United States
Allergy Alert: Whole Foods Marketrecalls its variety cupcake six-packs (All expiration packed on dates prior to May 10th 2012), because the carrot cake cupcakes of the products contain undeclared walnuts. Six-packs that do not contain carrot cake cupcakes are unaffected by the recall. The affected six-packs were sold at Whole Foods Market stores in Northern California, including Folsom, Lafayette, Los Altos, Mill Valley, Novato, Palo Alto, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Rosa and Sonoma.
Pet Food Safety Recall: Nestlé Purina PetCare recalls Purina Veterinary Diets® OM Overweight Management Feline Formula canned cat food (5.5 oz can; Best by JUN 2013; Product code 11721159; UPC 38100-13810), because analytical testing of a product sample by FDA indicated a low level of thiamine (vitamin B1). The recalled cat food was distributed to veterinary clinics in the USA and Canada between June 2011 and May 2012.
Pet Food Safety Recall Update: Natural Balance Pet Foodsannounces a correction to the date code for one of the Natural Balance Pet Foods recalled on May 4th due to potential Salmonella contamination. The Best By date code of March 12, 2013 listed forNatural Balance Sweet Potato & Venison Dog, 5-lb size should be corrected to read “March 13, 2013″
Outbreak Alert: The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is investigating an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) related to dining at Spartanburg-area Mexican restaurant during the last week of April 2012. Preliminary lab results indicated that the outbreak microbe is a strain of E. coli O157:H7. At least eleven cases are under investigation. Two of the three case-patients interviews so far have developed hemolytic uremic syndrome.
Canada
Nestlé Purina PetCare recalls Purina Veterinary Diets® OM Overweight Management Feline Formula canned cat food (5.5 oz can; Best by JUN 2013; Product code 11721159; UPC 38100-13810), because analytical testing of a product sample by FDA indicated a low level of thiamine (vitamin B1). The recalled cat food was distributed to veterinary clinics in the USA andCanada between June 2011 and May 2012.
Some supermarket chains post recall notices on their web sites for the convenience of customers. To see whether a recalled food was carried by your favorite supermarket, follow the live link to the supermarket’s recall web site.
A&P
Big Y® World Class Market®
BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc.
Bloom
Brookshire’s
Costco Wholesale Corporation (US stores)
Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd.
EDEKA (Germany)
Food City
Food Lion
Giant Food LLC
Gros Cidac (Italy)
Hannaford Brothers Co.
Harris Teeter
H-E-B
The Kroger Company*
Lucky Supermarkets
Price Chopper
Publix
Raley’s
Roundy’s Supermarkets, Inc.
Safeway**
Sainsbury’s
ShopRite
Stop & Shop
Sweetbay Supermarkets
Target
Top Food & Drug
Tops Friendly Markets
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Wegmans
Whole Foods Market
WinCo Foods
Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.
*The Kroger umbrella encompasses numerous supermarket, marketplace and convenience store chains, listed on the Kroger corporate home page.
**Includes Safeway, Vons, Pavilions, Dominick’s, Genuardi’s, Randalls, Tom Thumb, Carrs and Pak N’ Save.
