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The FDA reported that Lancaster Foods had updated their May 5, 2023 Recall notice to add one product (Lancaster Brand Spinach item #41714, “Best If Used By” date April 29, 2023). Lancaster Foods voluntarily recalls a limited quantity of 3 brands of already-expired Robinson Fresh, Lancaster, and Giant brand Kale, Spinach, and Collard Green products produced at the company’s Jessup, Maryland facility. This recall is due to possible Listeria monocytogenes. No related illnesses have been reported to date. The recalled products are beyond their “Best If Used By Date.” The products were distributed through retailers and distributors in Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. @ https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/lancaster-foods-updates-voluntary-recall-various-expired-kale-spinach-and-collard-green-products-due?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

The FDA reported that Perrigo Company issued a voluntary recall of certain lots of Gerber® Good Start® SootheProTM Powdered Infant Formula in the U.S. that were manufactured at the Company’s Gateway Eau Claire, Wisconsin, from January 02, 2023, to January 18, 2023. This product was recalled due to the potential presence of Cronobacter sakazakii. Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (AWG) is releasing this additional notice because one of the recalled products was distributed to its Nashville Division retailers after the initial recall notice was published. This recalled product was distributed from its Nashville Division only to independent retailers located in AL, GA, IN, KY, OH, TN, VA, and WV under the following retail banners: Belle Foods, Bellview Price Cutter, Booneville Shopwise, Brown County IGA, Buehler’s, Buehler’s Cash Saver, Buehler’s IGA, Camridge City Market, Campbell’s Market, Camron’s Foodliner, Cash Saver, Cash Saver Harlan, Chappell’s Hometown, Country Mart, Crossroads IGA, Food City, Food Giant, Food World, Foodland, Frabergs Foods, Fresh N Low, Gallion’s Market, Gregerson’s Cash Saver, Hilltop Cee Bee, Hometown IGA, Houchen’s, Howard’s IGA, Laurel Grocery Company, Liberty IGA, Market Place, Noble’s IGA, Parkview IGA, Noble’s IGA, Parkview IGA, Piggly Wiggly, Piggly Wiggly Warrior, Price Cutter, Price Less Foods, Price Less IGA, Quality Foods, Riesbeck’s, Rivertown IGA, Simpson’s Supermarket, Spencer Cash Saver, Stop to Save, Sureway, Sureway Henderson, Swafford and Sons IGA, Tietgens Mt. Pleasant IGA, Valu Market, Versailles IGA, Vevay IGA, Village Market & Café, Walnut Creek Country Market, Winburn Fruit Market, and Woodruff’s Supermarket. @ https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/associated-wholesale-grocers-inc-releasing-notice-due-recalled-infant-formula-being-distributed-its?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

A Gerber infant formula under voluntary recall for possible contamination with Cronobacter sakazakii was distributed to some US retailers even after the initial notice. The recall impacts Gerber Good Start SoothePro Powdered Infant Formula and applies to products manufactured between January 2 and January 18 at the company’s Eau Claire, Wisconsin facility. One recalled product was sent to Nashville-division retailers of Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc after the initial recall notice on March 17. Retailers in Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia received the 12.4-ounce version of the infant formula after that date. The Perrigo Company has not reported any products testing positive for Cronobacter or related illnesses. @ https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/14/health/gerber-baby-food-voluntary-recall-trnd/index.html

The FDA issued a correction notice and canceled the recall of lēf Farms “Spice” Packaged Salad Greens after the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) determined that a laboratory error incorrectly caused last week’s recall of lēf Farms “Spice” Packaged Salad Greens. The products from lēf Farms are safe, and the recall has been canceled. On May 5, a recall was issued regarding the potential contamination of Escherichia coli O157 of lēf Farms “Spice” Packaged Salad Greens. WGS determined that the control and lēf Farms samples were nearly identical, indicating that the initial lab results were inaccurate due to a contamination error within the lab itself. 

With the recall canceled, lēf Farms “Spice” is returning to store shelves in Hannaford and Market Basket in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont. A lab mistake causing a false positive was not experienced in twenty years. @ https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/correction-notice-new-hampshire-laboratory-error-incorrectly-resulted-recall-lef-farms-spice?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery