February 25, 2020 from FoodSafetyNews and FDA:
"The FDA has Sprouts Unlimited Inc. on a short leash, according to a warning letter detailing how the Jimmy John’s supplier has consistently failed to respond to the contamination that eventually resulted in a 2019 outbreak."
"If the company fails to correct pathogen problems in its sprout growing factory the federal government is ready to step in and shut it down, states a warning letter sent to company president William Beach. The Food and Drug Administration gives business owners 15 days from receipt of a warning letter to respond. The letter posted today is dated Feb. 21."
"The warning letter says laboratory testing confirmed that the E. coli O103 strain that infected outbreak victims was present at the Sprouts Unlimited factory and in the finished product. On Dec. 27, 2019, the company initiated a limited recall of some of its clover sprouts that were distributed to Jimmy John’s restaurants and Hy Vee and Fareway grocery stores."
"The warning letter says laboratory testing confirmed that the E. coli O103 strain that infected outbreak victims was present at the Sprouts Unlimited factory and in the finished product. On Dec. 27, 2019, the company initiated a limited recall of some of its clover sprouts that were distributed to Jimmy John’s restaurants and Hy Vee and Fareway grocery stores."
February 13, 2020 - From the CFIA:
Kraft Heinz Canada ULC is recalling the following products due to undeclared milk:
Brand Name | Common Name | Size | UPC | Code(s) on Product |
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Heinz | Honey Mustard Sauce | 25 ml | None | 2020MA18 and 2020JN09 (The best before dates appear only on the master case) |
Heinz | Buffalo Sauce | 25 ml | None | 20JN17 (The best before date appears only on the master case) |
February 20, 2020 - From the MK:
The MK wishes to inform the public that due to a kashrus violation PR INTERNATIONAL located at 1630 Place De Lierre, Laval, Canada is no longer under MK certification.
February 18, 2020 FDA:
FDA, CDC and state and local partners investigated an outbreak of illnesses caused by Salmonella Javiana. Epidemiologic and traceback evidence indicated that fruit mix with cantaloupe, honeydew, pineapple, and grapes from Tailor Cut Produce of North Brunswick, New Jersey, was the source of this outbreak. CDC has announced this outbreak is over. The FDA’s investigational activities, including an inspection, are complete.
The firm recalled the fruit mix, called Fruit Luau, as well as cut honeydew, cut cantaloupe and cut pineapple products on December 7. The FDA recommended that food service and institutional food operators not sell or serve the recalled products.
In interviews, ill people reported eating cut fruit that was served in the week before illness started. Ill people reported eating cut fruit that was served in long-term care facilities, hospitals, hotels, schools, or universities. Several ill people also reported purchasing cut fruit from multiple locations of a grocery store chain. A review of records determined that these locations served or sold cut fruit from Tailor Cut Produce.
he FDA worked with CDC and state partners to trace back the cut fruit and learn more about the potential routes of contamination. Tailor Cut Produce was identified as the common processor, but the source of the contamination was not identified. When FDA did an inspection at Tailor Cut Produce, the inspectors observed these general deficiencies: the firm’s hazard analysis did not identify a known or reasonably foreseeable hazard that required a preventive control; the firm did not identify a preventive control for a hazard when one was needed; and the firm did not maintain the plant in a clean and sanitary condition and keep the plant in repair. The firm is working with the FDA to address the deficiencies.
As of February 14, 2020, CDC is reporting 165 illnesses were confirmed by Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) in CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, MA, MN, NJ, NY, PA, VA, and WA. Illnesses were reported from states where Tailor Cut Produce distributes, including Pennsylvania, New York City, New Jersey, and Delaware. Ill people from other states reported traveling to these states in the week before their illness started.
December 8, 2019 FDA:
Tailor Cut Produce of New Jersey, is recalling its Fruit luau, cut honeydew, cut cantaloupe and cut pineapple products because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
The recalled fruit products were distributed in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Delaware between November 15 and December 1, 2019.
The product comes in 2/1 gallon cases with a date of production stamped on the side.
The potential for contamination was noted after several patients fell ill in 4 hospitals in Pennsylvania.
