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The following milk allergy alert is from the FDA on April 17, 2014.

Price Chopper Supermarkets is issuing a voluntary recall on its Price Chopper Brand Tuscan White Bean Hummus. The product is being recalled due to it being mislabeled with the ingredient panel for Price Chopper Sweet Potato Hummus, which does not declare that the product contains parmesan cheese, a known allergen. Other than this labeling issue, the product is safe for consumption for those not allergic to cheese. The affected products were produced and purchased between March 19, 2014 and April 14, 2014.
Customers who have any of the affected product should return it to their local Price Chopper for a full refund. For more information including a full list of the recalled products visit pricechopper.com or call 800-666-7667, option 3, Monday through Friday, 8:30am -7pm and Saturday and Sunday from 10am-4pm.

The following kashrus alert is from the OU on April 7, 2014.

Target Fruit Flavored Antacid, Target Corporation, Minneapolis MN contains carmine, an ingredient that the Orthodox Union treats as non-kosher. Some of those antacids were mistakenly labeled with an OU symbol. Corrective action has been implemented.

The following kashrus alert is from a newspaper advertisement dated April 11, 2014.

Cool Cups Natural Gel Cups (all sizes and flavors) were produced without authorization and are not certified by the Kof-K even when bearing the Kof-K symbol. Consumers may return these products to the vendor for a full refund.

The following updated food safety alert is from the FDA on April 9, 2014.

Frontier Natural Products Co-op is voluntarily recalling several of its products manufactured with organic black peppercorns that were sold under its Frontier and Simply Organic brands, Whole Foods Market 365 Everyday Value, Nature’s Place and others due to potential Salmonella contamination. To date, no illnesses have been associated with these products.
While the product in question was steam pasteurized at the source and tested negative for Salmonella by Frontier Natural Products Co-op, there is a small risk that Salmonella may still be present based on a positive, random test that was recently conducted. Frontier Natural Products Co-op is immediately initiating added precautions to the safety of the supply chain to mitigate any future occurrence. Recalled products were sold in all 50 states and in some parts of Canada to distributors, retailers and consumers. Below is the list of products containing the organic black peppercorn:

Brand	Full Product Name	Size/Weight	UPC Code	Lot Code
Frontier	Peppercorns Black Whole Black Organic	2.12oz	0-89836-18435-1	3246, 3288
Frontier	Peppercorns Black Whole Black Organic	25 lbs	0-89836-82603-9	3226, 3288
Frontier	Peppercorns Black Whole Black Organic	16oz	0-89836-02603-3	3256
Nature's Place	Black Peppercorn Whole Organic	2.26oz	7-25439-95273-6	3232
Meijer	Peppercorns Black Organic	2.26oz	7-13733-78173-2	3233, 3280
Sprouts	Peppercorns Black Whole Organic	2.12oz	8-74875-00425-4	3246, 3287
Whole Foods 365	365 Organic Peppercorns, Black Whole	2.12oz	0-99482-44563-8	3246, 3287
Whole Foods 365	365 Peppercorns, Black Whole	1.87oz	0-99482-44497-6	3287
Whole Foods 365	365 Value Size Peppercorns, Black Whole	8.08oz	0-99482-44511-9	3260, 3267
Whole Foods 365	365 Organic Black Peppercorns	2.12oz	0-99482-73914-0	3247
Simply Organic	Black Pepper Grinder	75grams	0-89836-19218-9	3260
Simply Organic	Black Peppercorns Organic	75grams	0-89836-19210-3	3221, 3262, 3294
Simply Organic	Black Pepper Whole Organic	2.65oz	0-89836-18524-2	3221, 3262
Simply Organic	Daily Grind, Certified Organic	2.65oz	0-89836-18263-0	3261

On foil bulk packages, the lot codes will be found on the front label directly above the UPC code. On bottled glass and plastic items, the lot codes can be found on the bottom of the bottle. Frontier Natural Products Co-op is initiating recall notices to our accounts who received any of the above recalled products with instructions for returning or destroying the recalled products and for notifying their customers of the recall. Consumers should not consume these products. Please contact Frontier with any questions or to inquire about replacement or reimbursement at 1-800- 669-3275 Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central time. Images at www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm392587.htm.

The following change in kosher certification is from the Star-K on April 4, 2014 with additional information from the OK on April 8, 2014.

Effective April 1, 2014, Royal Caterers of Fresh Meadows, NY is no longer certified by STAR-K Kosher Certification. This includes all kosher events at Crest Hollow Country Club, Woodbury, NY and Leonards, Great Neck, NY etc. which are no longer STAR-K certified.

Royal Caterers has been under the OK Certification since March 10, 2014.