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October 29, 2026 from the Government of Canada

Grated Carrots have been recalled because of extraneous Material. Do not use, sell, serve or distribute the affected products.
Audience: Hotels, restaurants and institutions
Retail Distribution: Quebec

October 1, 2026 from the FDA: On October 27, 2026, D&M Smoked Fish Inc. (DBA) Haifa Smoked Fish, Inc. initiated a recall of all lots of cold smoked sprats. Recalled sprats were distributed in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. Do not eat, sell, or serve recalled cold smoked sprats sold by Haifa Smoked Fish, Inc. If you are unsure if your sprats are part of this recall, contact your place of purchase or supplier.

October 23, 2026: The FDA is warning consumers, retailers, wholesalers, restaurants, and food service customers not to eat, sell, or serve any cold smoked sprats sold by D&M Smoked Fish Inc. (DBA) Haifa Smoked Fish, Inc. Cold smoked sprats were produced without implementing required controls for Clostridium botulinum and are a potential health risk to consumers.

Product: All lots of cold smoked sprats sold by D&M Smoked Fish doing-business-as (DBA) Haifa Smoked Fish, Inc. Product is sold in bulk cardboard boxes and shipped refrigerated. It may be frozen up to one year. This product may have been sold at restaurants and grocery store seafood counters with or without a label. Consumers who are unsure whether they have purchased cold smoked sprats from Haifa Smoked Fish, Inc. should throw them away or contact their place of purchase.

Stores affected: Cold smoked sprats were sold to retailers, restaurants, wholesalers, and food service customers in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. Product may have been distributed further, reaching additional states.

Recommendation:

• Do not eat, sell, or serve any cold smoked sprats sold by Haifa Smoked Fish, Inc. This product may have a long shelf life when frozen. If you can’t tell if your sprats are from Haifa Smoked Fish, Inc., do not eat them and throw them away.
• Consumers, retailers, wholesalers, and foodservice customers who purchased or received cold smoked sprats from Haifa Smoked Fish, Inc. should carefully clean and sanitize any surfaces or containers that they touched. Follow FDA’s safe food handling and cleaning advice to reduce the risk of cross-contamination.
• Consumers who have symptoms of botulism should immediately seek medical care. Botulism is a medical emergency.

Symptoms of botulism: Nausea, vomiting, fatigue or weakness, blurred or double vision, difficulty speaking or change in voice, difficulty swallowing, descending paralysis starting with the face, respiratory distress, dry mouth, and constipation. In severe cases, people will die without intensive care. People experiencing these problems should seek immediate medical attention.

October 12, 2026 from the OU

Casa Solana Mexicana Crema Sour Cream, Sysco Corporation, Houston TX has an unauthorized OU:
The Orthodox Union does not certify Casa Solana Mexicana Crema Sour Cream. Some containers bear an unauthorized OU D mark. Corrective actions are being implemented.

August 23, 2026 – from the FDA

Alfalfa, Net Weight 50 lbs. bag, Product of USA, International Specialty Supply 1011 Volunteer Dr. Cookeville, TN 38506 have been recalled because of potential E. coli and Salmonella contamination.
code imformation: ISS Lot # SAL2-24JB
Distribution Pattern: Wholesale consignees in 16 states: CA, FL, HI, IL, MA, MN, MO, MT, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, SC, TX, UT; Puerto Rico; Canada, Mexico, Tahiti, and Venezuela

July 18, 2026 – from the Consumer Reports

"Given the lack of details provided by Taylor Farms, CR’s experts advise consumers in those states to discard all iceberg lettuce out of an abundance of caution

"Taylor Farms, one of the country’s largest producers of salad greens, said Friday that it is recalling from the U.S. market all iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico after health officials identified a farm in the region as a potential source of the outbreak that has sickened thousands of people across the U.S. this summer.

"The recalled iceberg lettuce products were sent to Walmart stores, Jack in the Box restaurants, and major food service distributors, including Sysco, in 27 states between June 29 and July 16. The states that received the implicated lettuce, which the Food and Drug Administration said was being recalled due to possible contamination with the parasite cyclospora, were: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

"The list of implicated products includes Walmart’s house-brand Marketside, a Walmart spokesperson confirmed. The company has removed four bagged iceberg lettuce salad products from select Walmart stores in the 27 states implicated by the recall, spokesperson Rachael Simmons told CR. The removed products are 12- and 24-ounce bags of Marketside Bagged Iceberg Salad (UPC: 681131328944 and 681131328951, respectively) and 8- and 16-ounce bags of Marketside Bagged Shredded Iceberg Salad (UPC: 681131328968 and 681131532099). The products have “best by” dates ranging from July 18 to Aug. 3, 2026.

"The recall notices posted by Taylor Farms and the FDA are notably sparse on the essential details consumers need to easily identify affected products. The recall notice does not list the full brand names of the implicated products, and instead lists only what appear to be the abbreviations used internally by Taylor Farms to identify brands.

"Walmart’s Marketside house brand, for instance, was listed as “MKTSD” and Sysco, the U.S.’s largest food distributor, was listed as “SY.” Jack in the Box was listed as “JB.” All three companies confirmed that their products were part of the recall after being contacted by Consumer Reports. CR is working to confirm the identities of the five additional brands whose names are abbreviated in the recall notice. Taylor Farms did not immediately respond to CR’s questions about the identity of these brands.

"Given the lack of details, CR’s food safety experts advise consumers in the 27 states where Taylor Farms’ products were distributed to discard all iceberg lettuce out of an abundance of caution."

FDA recall is here

Ed. note: This posting is for information purposes only. The editor does not know if the recalled products are certified as kosher.