Distributors who have purchased the cut fruit products dated November 15 – December 1 are urged to quarantine them and to call for further instructions. Consumers with questions may contact the company at 732 246-2002.
December 31, 2019 from the OU:
Acclaim Gourmet Marsala Cooking Wine, Marathon Packing, San Leandro CA mistakenly bears an unauthorized OU and is not kosher. Corrective action is being implemented.
December 26, 2019 from FDA
Almark Foods is expanding its voluntary recall first announced on December 20, 2019, to include all hard-boiled eggs manufactured at the firm’s Gainesville, Georgia facility, including all retail, pillow pack, pouch pack, frozen diced, and protein kit products, due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
On December 18, 2019 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration notified Almark Foods that the company’s Hard-Boiled and Peeled eggs in pails manufactured at the Gainesville facility may be associated with a Listeria monocytogenes outbreak that has been linked to several reported illnesses and one reported death. A more recent FDA sample from the facility also matched the outbreak strain, suggesting the possibility that the strain may have remained present in the facility.
Out of an abundance of caution, Almark is voluntarily expanding its recall to include all product packaged for the retail market manufactured at its Gainesville plant that remains within shelf life. This includes product with "Best If Used By" dates up through March 2, 2020. Almark has also temporarily suspended all production at its Gainesville plant.
On December 23, 2019 Almark Foods expanded its voluntary recall to include all hard-boiled eggs manufactured at its Gainesville, Georgia facility. The initial recall included bulk hard-boiled eggs in pails and now includes product packaged for sale at retail within shelf-life, which have “Best If Used By Dates” through March 2, 2020. If the “Best If Used By” code starts with the prefix “G”, the product was manufactured at the company's Gainesville, Georgia facility and is subject to this recall. At this time, Almark Foods is no longer producing products from this facility.
Companies who received recalled product from Almark Foods have initiated recalls of products containing these eggs. A list of all these recalls is available on the FDA website.
Consumers should not eat any of the recalled products. A full list of products sold at retail is available below.
Food processors, restaurants, and retailers should not sell or serve any of the recalled hard-boiled and peeled eggs from Almark Foods. These products were sold in bulk pails to food processors, restaurants and retailers, and in retail packaging to retailers for direct-sale to consumers. The full list of products is below.
Additionally, FDA recommends that food processors, restaurants and retailers who have received Almark Foods bulk, fresh hard-boiled eggs, use extra vigilance in cleaning and sanitizing any surfaces that may have come in contact with these products, to reduce the risk of cross-contamination.
What Products are Recalled?
Recalled products include bulk product sold in pails, as well as products sold at retail. Companies who received recalled product from Almark Foods have initiated recalls of products containing these eggs. A list of all these recalls is available on the FDA website.
Products Sold at Retail
Brand | Product |
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7 Select | 2 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs w/salt/pepper |
Almark Foods | Classic ProBox Mini |
Almark Foods | Smokehouse PRoBox Mini |
Almark Foods | Barbecue Probox Mini |
Almark Foods | Classic ProBox |
Almark Foods | Smokehouse ProBox |
Almark Foods | Barbecue ProBox |
Almark Foods | 12 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs |
Almark Foods | Hard-Cooked Eggs - 5# Bag |
Almark Foods | 1 Count Hard Cooked Eggs |
Almark Foods | 2 Count Hard Cooked Eggs |
Almark Foods | Cage Free Hard-Cooked Eggs - 5# Bag |
Almark Foods | Cage Free 1 Count Hard Cooked Eggs |
Almark Foods | Organic 12 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs |
Almark Foods | Red Beet 2 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs |
Almark Foods | Cage Free 2 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs w/salt/pepper |
Almark Foods | Cage Free 2 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs |
Almark Foods | Cage Free 6 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs |
Almark Foods | Cage Free 12 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs |
Almark Foods | 2 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs w/salt/pepper |
Almark Foods | 6 count Hard-Cooked eggs |
Almark Foods | Three 2 counts in Clamshell Hard Cooked Eggs |
Almark Foods | Organic 2 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs |
Almark Foods | 12 Count Cage Free Hard-Cooked Eggs |
Best Choice | Three 2 counts in Clamshell Hard Cooked Eggs |
CMI | 12 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs |
CMI | 12 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs |
Dairy Fresh | Great Value 6 Count Stand-Up Pouch Hard-Cooked Eggs |
Dairy Fresh | 2 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs |
Deb-El | Deb-El 12 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs |
Egglands Best | 6 Count Stand up Pouch Cage Free Hard Cooked Eggs |
Egglands Best | Egglands Best Hard-Cooked Eggs - 5# Bag |
Egglands Best | 1 count Egglands Best Hard Cooked Eggs |
Egglands Best | Egglands Best Cage Free Hard-Cooked Eggs - 5# Bag |
Egglands Best | 2 Count Egglands Best Eggs w/salt/pepper |
Egglands Best | 12 Count Stand up Pouch Hard Cooked Eggs |
Egglands Best | 10 Count Stand up Pouch Hard Cooked Eggs |
Egglands Best | 6 Count Stand up Pouch Hard Cooked Eggs |
Egglands Best | 2 Count Egglands Best Eggs |
Egglands Best | 6 Count Stand up Pouch Organic Hard Cooked Eggs |
Everyday Essentials | 6 Count Hard-Cooked eggs |
Farmers Hen House | 6 Count Stand up Pouch Hard Cooked Eggs |
Food Club | Food Club 6 Count Stand-Up Pouch Hard-Cooked Eggs |
Fresh Thyme | Fresh Thyme 6 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs |
Fresh Thyme | Fresh Thyme 2 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs |
Giant Eagle | Giant Eagle 6 Count Stand-Up Pouch Cage Free Hard-Cooked Eggs |
Great Day | 2 Count Hard Cooked Eggs |
Great Day | 6 Count Hard-Cooked eggs |
Great Value | Great Value 6 Count Stand-Up Pouch Hard-Cooked Eggs |
Inpsired Organics | 6 Count Stand up Pouch Organic Hard Cooked Eggs |
Inpsired Organics | 2 Count Organic Hard-Cooked Eggs |
Kirkland Signature | 2 count Organic Hard-cooked Eggs |
Kroger | Three Cage Free 2 counts in Clamshell Hard Cooked Eggs |
LIDL | LIDL 6 Count Stand-Up Pouch Hard-Cooked Eggs |
Lucerne | Lucerne 6 Count Stand-Up Pouch Cage Free Hard-Cooked Eggs |
Members Mark | Jack'd Protein Snack |
Naturally Better | 6 Count Stand-Up Pouch Cage Free Hard-Cooked Eggs |
Nellie's | 2 Count Nellie's Hard-Cooked Eggs |
O Organics | 2 Count Organic Hard-Cooked Eggs w/Salt/Pepper |
O Organics | 6 Count Stand up Pouch Organic Hard Cooked Eggs |
Peckish | Two 1 Counts boxed Hard Cooked Eggs--With Dip |
Peckish | 1 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs |
Pete & Gerry's | 6 Count Stand up Pouch Organic Hard Cooked Eggs |
Pete & Gerry's | 2 Count Organic Hard-Cooked Eggs |
Rainbow Farms | Rainbow Diced Egg - 5# Bag |
Rainbow Farms | 12 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs |
Rainbow Farms | Rainbow Farms Hard-Cooked Eggs - 5# Bag |
