Dear partners:

This is an important product recall notification from Gordon Food Service.

GFS has been notified by our supplier of a recall that may affect you.  Our records indicate that your firm may have received recalled product as a donation from one of the Gordon Food Service (GFS) distribution centers.  This product may have been donated to your firm between the following dates:  May 2023 through August 2023.

Attached is a letter that has all pertinent information specific to this recall.  Please review the document in it’s entirety and take immediate action, as appropriate, according to your recall protocols.

Please review your product records and inventory to determine if you have received this recalled product.  If you have further distributed any of this product, then you are responsible to notify all consignees of this recall.

If you are not the most appropriate person to receive this notification, please forward this communication on immediately to the responsible person at your firm.  To ensure that recall notifications are sent to the most appropriate person in the future, please respond to this email with other email addresses that should receive any future recall communications.

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. 

Dear partners:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey – August 10, 2023 – Unilever United States Inc. is voluntarily recalling select Knorr Sopa Soup Mix products because the products may contain egg, which is not listed as an ingredient on the label. Persons who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to egg run the risk of a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products.

The following products are subject to recall:

*Best if used by dates can be found on the back of the package above the list of ingredients

The recalled products were distributed nationwide. No other Unilever or Knorr products are affected by this recall. To date, the company has not received any reports of consumer complaints or allergic reactions associated with this product. Anyone concerned about an allergic reaction should contact a healthcare provider.

Consumers who have purchased the recalled product should not consume it and should visit www.KnorrSopaRecall.com.External Link Disclaimer To receive a refund, consumers should take a picture of the back of the product that clearly shows the UPC and best if used by date.

This limited voluntary recall is being conducted with the knowledge of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Dear partners:

For your information and action, a specific lot of T. Marzetti Simply Strawberry Poppyseed Dressing has been removed from Meijer shelves and is no longer available for sale due to: product does not meet manufacturer’s quality standards. This is not a food safety issue. 

If you have received this product in your Meijer donations, please remove this item from your shelves immediately and destroy it. 

Thank you!  

Dear partners:

August 8, 2023 / SEATTLE, WA – >David Oppenheimer and Company I LLC is voluntarily recalling from the market all one-pound clamshells of organic green kiwifruit described below because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria monocytogenes is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.  Although healthy individuals 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 recalled organic green kiwifruit is grown in New Zealand, exported to North America and repacked locally for sale in one-pound clear plastic clamshells bearing the Zespri brand and UPC code 8 18849 02009 3, containing fruit stickered with the GTIN bar code 9400 9552.

The organic green kiwifruit subject to the voluntary recall was shipped between June 14, 2023 and July 7, 2023, and sold in clamshells at retail locations in FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, MI, NC, NY, OH, PA, TN, TX, VA, and WI.  Zespri organic green kiwifruit sold in other states is NOT subject to this recall.

Zespri organic green kiwifruit shipped after August 7, 2023 in one-pound plastic clamshells with a WHITE STICKER that includes Work Order (WO) number and Packed on date is NOT affected by this recall. See example of white sticker below:

The recall was the result of a routine sampling by the Kentucky Department for Public Health on July 7, 2023. Since being notified on August 3, David Oppenheimer and Company I LLC has worked with Zespri to trace the product through the supply chain to two grower lots, and immediately ceased the distribution of organic green kiwifruit from the related grower lots as it continues its investigation in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. 

No illnesses have been reported to date. No other David Oppenheimer and Company I, LLC products are part of this voluntary recall.

Consumers who still have any of these products are urged not to consume the product and to discard it immediately. Consumers with questions may contact David Oppenheimer and Company I, LLC (Oppy) at 1-866-698-2580, Monday-Friday, 9am-4:30pm PDT, or send an email to contact@oppy.com.

Please review the following recall below, check your inventory for affected products, and take necessary action.

Post this recall notice where those accessing your organization can see it (e.g., bulletin board, website, social media).

For your information and action, specific units of Zespri Organic Green Kiwis 1LB have been removed from Meijer shelves and are no longer available for sale due to: possible contamination with Listeria.  

If you have received this product in your donations, please remove this item from your shelves immediately and destroy it. 

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert due to concerns of a raw beef product that may be contaminated with extraneous material, specifically soft, clear plastic. FSIS is issuing this public health alert to ensure that consumers are aware that this product should not be consumed. A recall was not requested because the product is no longer available for purchase.

The raw beef item was produced on July 25, 2023. The following product is subject to the public health alert

• Approximately 1.5-lb. plastic tray packages containing “USDA CHOICE BLACK ANGUS BEEF FROM ALDI, BEEF FOR CARNE PICADA” with a “Use or Freeze by” date of Aug. 22, 2023, Julian Date 206, and time stamp between 08:43 through 09:23.

The product bears the establishment number Est. 85M on the back label. The product was available in select ALDI grocery stores nationwide.

The problem was discovered when the establishment notified FSIS that it received a complaint from a retail store that soft, clear plastic was noticed in the product.                   

There have been no confirmed reports of injury or illness due to consumption of this product. Anyone concerned about an injury or illness should contact a healthcare provider.   

FSIS is concerned that some product may be in consumers’ refrigerators or freezers. Consumers who have purchased this product are urged not to consume them. This product should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.

Consumers with questions about the public health alert can call Cargill at 844-419-1574. Members of the media with questions can contact April Nelson, Cargill, at 952-913-5466.

Consumers with food safety questions can call the toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 888-MPHotline (888-674-6854) or live chat via Ask USDA from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday. Consumers can also browse food safety messages at Ask USDA or send a question via email to MPHotline@usda.gov. For consumers that need to report a problem with a meat, poultry, or egg product, the online Electronic Consumer Complaint Monitoring System can be accessed 24 hours a day at https://foodcomplaint.fsis.usda.gov/eCCF/.

https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/fsis-issues-public-health-alert-raw-beef-product-due-possible-foreign-matter

From: Meijer Recall Team 

Product Removal Notice – For your information and action, specific lots of Mulan Dumplings have been removed from Meijer shelves and are no longer available for sale due to: product was produced without the benefit of federal inspection.