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The FDA announced on its website that Sunshine Mills, Inc. recalled Nature’s Menu Super Premium Dog Food with a Blend of Real Chicken & Quail because of the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The recalled products were distributed in retail stores. The product comes in 3-pound bags.  No illnesses, injuries or complaints have been reported to date. The potential for contamination was noted after Sunshine Mills was notified by the Georgia Department of Agriculture when a sample of a single 3-pound bag of the product was collected and tested positive for Salmonella.  Multiple samples of the same lot by Sunshine Mills tested negative. Salmonella may not be evenly distributed throughout a lot, which is why it could have been found on one sample and not on multiple other samples of the same lot. Sunshine Mills, Inc. has chosen to issue a voluntary recall of the lots of Nature’s Menu® Super Premium Dog Food with a Blend of Real Chicken & Quail out of abandons of caution. @ https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/sunshine-mills-inc-issues-voluntary-recall-natures-menur-super-premium-dog-food-blend-real-chicken

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced that G. Brandt Meat Packers Ltd., in Mississauga, Ont., recalled Brandt brand mini spicy cheese sausage due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The product recalled is Brandt “mini spicy cheese sausage,” in 0.375 kg packages, with a UPC of 773321 206306 and a “Best Before” date of 20AU20. The product was sold in Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan. The products were sold in Saskatchewan, Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec. CFIA test results triggered the recall. There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of this product. @ https://www.canadiangrocer.com/top-stories/brandt-sausages-recalled-over-listeria-concerns-95460#:~:text=The%20recall%20covers%20product%20with,the%20recall%20of%20other%20products.

The FDA, CDC, and state and local partners are investigating an ongoing multistate outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis linked to peaches packed or supplied by Prima Wawona or Wawona Packing Company. CDC reports that epidemiologic evidence indicates that peaches are the likely source of this outbreak. As of August 19, 2020, CDC is reporting a total of 68 cases across nine states. Prima Wawona voluntarily recalled bagged Wawona-brand peaches distributed from June 1, 2020, until August 19, 2020, in multiple states. On August 22, 2020, Prima Wawona expanded their recall to include bagged and bulk, or loose, peaches that they supplied to retailers nationwide. On August 23, 2020, the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency issued advisories reporting cases in Canada associated with this outbreak and warning consumers to avoid eating recalled Prima Wawona peaches. Bagged and loose peaches were distributed in many markets such as Aldi, Kroger, Target, Food Lion, Walmart, and Wegmans. @ https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/outbreak-investigation-salmonella-enteritidis-peaches-august-2020?utm_campaign=Outbreak_Peaches_08242020&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua

The FDA, along with CDC and state and local partners, is investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis infections linked to bagged peaches sold at ALDI stores in multiple states. The peaches are in Wawona-brand 2-pound, clear plastic bags sold in ALDI stores from June 1, 2020, until the present. As of August 19, 2020, CDC is reporting a total of 68 cases across 9 states (IA, MD, MI, MN, NJ, NY, PA, VA, WI), with 14 hospitalizations. ALDI reported to FDA that potentially affected bagged peaches were shipped to CT, IA, IL, KY, MA, MI, MN, ND, NH, NY, OH, RI, SD, VT, WI, and WV. ALDI has voluntarily recalled all of Wawona-brand bagged peaches from select ALDI stores. The Minnesota Department of Health reported that many of the people sick with the same strain of Salmonella Enteritidis, confirmed by Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS), had purchased Wawona-brand bagged peaches from ALDI before becoming ill. @ https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/outbreak-investigation-salmonella-enteritidis-bagged-peaches-august-2020?utm_campaign=Outbreak_Peaches_08192020&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua