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Latest FDA Recalls

• McCormick Recall Due to Possible Health Risk from HVP Ingredient Expands to Include Additional "Best By" Dates March 11, 2010
  McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE:MKC) is expanding a March 5, 2010 recall to include additional “Best By” dates of products manufactured with HVP (hydrolyzed vegetable protein) supplied by Basic Food Flavors of Las Vegas, Nevada, because the ingredient has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. “Consumption of products containing Salmonella can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems…
• Austinuts Of Dallas, Inc. Announces Voluntary Recall of Honey Mustard Pretzels March 11, 2010
  Austinuts of Dallas, Inc. has issued a voluntary recall for Honey Mustard Pretzels, Lot number 61150/0280 because the product may be contaminated with Salmonella. Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.
• Orval Kent Food Company, Inc. Voluntarily Recalls Culinary Circle Dips Due to Possible Health Risk March 11, 2010
  Orval Kent announced today that it is voluntarily recalling multiple dips as a precautionary measure because the product may be contaminated with Salmonella. The Orval Kent dips are being recalled because they contain HVP (hydrolyzed vegetable protein) manufactured, distributed and recalled by Basic Food Flavors, Inc., Las Vegas, NV.
• Frontier Natural Products Co-op Initiates Voluntary Recall Due to Possible Health Risk from Black Pepper March 11, 2010
  In response to a recall commenced by its supplier, Mincing Overseas Spice Company, Dayton, New Jersey, Frontier Natural Products Co-op, is voluntarily recalling several of its products manufactured with non-organic black pepper that were sold under the Frontier brand and under the Whole Foods Market brands listed below that contain black pepper supplied by Mincing Overseas Spice Company. The black pepper has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella
• Mrs. Gerry’s Kitchen Press Release. March 10, 2010
  Mrs. Gerry’s Kitchen, Inc. of Albert Lea, MN has been notified by a supplier that a certain seasoning ingredient it supplied to Mrs. Gerry’s contains hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) that may be contaminated with Salmonella. Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.
• Mrs. Gerry’s Kitchen Press Release March 10, 2010
  Mrs. Gerry’s Kitchen, Inc. of Albert Lea, MN has been notified by a supplier that a certain product it supplies to Mrs. Gerry’s contains hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) that may be contaminated with Salmonella. Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.
• Olde Westport Spice Announces a Voluntary Recall of Garden Harvest Special Blend Seasoning March 10, 2010
  Olde Westport Spice announced that it is voluntarily recalling 5- and 10-oz. jars and 20-oz. bags of Garden Harvest Special Blend Seasoning because an ingredient used in the product has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis.
• Quaker Snack Mix Baked Cheddar Voluntarily Recalled Due to Possible Health Risk March 10, 2010
  Quaker Snack Mix Baked Cheddar is being voluntary recalled after Basic Food Flavors, Inc. of Las Vegas, Nevada initiated a recall of their hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) due to potential Salmonella contamination. HVP is a very minor ingredient in the seasoning for this product. Although every seasoning lot tested negative for Salmonella, and there are no reports of Salmonella–related illness related to this product, the product is voluntarily being recalled out of an abundance of caution.
• Ventura Foods, LLC Voluntarily Recalls Seven Varieties of Its Dean’s® Dip Products As A Precautionary Measure March 10, 2010
  Ventura Foods, LLC is voluntarily recalling seven of its Dean’s® Dip products, with specific production dates, because a flavor enhancer may be contaminated with salmonella. The flavor enhancer is made by an ingredient supplier, Basic Food Flavors, Inc., in Las Vegas. This is the same ingredient linked to the Food & Drug Administration’s recall announcement Thursday.
• Publix Issues Voluntary Recall on Four Seasoning Mixes March 10, 2010
  Publix Super Markets is issuing a voluntary recall for four (4) varieties of seasoning mixes. The products have been manufactured with HVP (hydrolyzed vegetable protein) supplied by Basic Food Flavors of Las Vegas, Nevada. The HVP may be contaminated with Salmonella.

