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Jelly Belly Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Peanuts in 7.5oz cylinder-style packages of 49 Flavors Jelly Belly jelly beans
11/6/2009
press release
US Food & Drug Administration
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Fairfield, Calif. – November 4, 2009 --- Jelly Belly Candy Company is recalling 7.5-ounce cylinder-style packages of 49 Flavors Jelly Belly jelly beans because the package is incorrectly labeled. The mislabeled packages failed to list peanut butter and peanut flour in the ingredient statement. People who have an allergy to peanuts or a severe sensitivity to peanuts run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these ingredients.
The Jelly Belly 49 Flavors cylinder packages were shipped to approximately 200 independent stores nationwide from September 29 to October 30, 2009. Product was packaged in a clear 7.5-ounce acetate cylinder with white label on the bottom of the package with lot codes 090925, 090928, 090929 or 091001. UPC code 071567989398
The recall was initiated after the company’s quality control efforts identified the incorrect ingredient statement. No illnesses or allergic reactions have been reported to date. No other candies or packaged candies from Jelly Belly are a part of this recall, and there is no health risk for consumers who are not allergic to peanuts.
For the complete recall notice, please go to http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm189402.htm
Wing craze manifests itself via … iPhone app?
11/6/2009
Ann Bagel Storck
The Meatingplace.com
As if evidence of chicken wings' popularity was not already abundant enough, now there's yet another example: an iPhone application that allows users to locate and review wing joints across the country.
The Kluckr iPhone app also promises to help users plan a wing-centric night out with their friends, in addition to rewarding them with points towards gifts and free wings for reviewing wing joints and telling others about the app, according to a news release about the product.
For the complete news item, please visit http://www.meatingplace.com/MembersOnly/webNews/details.aspx?item=14314
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FDA Health Alert for Certain Pet Treats Made by Pet Carousel Products may be contaminated with Salmonella
11/5/2009
press release
US Food & Drug Administration
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is issuing this health alert to warn consumers not to use Pig Ears and Beef Hooves pet treats manufactured by Pet Carousel because the products may be contaminated with Salmonella. The products were distributed nationwide in both bulk and retail packaging for sale in pet food and retail chain stores. Pet Carousel is based in Sanger, Calif.
The products were manufactured under conditions that facilitate cross-contamination within batches or lots. Although no illnesses associated with these products have been reported, the FDA is advising consumers in possession of these products to not handle or feed them to their pets.
The affected pig ear products were packaged under the brand names Doggie Delight and Pet Carousel. The affected beef hooves were packaged under the brand names Choo Hooves, Dentley’s, Doggie Delight, and Pet Carousel. All sizes and all lots of these products made by Pet Carousel are included in this alert.
During September 2009, the FDA conducted routine testing of pig ears made by Pet Carousel. The test results detected a positive reading for Salmonella. This prompted an FDA inspection of Pet Carousel’s manufacturing facilities. During the inspection, the agency collected additional pet treat samples. Further analysis found Salmonella present in beef hooves, pig ears and in the manufacturing environment.
For the complete recall notice, please go to http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm189400.htm
FDA and FSIS to Convene Stakeholder Meeting on Food Product Tracing
11/5/2009
press release
US Food & Drug Administration
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) today announced a joint public meeting focused on improving the system for tracing human and animal food products and ingredients that are causing illness outbreaks or presenting other risks to the health of consumers or animals.
The purpose of the meeting is to obtain public input in identifying elements of effective food product tracing systems; specifying gaps in the current food product tracing methods; and finding specific mechanisms for improvement. This information will help FDA and FSIS determine appropriate steps to enhance the current tracing system for food products.
FSIS has statutory authority over meat, meat food products, poultry, poultry products, and egg products. FDA has authority over all human foods not under FSIS' jurisdiction, and animal foods. Both agencies investigate food-borne illness outbreaks and other food-borne risks associated with the products they regulate. These investigations, conducted in close cooperation with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state and local health departments, often involve tracing backward or forward in the supply chain the distribution of food products and ingredients associated with risk to consumer or animal health.
Experience in conducting food-borne disease outbreak investigations clearly shows that improved product tracing abilities can help identify products associated with disease more quickly, get risky products off the market faster, and lower the risks to public health by reducing the numbers of sicknesses associated with food-borne illness outbreaks. Both agencies believe that this meeting is an important step in achieving those improvements.
For the complete news item, please go to http://www.fda.gov/Food/NewsEvents/ConstituentUpdates/ucm188878.htm
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USDA's bench trim tests find one positive in first two months
11/5/2009
Tom Johnston
The Meatingplace.com
Almost two months into its new initiative to routinely test bench trim for E. coli O157:H7, USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service has detected one positive sample among 46 total samples taken as of Oct. 27, spokesman Caleb Weaver told Meatingplace.
FSIS began routine sampling of bench trim at non-slaughter facilities on Sept. 8, about a month after announcing the initiative and issuing notices explaining the related rules. (See FSIS outlines beef bench trim rules, Meatingplace, Nov. 4, 2009.)
Weaver said product associated with the one positive sample was held at the plant and didn't enter commerce.
For the complete news item, please go to http://www.meatingplace.com/MembersOnly/webNews/details.aspx?item=14301
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