Recall Friday: Whitey's Chili, Ethnic Gourmet, Trader Ming's, and FEMA.

February 6, 11:40 AMFood ExaminerEric Burkett

Previous Next

Comment Print Email RSS Subscribe

Subscribe

Get alerts when there is a new article from the Food Examiner. Read Examiner.com's terms of use.

Email Address   Include other special offers from Examiner.com Terms of Use

 

From Marion Nestle’s “Food Politics” blog comes news of the latest in peanut butter recall technology: the Peanut-Containing Product Recall Widget. It doesn’t slice or dice, or make julienne fries, but it does make staying on top of the largest recall in American history a snap! With more than 1,100 items now recalled, how can you afford not to add one to your homepage or blog? Go to the FDA web site to see the widget in action and download it for yourself.

Given the broad swath of products being recalled, it’s important to remember that peanut butter itself is not the culprit. In fact, the FDA has stated “Major national brands of jarred peanut butter found in grocery stores are not affected by the [Peanut Corporation of America] recall”. For a complete list of items recalled so far, just in case you decide not to download the spiffy widget, check the FDA web site.

And, in further peanut news, Peanut Corporation of America has issued yet another statement denying any reckless intent. It's fun; go ahead and read it.

Whitey’s chili with beans
Windsor Foods of Tulsa, Okla., has recalled nearly 700,000 pounds of its frozen chili after customers found pebbles in their food, injuring four. The product being recalled was made between Nov. 6, 2008, and Jan. 13 and distributed to various food service companies and a limited number of retail outlets. Additional information

Ethnic Gourmet and Trader Ming's
Haines Celestial Group of West Chester, Pa., has recalled 983,700 pounds of its frozen chicken entrees because of possible salmonella contamination. Ethnic Gourmet Chicken Pad Thai and Trader Ming’s Spicy Kung Pao Chicken both contain peanuts as either garnish or sauce and are distributed to retail outlets throughout the country. Trader Ming’s is a private label sold only at Trader Joe’s (Trader Joe's has issued a complete list of products sold in its stores that have been recalled). So far, Haines hasn’t received any complaints from customers but the company is urging anyone who has purchased either of these products to return them or toss them out. Additional information

FEMA issues recall of meal kits
Survivors of the storms that raged through the South last week now have one more thing to worry about: the meal kits they received from FEMA may contain contaminated peanut butter. Residents of Arkansas and Kentucky received meal kits that contain packets of peanut butter made at the Blakely, Ga., peanut processing plant at the root of the massive recall. And if you made it through Hurricane Ike last September, you’re not off the hook, either. Peanut butter included in those kits may also have contained peanut butter from the same company. Additional information