Yankee Bean Soup, Olives, Chicken Liver, and Oysters Recalled

Of the recalls listed below, the chicken liver and the oysters have already caused illnesses. If you have any of these products in your home, check to see if the ones you have are part of the recall.  If so, discard them or return them to the place of purchase. 

Yankee Bean Soup; Olives:

United Natural Foods, Inc. is recalling selected types of FoodMatch, Inc. Divina Feta Cheese Stuffed Olives, and Tabatchnick Yankee Bean Soup because they have the potential t be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium which can cause life-threatening illness or death. Consumers are warned not to use the product even if it does not look or smell spoiled.

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November 15 update on the olives recall:  Divina olives stuffed with feta cheese were distributed to 12 states and Washington, D.C.  through the following retail stores: Genuardis Carrs, Safeway, Pailion, and Vons.  These items have been recalled due to a lack of temperature control during the distribution process.  So far, no illnesses have been reported.  To find the date codes affected and other information about this recall, google FDA, Divina olives.  

Chicken liver:

Schreiber Processing Corporation, a Maspeth, N.Y. establishment, is recalling an undetermined amount of broiled chicken liver products that are linked to a cluster of Salmonellosis illnesses in New Jersey and New York, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced. Products subject to this recall were also distributed in retail stores and to institutional users in Florida, Ohio, and Rhode Island.

The illnesses are linked to the consumption of broiled chicken livers which appear to be ready-to-eat, but are in fact partially cooked and need to be fully cooked before consumption. Illnesses are also linked to chopped liver made from this product at retail stores.

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Frozen oysters:

Certain ASSI Brand frozen oysters from Korea have been linked to an outbreak of illness caused by norovirus. These oysters, which were served in a Washington state restaurant and eaten by three people who became ill, have been sampled and tested positive by the FDA for norovirus genotypes I and II.

Records indicate that this product was shipped to the states of Washington, California, Texas, Colorado, Arizona, Idaho, and Utah.

Norovirus causes acute gastroenteritis (inflammation of the stomach and intestines). The most common symptoms are nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, and stomach pain. The illness often begins suddenly. Norovirus can make people feel extremely ill with frequent vomiting and diarrhea. Most people get better within 1 to 2 days. Dehydration can be a problem among some people with norovirus infection, especially the very young, the elderly, and people with other illnesses.

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