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Pacific Coast Fruit Company Voluntarily Recalls Spinach Salad Products and Pizza Because of Possible Health RiskDate: 10/11/2006
Reason: The products listed below may be contaminated with Escherichia coli 0157:H7 bacteria.
Distribution: Alaska, Oregon, Washington and Idaho. There is no international distribution.
Contact: Pacific Coast Fruit Company of Portland, Oregon is recalling products that may include spinach supplied by Natural Selections Foods a California Grower and Processor. The products listed below may be contaminated with Escherichia coli 0157:H7 bacteria. (E.Coli 0157:H7) This bacteria causes a diarrheal illness often with bloody stools. Although most healthy adults can recover completely within a week, some people can develop a form of kidney failure called Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS). HUS is most likely to occur in young children and the elderly. The condition can lead to serious kidney damage and even death. Products include: Baby Spring Mix Salad Kit (4.6 lbs) Most Salad Products can be identified by the labels Trader Joe's, My Brothers Pizza or Chef on the Run. Salad containers are easily identified in "clam shells". Pizza products are easily identified as they are on "round cardboard bottoms with a plastic over wrap". All salad products will have a "USE BY DATE" on or before Sept 20, 06. Pizza products will have a "USE BY DATE" on or before September 23, 06. No illnesses have been reported to date. Pacific Coast Fruit Company stopped making all products with Spinach supplied from California on September 14, 2006. FDA has recommended "fresh spinach" not be consumed at this time. The recall was initiated after it was announced by FDA that products contaminated with E.Coli 0157:H7 from Natural Selections in California were being recalled. An investigation by the FDA, several states, and Natural Selections Foods is ongoing to identify the cause of the possible ecoli contamination. Consumers are being asked to return any product listed below to the place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers with questions may contact the company @ 1-503-731-9677. Other Food Contamination Recalls and Alerts of InterestDate: 7/3/2008 Reason: .S. Marshals seized various animal food products stored under unsanitary conditions at the PETCO Animal Supplies Distribution Center located in Joliet, Ill. Distribution: PETCO retail stores in 16 states including Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin Date: 6/12/2008 Reason: voluntarily recalling approximately 23,000 pounds of Amish Macaroni Salad that may pose a health risk Distribution: Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania Date: 6/12/2008 Reason: it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems Distribution: Philadelphia, TN and a Winery in Portland, TN Date: 6/12/2008 Reason: voluntary recall of two lamb feed products due to higher than acceptable levels of copper Distribution: Fremont, Neb. Date: 7/3/2008 Reason: Paradise Locker Meats, a Trimble, Mo., establishment, is voluntarily recalling approximately 120 pounds of fresh cattle heads with tonsils not completely removed, which is not compliant with regulations that require the removal of tonsils from cattle of all ages, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today. Distribution: Nationwide Date: 6/12/2008 Reason: recalling approximately 290 pounds of pork blood sausages that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes Distribution: northern California |
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