Latest FDA Press Releases

• FDA Issues Warning on Counterfeit Surgical Mesh March 11, 2010
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today warned health care providers and consumers about counterfeit surgical mesh being distributed in the United States under the C. R. Bard/Davol brand name. Surgical mesh products are used to reinforce soft tissue where weakness exists.
• FDA March 11 Update on the Investigation into the Salmonella Montevideo Outbreak March 11, 2010
  March 11 Update - As part of the Salmonella Montevideo investigation, the Food and Drug Administration has been actively investigating the supply chain of black and red pepper supplied to Daniele International Inc., Pascoag, R.I.
• FDA Approves Botox to Treat Spasticity in Flexor Muscles of the Elbow, Wrist and Fingers March 9, 2010
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Botox (onabotulinumtoxin A) to treat spasticity in the flexor muscles of the elbow, wrist, and fingers in adults. Spasticity is common after stroke, traumatic brain injury, or the progression of multiple sclerosis.
• FDA Update on the Investigation into the Salmonella Montevideo Outbreak - March 5, 2010 March 5, 2010
  As part of the Salmonella Montevideo investigation, the Food and Drug Administration has been actively investigating the supply chain of black and red pepper supplied to Daniele International Inc., Pascoag, R.I.
• FDA Investigation Reveals Salmonella Tennessee at Plant that Makes Flavor Enhancers for Food Processors and Other Distributors March 4, 2010
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is actively investigating positive findings of Salmonella Tennessee in hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) manufactured by Basic Food Flavors Inc. in Las Vegas, Nev. HVP is a flavor enhancer used in a wide variety of processed food products such as soups, sauces, chilis, stews, hot dogs, gravies, seasoned snack foods, dips and dressings. It is often blended with other spices to make seasonings that are used in or on foods. There are no reports of consumer illness associated with this recall. Only HVP manufactured by Basic Food Flavors is involved in this recall.
• FDA Approves Name Change for Heartburn Drug Kapidex March 4, 2010
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a name change for the heartburn drug Kapidex Change to Dexilant is part of FDA effort to prevent medication errors(dexlansoprazole) to avoid confusion with two other medications ? Casodex and Kadian. Effective in late April 2010, Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America Inc. will market Kapidex under the new name Dexilant.
• March 3, 2010
  La Administración de Medicamentos y Alimentos (FDA por sus siglas en inglés) está advirtiendo a los consumidores en Puerto Rico acerca de un alto contenido de la bacteria Burkholderia cepacia en los desinfectantes para manos: “Bee-Shield Hand Sanitizer? con Aloe Vera ( botellas de 10 onzas o de un galón) y ?MD Quality Hand Sanitizer? con Aloe Vera (botellas de 10 onzas). La bacteria Burkholderia cepacia puede causar infecciones graves en las personas.
• FDA Warns Consumers in Puerto Rico of Harmful Bacteria in Hand Sanitizers March 3, 2010
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers in Puerto Rico that two hand sanitizers ? “Bee-Shield Hand Sanitizer? with Aloe Vera (10 fl. oz. or 1 gallon bottles) and ?MD Quality Hand Sanitizer? with Aloe Vera (10 fl oz. bottles) ? contain high levels of a bacteria, Burkholderia cepacia, that can cause serious infections in humans.
• FDA, FSIS, CDC Collaborate on Methods to Measure Success of Food Safety Programs March 3, 2010
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Agriculture?s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) will host a joint public workshop on how best to measure progress in reducing foodborne illnesses on March 30, in Washington, D.C.
• FDA Calls on Food Companies to Correct Labeling Violations; FDA Commissioner Issues an Open Letter to the Industry March 3, 2010
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has notified 17 food manufacturers that the labeling for 22 of their food products violates the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.