30 food, dietary supplement recalls initiated

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Food producers carried out 30 food or dietary supplement product recalls over the past month, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Such companies decide to pull products from the marketplace when the food is inaccurately labeled, when it creates a potential health risk for consumers due to contamination or when the food has caused a sickness outbreak, the FDA reports.

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New Food Recalls Listed on FDA Website

Date	Brand Name	Product Description	Product Type	Reason/Problem	Company Name
July 17	Northfork Bison Distributions Inc.	Bison Burgers & Bison Ground	Food & Beverages, Meat/Meat Products & Poultry	Has the potential to be contaminated with E. coli: O121 and O103	Northfork Bison Distributions Inc.
July 16	OCuSOFT	Prescription (RX) and Over-the-Counter (OTC) Ophthalmic products	Drugs, Generic Drugs, Prescription Drugs	Due to lack of sterility assurance	Altaire Pharmaceuticals Inc.
July 16	Bucee’s, Fresh Thyme, Harris Teeter, other	hummus products	Food & Beverages, Organic Food / Home Grown	Due to potential Listeria monocytogenes	Pita Pal Foods, LP
July 16	Natural Ophthalmics, TRP/Target Up & Up	Over-The-Counter Ophthalmic Products	Drugs,	Due to lack of sterility assurance	Altaire Pharmaceuticals Inc.
July 16	Shirakiku	Fish cake products	Food & Beverages, Fish, Prepared Food, Seafood/Seafood Product	Undeclared allergens, (Milk, Egg and Crustacean shellfish)	Wismettac Asian Foods Inc.
July 15	Altaire Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	OTC and Rx Ophthalmic Products	Drugs,	Due to lack of sterility assurance	Altaire Pharmaceuticals Inc.
July 15	Growers Express	Fresh vegetable products	Food & Beverages,	Due to Potential Contamination of Listeria monocytogenes	Growers Express
July 11	PROBAR	Multiple flavors of Meal Bars	Food & Beverages, Meal Replacements	Undeclared Milk and Soy	PROBAR
July 11	PICS	Soy Sauce	Food & Beverages, Gravy/Sauces	Undeclared Fish	Baumer Foods Inc.
July 11	DaVinci Laboratories of Vermont	Dim Plex, dietary supplement		Undeclared Fish	FoodScience Corporation
July 10	CVS Health	Multiple Ophthalmic Products		Due to lack of assurance of sterility	Altaire Pharmaceuticals Inc.
July 10	Multiple brands	Hamburger and Hot Dog Buns	Food & Beverages, Bakery Product/Mix	Potential Presence of Small Pieces of Hard Plastic	Flowers Foods Inc.
July 5	Equate and Support Harmony	Over-the-Counter (OTC) drug products	Drugs, Generic Drugs	Potential for nonsterility	Altaire Pharmaceuticals Inc.
July 3	Walgreens	Eye drops and ophthalmic ointments	Drugs,	Potential for nonsterility	Altaire Pharmaceuticals Inc.
July 3	PSP	Pig ears	Animal & Veterinary, Animal Feed	Potential Salmonella contamination	Pet Supplies Plus
July 3	Perrigo	Ophthalmic ointments	Drugs, Generic Drugs	Potential for nonsterility	Altaire Pharmaceuticals Inc.
July 2	Fresenius Kabi, Novaplus	Fluorouracil Injection	Drugs, Generic Drugs	Potential for glass particulate	Fresenius Kabi USA LLC
July 1	Green Giant Fresh, Growers Express, Signature Farms, Trader Joe’s	Butternut squash, cauliflower, zucchini and butternut squash based veggie bowl products	Food & Beverages, Produce, Vegetable Products	Listeria monocytogenes	Growers Express
June 28	PharMEDium	0.5 mg/mL HYDROmorphone HCl in 0.9% Sodium Chloride 1 mL in 3 mL BD Syringe	Drugs	The electronic customer ordering system stated it is sulfite-free, but the product contains sulfite.	PharMEDium Services LLC
June 26	Macleods	Losartan Potassium USP tablets and Losartan Potassium/Hydrochlorothiazide combination tablets	Drugs, Generic Drugs	Presence of NMBA impurity	Macleods Pharmaceutical Limited
June 26	Aqueon	Aqueon Betta Food	Animal & Veterinary, Food & Beverages	Potential Salmonella contamination	Central Aquatics
June 25	Hudson RCl Sheridan	Hudson RCl Sheridan Endotracheal Tubes	Medical Devices, General Hospital & Personal Use	The connector could disconnect from the endotracheal tube, resulting in insufficient oxygenation of the patient	Teleflex Incorporated
June 21	Penafiel	Unflavored Mineral Spring Water	Food & Beverages, Bottled Water	Presence of Arsenic	Keurig Dr. Pepper
June 21	Lactaid, Kraft, and more	Various Perishable items	Food & Beverages	Products were not held at appropriate temperature during transportation due to mechanical malfunction.	C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc.
June 21	Parent's Choice	Advantage Infant Formula Milk Based Powder with Iron	Food & Beverages, Infant Formula & Foods	Potential presence of metal foreign material	Perrigo Company plc
June 21	Brand Castle and Sisters Gourmet	Cookie and brownie mixes	Food & Beverages, Human Food Safety	May be contaminated with pathogenic E. coli	Brand Castle LLC
June 21	Penafiel	Unflavored Mineral Spring Water	Food & Beverages	Presence of Arsenic	Keurig Dr. Pepper
June 20	Great Value and Tipton Grove	Frozen Blackberries and Frozen Mixed Berries	Food & Beverages	Norovirus	Alma Pak
June 20	Infusion Options Inc.	All sterile products within expiry	Drugs, Generic Drugs	Lack of Sterility Assurance	Infusion Options Inc.
June 19	Woodstock	Organic Grilled Red Peppers	Food & Beverages	Potential for Listeria monocytogenes	UNFI

Source: Food and Drug Administration