Every week the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posts an Enforcement Report that details the recalls the agency is monitoring. These recalls are usually not listed in press releases, even though some of the products could be quite dangerous.
Recalls are classified in different ways. Sometimes the company involved issues a recall over the phone or by snail mail, and the FDA has to operate under strict regulations. So check back here every Thursday and we’ll list all of the recalls related to food and food products. We’ll link to the recalls we’ve already told you about.
Recalls and Field Corrections for Foods:
1. Bin Bin brand rice crackers. Recall was for undeclared eggs in the product. The recall is ongoing.
2. Umpqua brand name dairy products and fruit drinks. These products have been recalled because environmental swabbing of processing equipment tested positive for Salmonella. The recalling firm is Umpqua Dairy Products Co. in Roseburg, Oregon. The products were distributed in California, Oregon, and Washington. The Oregon initiated recall is ongoing. The expiration dates for the products were all in September, 2010. Please pay particular attention to the places these products were sold, because they differ for each product.
- Half & Half distributed under the following label names: Umpqua and Dutch Bros.
- Whip Cream distributed under the following label name: Umpqua.
- Buttermilk distributed under the following label name: Umpqua.
- Orange Juice distributed under the following label name: Umpqua.
- Orange Fruit drink distributed under the following label name: Umpqua.
- Fruit Punch Fruit drink distributed under the following label name: Umpqua.
- Grape Fruit drink distributed under the following label name: Umpqua.
- Blue Raspberry Fruit drink distributed under the following label name: Umpqua.
- Whole Milk distributed under the following label names: Umpqua, Dutch Bros., Cascade, Great Value, Lady Lee, Market of Choice, Dairy Queen, and Sherm’s.
- Reduced Fat Milk distributed under the following label names: Umpqua, Dutch Bros., Cascade, Great Value, Lady Lee, Market of Choice, Dairy Queen, and Sherm’s.
- 1% Lowfat Milk distributed under the following label names: Umpqua, Dutch Bros., Cascade, Great Value, Lady Lee, Market of Choice, Dairy Queen, and Sherm’s.
- Fat Free Milk distributed under the following label names: Umpqua, Dutch Bros., Cascade, Great Value, Lady Lee, Market of Choice, Dairy Queen, and Sherm’s.
- 2% Acidophilus Milk distributed under the following label names: Umpqua, Dutch Bros., Cascade, Great Value, Lady Lee, Market of Choice, Dairy Queen, and Sherm’s.
- Flavored Milk: Chocolate Dutch Style distributed under the following label names: Umpqua, Dutch Bros., and Great Value.
- Flavored Milk: Chocolate 2% Reduced Fat distributed under the following label names: Umpqua, Dutch Bros., and Great Value.
- Flavored Milk: Chocolate Fat Free distributed under the following label names: Umpqua, Dutch Bros., and Great Value.
- Flavored Milk: Strawberry distributed under the following label names: Umpqua, Dutch Bros., and Great Value.Buttermilk distributed under the following label name: Umpqua.
3. Quick Café egg salad sandwiches and Take Away Café egg salad sandwiches. These were part of the huge Michael Foods egg recall; the hard-cooked eggs were possibly contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recall is ongoing.
4. Dry fish imported from Bangladesh.These products were uneviscerated; the problem was discovered by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets. The recalling firm is Four Star Import and Distribution Inc. of Brooklyn, New York. Product was distributed in New Jersey, New York, and Virginia. The New York initiated recall is complete.
- MUNIA brand CHURI (Dry) Fish (Trichiurus savala)
- 200 gram
- Product of Bangladesh
- Packaged in a sealed plastic bag
- Best before April 2013
- noya brand BOYAL DRY FISH
- Net weight 200 gram
- Product of Bangladesh
- Packaged in a sealed plastic bag
- Best Before December 2012
5. Stuffed Olives with Almonds. Recalling firm is Pure Italian of Waterton, Massachusetts. Product of Italy. The olives are associated with Clostridium botulinumin Finland. Distributed in Massachusetts. The firm initiated recall is complete.
- Bio Gaudiano Brand Stuffed Olives with Almonds packaged in glass jars, all sizes
- Gaudiano Brand Almond Stuffed Olives in Oil, packaged in 4700 ml cans.
6. Macaroni Salad. Recalled because the product contains undeclared colors FD&C Yellow #5, FD&C Yellow #6, and FD&C Red #40. Distributed in Ohio. Recalling firm is Smith-Family Frosted Foods of Tiffin, Ohio. The FDA initiated recall is ongoing.
- House of Meats Shell Macaroni Salad
- Recalling 140 5-pound plastic tubs.
- Batch/Lot #00512, Best by date 02112
- Batch/Lot #01212, Best by Date 02812
- Batch/Lot #02312, Best by date 03912
- Batch/Lot #02612, Best by date 04212
