products, Inc. Conducts Voluntary Urgent Nationwide Recall of Starcaps Dietary Supplement Capsules
Balanced Health Products, Inc. is voluntarily recalling
STARCAPS DIET SYSTEM DIETARY SUPPLEMENT, Lot 12/2011 – 84810, sold in 30 capsule plastic bottles.
Nov 28, 2008 - 8:32:38 PM
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New Jersey Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products Due to Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination
Dutch Prime Foods, Inc., a
Long Branch, New Jersey firm, is recalling approximately 345 pounds of
ground beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli
O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and
Inspection Service announced today.
Nov 28, 2008 - 8:30:43 PM
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Texas Firm Recalls Chicken Products Due to Undeclared Allergens
John Soules Foods, Inc., a
Tyler, Texas, establishment, is recalling approximately 8,496 pounds of
cooked chicken strip products. The chicken products may contain an
undeclared allergen, wheat, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food
Safety and Inspection Service announced today. Wheat is a known
allergen, which is not declared on the label.
Nov 28, 2008 - 8:29:30 PM
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Massachusetts Firm Recalls Ready-To-Eat Frozen Beef Sandwich Products For Possible Listeria Contamination
Home Market Foods, Inc., a Norwood, Mass., firm, is recalling approximately 5,250 pounds of ready-to-eat frozen beef sandwich portions that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today.
Nov 28, 2008 - 8:27:35 PM
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FDA updates melamine advisory
As part of its ongoing strategy to address the present problem with
melamine contamination of consumer products exported from the People’s
Republic of China, FDA has expanded its import controls on Chinese
dairy products, and food and feed products manufactured in China that
contain dairy ingredients. Since Oct. 10, 2008, FDA has had an import
alert in place for specific products found contaminated with melamine
and melamine-related compounds. FDA has collected additional
information on the scope of the melamine contamination problem in
China, and determined a countrywide import alert is warranted.
Nov 20, 2008 - 6:03:18 AM
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Nestle recalls 900,000 lbs of chicken meals
The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a warning to
alert consumers to a recall by Nestle of 879,563 pounds of frozen chicken meals
due to containment of foreign materials.
Nov 18, 2008 - 12:18:01 PM
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Seattle's Favorite Gourmet Cookies & Dessert Co Issues Nationwide Allergy Alert
Seattle
's
Favorite Gourmet Cookies & Dessert
Co. of
T
ukwila, WA is recalling
Orange Cranberry and
Banana Nut Muffin
Tops because they contain undeclared
milk. People
who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to
milk run the
risk of serious or life threatening allergic reaction if they consume these
products.
Nov 15, 2008 - 4:44:07 PM
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California firm recalls sausages due to undeclared allergens
Jolly Good Meat Products, a
Los Angeles, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 600
pounds of ready-to-eat and raw banger sausage rolls because they may
contain an undeclared allergen, eggs, the U. S. Department of
Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today.
Nov 2, 2008 - 2:53:08 PM
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More brands of eggs found tainted with melamine
The city
government of Dalian in northeastern China on Wednesday vowed to impose severe
punishment for those responsible for melamine-contaminated eggs exported to
Hong Kong.
Oct 29, 2008 - 3:20:18 PM
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FDA: Melamine found in flavored drink
The U.S.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today October 6 that it has
detected melamine, the industrial chemical has contaminated the whole dairy
industry in China, in Blue Cat Flavor Drink, made by a Chinese company.
Oct 6, 2008 - 11:49:33 AM
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Melamine found in Cadbury products, 6 more suspects arrested
Health authorities in Hong Kong said Sunday two
chocolate products made by British confectioner Cadbury are being
recalled due to contamination of high levels of melamine.
Oct 5, 2008 - 3:55:03 PM
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Tainted Chinese-made products found in Vietnam
Milk product
contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine was found everywhere and
countries involved asked distributers/retailers to recall and destroy the
affected products.
Oct 3, 2008 - 6:43:40 PM
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NY Fish Inc. Recalls Imperial-European Style Smoked Salmon Because of Possible Health Risk
NY FISH INC. of
Brooklyn, NY, is recalling I ♥ NY FISH brand IMPERIAL-EUROPEAN STYLE
SMOKED SALMON, vacuum packed, in 3 oz., 8 oz., 16 oz., and whole sides
(“to be weighed at time of sale”) sizes with lot numbers 513 1340, 514
1340, 515 1340, and 516 1340
Sep 30, 2008 - 1:02:25 PM
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