- Date: November 02, 2010
- Source: Admin
New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Food Inspectors conducted routine sampling of Tuv Taam Salads Nova Lox Salad manufactured by Kosher First LLC. The product was analyzed thereafter and tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes.
According to aFood & Drug Administration (FDA) recall news report,Listeriamonocytogenes is an organism, which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frails, or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy persons may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.
The brand Nova Lox Salad (Tuv Taam Salads) is packages in a plastic container (17 oz.) It has a sell by date 12/03/2010. COSTCO locations in New Jersey and New York distribute this product.
Those who have purchased Tuv Taam Salads Nova Lox Salad are advised to refrain from consuming the same, and instead, return the container to the purchase location. The company can be contacted at 718-855-2207.
Background for product recalls
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have certain product recall policies applicable to consumer products. Most of the time, manufacturers and distributors conduct voluntary recalls of products that FDA regulates. Sometimes, a company identifies a defect and recalls the products on its own.
The manufacturers or distributors of the product carry out most recalls of products regulated by FDA voluntarily. In some instances, a company discovers that one of its products is defective and recalls it entirely on its own. In others, FDA informs a company of findings that one of its products is defective and suggests or requests a recall. Usually, the company will comply.
To evade such recall situations, all food manufacturing companies should implement a sound Food Safety Management program and HACCP. By identifying and eliminating factors affecting quality of the food, these programs ensure that food does not harm human health and that facilities can pass required health inspections.
Recent recall
Recently, Nestlé® RAISINETS® Fun Size Bags (10oz) were recalled voluntarily by Nestlé USA's Confections & Snacks Division.
This was due to the possibility of the product containing undeclared peanuts. The primary issue in this recall was the consumption of this product by people with allergies/sensitivities to peanuts. Nestlé’s move to recall the product was prompted from an angle of caution.
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