Rembrandt Foods | Rembrandt Diced Egg - 5# Bag |
Rembrandt Foods | 12 Count Cage Free Hard-Cooked Eggs |
ShopRite | ShopRite 6 Count Stand-Up Pouch Cage Free Hard-Cooked Eggs |
Simple Truth Organics | 6 Count Organic Hard-Cooked Eggs |
Sunshine | 2 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs w/salt/pepper |
Vital Farms | Vital Farms Pature Raised Hard-Cooked Eggs - 5# Bag |
Vital Farms | Three Boxed 2 Counts Pature Raised Hard-Cooked Eggs |
Vital Farms | 2 Count Pasture Raised Hard-Cooked Eggs w/salt/pepper |
Wild Harvest | 6 Count Organic Hard-Cooked Eggs |
Bulk, Peeled Hard-boiled Eggs in Pails
Product Name | Size | Product ID | Use By Date |
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Almark Foods Hard Cooked Broken Egg Whites | 20 LBS | 42020 | 12/19/2019, 1/23/2020, 1/24/2020 |
Almark Hard-cooked Eggs | 20 LBS | 30020 | 1/29/2020, 2/10/2020, 2/24/2019, 2/14/2020 |
Egggs Select Whole Hard Cooked Peeled Eggs | 23 LBS | 64023-05 | 1/27/2020 |
Nic's Peeled Pearls 23lb Salad Grade Hard-Boiled Eggs | 23 LBS | 17394 | 1/20/2020, 2/3/2020, 2/4/2020, 2/24/2020 |
Nic's Peeled Pearls, Nic's Salad Grade Hard-boiled Eggs | 20 LBS | 17395 | 12/24/2019, 12/25/2019, 12/31/2019, 1/6/2020, 1/7/2020, 1/8/2020, 1/13/2020, 1/14/2020, 1/28/2020, 1/28/2020, 1/29/2020, 2/4/2020, 2/5/2020 |
Rainbow Farms 20 LB Hard-Cooked Peeled Eggs | 20 LBS | 60020 | 1/13/2020, 1/20/2020, 1/21/2020, 1/22/2020, 1/27/2020, 1/28/2020, 1/29/2020, 2/3/2020, 2/10/2020, 2/11/2020, 2/14/2020, 2/17/2020, 2/18/2020, 2/24/2020 |
Rainbow Farms 23 LB Hard Cooked Peeled Eggs | 23 LBS | 60023 | 1/13/2020, 1/15/2019, 1/20/2020, 1/22/2019, 1/27/2020, 1/29/2020, 2/3/2020, 2/10/2020, 2/13/2020, 2/17/2020, 2/19/2020, 2/24/2020, 2/26/2020 |
Rainbow Farms 23 LB Hard Cooked Peeled Eggs in Vinegar | 23 LBS | 60023V | 1/22/2020, 2/13/2020 |
Rainbow Farms 25 LB Hard Cooked, Peeled Eggs | 25 LBS | 60025 | 1/13/2020, 1/28/2020, 2/13/2020, 2/17/2020 |
Sutherland’s Food Service Inc., Premium Hard Cooked Peeled Select Whole Eggs | 20 LBS | 60020-3 | 1/15/2020 |
From the COR Detroit: PRODUCT RECALL: All HARD-BOILED PEELED EGGS , both retail and Foodservice, produced by Almark Foods at its Gainesville, GA plant and sold under many brand names, including Almark, 7 Select [at 7-11], Eggs-Land and others (including many that bear an OU), have been recalled due to possible association with a Listeria monocytogenes outbreak that has been linked to several reported illnesses and one reported death.
[Note that the location of the G code (indicating the Gainesville, GA plant) stated in the FDA notice is incorrect. The G is after the Best If Used By date.]
October 20, 2019 COR Detroit:
CHEF’S QUALITY SEMI-SWEET CHOCOLATE DROPS with OU Pareve certification is no longer available at Restaurant Depot. This product has been replaced with Chef’s Quality Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips, which is certified OU-D and lists butterfat.
August 29, 2019 from the Star-K:
Salad mix bags of iceberg lettuce from Lancaster Foods, Jessup, MD, packed in 5 pound bags, have been mistakenly labeled with a STAR-K symbol. The product is not certified and must be checked before eating.
Corrective action is being taken.
August 21, 2019 from the OK:
Supremo Italiano Fresh Mozzarella Cheese Loaf, RD/Jet LLC, College Point, NY 11356 has an UNAUTHORIZED USE OF OK KOSHER SYMBOL.
Supremo Italiano Mozzarella, sold by Restaurant Depot, bears an unauthorized OK symbol on the back label.
This product is NOT certified by OK Kosher Certification.
Corrective actions are being taken.
August 14, 2019 from the Star-K:
Fondant from David Rosen Bakery Supply, in industrial sized containers, bears an unauthorized STAR-K symbol. Corrective action is being taken.
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