Recent National Product Recalls and Safety Alerts - Important for Parents
The recent spate of food and product recalls has raised much attention to increasing the standards and enforcements from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Given all the different food products that families consume each day, it is important to stay abreast of the various food recalls, market withdrawals and safety alerts. Below are some of the recent food recalls.
What should you do if you purchased or consumed any of these products?
- If you have consumed any of these products, please contact your doctor immediately.
- Get in touch with the manufacturer. Most companies will provide a full refund if you have purchased the recalled products.
- If you or your loved ones have suffered damages or fallen seriously ill from consuming or using any defective product, you should consider seeking a product liability lawyer.
Product: Breyers® All Natural Cookies & Cream and All Natural Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
Date Recalled: October 22, 2009
Issue: Allergy alert due to improperly labeled tubs not declaring the ingredient wheat. The mispackaged ice cream product was distributed in Alabama, Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Trinidad and Virginia.
Product: Plum Organics Apple and Carrot Baby Food in Portable Pouches
Date Recalled: October 19, 2009
Issue: Possible botulism contamination after an error in formulation. Affects pouches with UPC code #890180001221.
Retailers: Babies-R-Us, Toys-R-Us
Additional Info: http://www.plumorganics.com/pdfs/AppleCarrotBabyPouch.pdf
Product: Product Recall of Nutricia North America, Inc.’s Neocate® Infant Specialized Formula Lot P91877
Date Recalled: September 28, 2009
Issue: Nutricia has been informed by the manufacturer of Neocate® that, due to a one-time blending error, a limited quantity of the individual cans of Neocate® Infant (original formula) contain protein levels lower than that declared on the label.
Product: Shun Fung International Trading Inc. dba Yummy Foods Co. Undeclared Egg and Wheat in Wife Cake
Date Recalled: August 14, 2009
Issue: Yummy Foods Company of San Francisco, California, is recalling its 17 oz./480g Wife Cake because the product contains undeclared egg and wheat. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to egg or wheat run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products.
Retailers: Ranch 99 Supermarkets in Kent and Edmonds, Washington and other Asian retail markets throughout California
Product: Frozen Culinary Circle™ Gourmet Macaroni And Cheese – 38 oz. Package
Date Recalled: August 14, 2009
Issue: Potential to be contaminated with listeria monocytogenes (food borne pathogen responsible for 2,500 illnesses and 500 deaths in the U.S. annually read more).
Retailers: SUPERVALU-owned stores including Acme®, Albertsons®, biggs®, Cub Foods®, Farm Fresh®, Hornbacher’s®, Jewel-Osco®, Lucky®, Shaw’s/Star Market™, Shop ‘n Save®, and Shoppers Food & Pharmacy® in all of the states where they operate.
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