Product Recalls

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This is important as RC reaches across states and into other countries.
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Please read and look for your stores or your brands....

CRF Frozen Foods Expands Voluntary Recall to Include All Frozen Vegetable and Fruit Products Due To Possible Health Risk

".....This expanded recall of frozen vegetables includes all of the frozen organic and traditional fruit and vegetable products manufactured or processed in CRF Frozen Foods' Pasco facility since May 1, 2014. All affected products have the best by dates or sell by dates between April 26, 2016 and April 26, 2018. These include approximately 358 consumer products sold under 42 separate brands, the details of which are listed below. Products include organic and non-organic broccoli, butternut squash, carrots, cauliflower, corn, edamame, green beans, Italian beans, kale, leeks, lima beans, onions, peas, pepper strips, potatoes, potato medley, root medley, spinach, sweet potatoes, various vegetable medleys, blends, and stir fry packages, blueberries, cherries, cranberries, peaches, raspberries, and strawberries. For a complete list of affected products, see below....."

"....Products being recalled may have been purchased in all fifty U.S. states and the following Canadian Provinces: British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan...."

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm498841.htm

Always Save is on the list as is Cost Co and Best Buy.....
Hopefully, these items will not appear at our discount stores!!!

Frozen vegetable recall expands to over 40 brands (Video)

A national recall of frozen vegetables first issued in April has now expanded to over 358 products under more than 42 different brands.

CRF Frozen Foods expanded the voluntary recall to include all of the frozen organic and traditional fruit and vegetable products manufactured or processed in the company's Pasco, Wash., facility since May 1, 2014, due to the possibility that these products may have been contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.



That organism can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in children, frail or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems.

The affected products have best-by dates or sell-by dates between April 26, 2016, and April 26, 2018. A complete list can be found on the* Food and Drug Administration's website. Some of the brands include ByBee Foods, Columbia River Organics, Northwest Growers Select, Organic by Nature, Parade, Pantry Essentials, Safeway Kitchens, Signature Kitchens, Trader Joe's Organic, VIP, Wellsley Farms and Life Foods.

Potentially contaminated products include organic and nonorganic broccoli, butternut squash, carrots, cauliflower, corn, edamame, green beans, Italian beans, kale, leeks, lima beans, onions, peas, pepper strips, potatoes, potato medley, root medley, spinach, sweet potatoes, various vegetable medleys, blends, and stir fry packages, blueberries, cherries, cranberries, peaches, raspberries and strawberries.

Read more:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/restaurantsandnews/frozen-vegetable-recall-expands-to-over-40-brands/ar-BBsS7d0?li=BBnb7Kz

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* Food and Drug Administration's website:

http://www.fda.gov/

Organic listeria?

Listeria concerns prompt sunflower-seed product recalls
POSTED 4:41 PM, MAY 22, 2016, BY CNN,

"....The recall affects Planters and Sunrich Naturals sunflower kernels made between the dates of February 1 and April 21, the date when the facility stopped production of the seeds, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in a release.

Separately, Arizona-based Papa John’s Salad and Produce, Inc. has issued a voluntary recall of its Oriental Salad with Sesame Ginger Dressing, with sell-by dates of May 18 through May 25.

The salads are a pre-packaged blend sold in retail grocery stores including Albertson’s, Safeway, Food 4 Less and Bashas’.

The FDA is urging consumers who bought any of these items matching these descriptions to promptly throw them away or return them to the store for a refund.

“SunOpta is committed to ensuring consumer safety and providing quality products and ingredients to customers. The Company has completed its root cause analysis and is working with food safety experts to implement corrective and preventative measures,” the company said in a statement provided to the FDA. ...."

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Flour

General Mills Recalls Flour Over Possible E. Coli Link
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — May 31, 2016, 4:46 PM ET

"....The company said Tuesday 38 people were sickened from mid-December through May 3. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that half of the people used flour before getting sick, some of which was a General Mills Inc. brand. ...."

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/general-mills-recalls-flour-coli-link-39510329

Nature Made recalls vitamins for possible salmonella, staph contamination

Published June 08, 2016 FoxNews.com

Pharmavite LLC is recalling some Nature Made vitamins due to possible salmonella or staphylococcus contamination, the Northridge, Calif.-based company said in a press release Tuesday. Recalled products include Nature Made gummy multivitamins and supplements containing vitamin C, B vitamins and folic acid.

read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/06/08/nature-made-recalls-vitamins-for-possible-salmonella-staph-contamination.html

Nature Made® Recalls Various Products Because of Possible Health Risk


For Immediate Release

June 8, 2016
Contact
Consumers
1-800-276-2878
Media
Maureen Ranney
(818)221-6693
Announcement

Pharmavite LLC is recalling specific lots of Nature Made® products detailed in the chart below due to possible Salmonella or Staphylococcus aureus contamination.

We are initiating this recall out of an abundance of caution to protect public health.  Pharmavite is working closely with the FDA to implement this recall and we are notifying all retail customers and distributors to remove the product from store shelves immediately.  No other products are impacted by this recall. The recalled products were distributed nationwide to various major retailers.

Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis.

read more & see product list:
http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm505706.htm


Giant recall of Nature Made vitamins over possible staph, salmonella contamination
Posted 9:01 AM, June 8, 2016, by Kylee Wierks - Web Producer, Updated at 11:41am, June 8, 2016


Additionally, the following two products are being recalled, not because of salmonella or staph concerns, but for “other reasons,” according to Pharmavite. The nature of the recall is undisclosed. FOX59 has sent a message to Nature Made asking for more specific information as to why the products are being recalled.

read more & see other two recalled products:
http://fox59.com/2016/06/08/giant-recall-of-nature-made-vitamins-over-possible-staph-salmonella-contamination/

Canada has a database that one can search for product recalls, fyi

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ahc-asc/media/advisories-avis/index-eng.php

27 tons of chicken recalled due to contaminants

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-chicken-recall-20160620-story.html

Wal Mart and Target two of the stores carrying this product.
Check your freezer!!!!

Another frozen veggies recall due to Listeria concerns
By Aria Armstrong, Special to CNN
Updated 8:02 PM ET, Mon June 20, 2016

"....Frozen mixed vegetables and peas packaged by Bountiful Harvest, First Street, Great Value, Live Smart, Market Pantry and Sprout between the dates of September 2 and June 2 are included in the recall. ..."


"....Additional related recalls are likely as other companies identify that they've used recalled frozen vegetables in their products. In May, CRF Frozen Foods recalled all of its frozen vegetable and fruit products from its Pasco, Washington, facility dated since May 2014 after an outbreak of Listeria illness was linked to the company...."

http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/20/health/frozen-veggies-recall-listeria/index.html