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The following health alert is from the FDA on November 20, 2006.

Birds Eye Foods is voluntarily recalling frozen Cooked Winter Squash packed in a 12-oz. carton, under certain store brands, and the Birds Eye brand, which have an eight digit code beginning with one of the following characters: "5CF," "5JE" or "6JE," because some of the products were tainted with ammonia. The Cooked Winter Squash was produced by a third party, Chase Farms, located in Walkerville, Mich., which has ceased production and distribution for Birds Eye Foods while it continues to investigate the problem.
The brands and UPC codes included in the Cooked Squash recall are:

• Birds Eye, UPC 014500005168;
• Stop & Shop, UPC 688267009723;
• Shaw, UPC 045674504829;
• Price Chopper, UPC 041735303462;
• Lafe, UPC 023545071755;
• Shurfine, UPC 015400830621;
• Hannaford, UPC 041268111459;
• Flavorite, UPC 041130542541;
• Market Basket, UPC 049705630402;
• Wegmans, UPC 077890800874;
• Giant, UPC 688267009723;
• Tops, UPC 688267009723;
• Safeway, UPC 021130090372;
• IGA, UPC 041270497640;