What should I do if I have a food or consumer product that has been recalled?• Check the product code, lot number, size, purchase or use dates, and or packaging to confirm whether your purchase is part of the recall.
• Customers who have purchased recalled product should discard the specific products or return them to your local store for a full refund.
• Customers who have questions about this recall can contact Safeway at 1-877-SAFEWAY.
PLEASANTON, Calif.—August 6, 2009 — In cooperation with Beef Packers, Inc.’s recall of 825,769 pounds of ground beef that may be linked to an outbreak of Salmonellosis, Safeway Inc. is recalling fresh ground beef products sold between June 6 through July 14, 2009. The recall only affects stores in: Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, South Dakota and Wyoming.
While the recalled product is no longer in stores, Safeway is asking its customers to check all ground beef in their freezers. Fresh ground beef products sold at both the full service counter and in the self service area, with the sell-by dates listed above, should be discarded or returned for a full refund. These products include fresh ground beef, fresh ground beef patties and fresh meat loaf.
Consumption of food contaminated with Salmonella Newport can cause salmonellosis, one of the most common bacterial foodborne illnesses. Salmonella Newport infections can be life-threatening, especially to those with weak immune systems, such as infants, the elderly, and persons with HIV infection or undergoing chemotherapy. This particular strain of Salmonella Newport is resistant to many commonly prescribed drugs, which can increase the risk of hospitalization or possible treatment failure in infected individuals. The most common manifestations of salmonellosis are diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and fever within eight to 72 hours. Additional symptoms may include chills, headache, nausea and vomiting that can last up to seven days.
Safeway is committed to ensuring the safety of its customers. The company employs rigorous food safety standards in stores and insists on the same level of commitment from suppliers and vendors. Safeway’s food safety standards and practices are among the most stringent in the industry.
The US Department of Agriculture recommends the following measures for Preventing Salmonellosis:
• Wash hands with warm, soapy water for at least 20 seconds before and after handling raw meat and poultry. Also wash cutting boards, dishes and utensils with hot soapy water. Clean up spills right away.
• Keep raw meat, fish and poultry away from other food that will not be cooked. Use separate cutting boards for raw meat, poultry and egg products and cooked foods.
• Cook raw meat and poultry to safe internal temperatures before eating. The safe internal temperature for meat such as beef and pork is 160º F, and 165º F for poultry, as determined with a food thermometer.
• Refrigerate raw meat and poultry within two hours after purchase (one hour if temperatures exceed 90º F). Refrigerate cooked meat and poultry within two hours after cooking.
Safeway customers can contact 1-800-SAFEWAY for more information about their specific product. Consumers with food safety questions can “Ask Karen,” the FSIS virtual representative available 24 hours a day at AskKaren.gov. The toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline 1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854) is available in English and Spanish and can be reached from l0 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday. Recorded food safety messages are available 24 hours a day. Media with questions for the US Department of Agriculture should contact company Director of Communications Rebecca Hayne 316-291-2126. Customers can also contact Beef Packers, Inc. at 877-872-3635.
We have been alerted by our suppliers that the following products manufactured for Safeway may contain peanut butter subject to the nationwide recall. These products may cause a serious food-borne illness and as a precaution, all of these products have been removed from sale and destroyed.
We will continue to update this list as more information becomes available.
• 6.75 oz 3 pack unit with Use By Dates of 12/27/08 to 2/2/09
• UPC: 0-79893-70172-1
• 6.75 oz 3 pack unit with Use By Dates of 12/27/08 to 2/2/09
• UPC: 0-79893-70172-1
• Supplier: Orchard Valley Harvest
• Organic Bark Peanut Butter Cookies and Cream
• Peanuts Dry Roasted Unsalted (PLU Code: 02 41529)
• Peanuts Dry Roasted with Salt (PLU Code: 02 41530)
• Organic Peanuts Runner Splits Dry Roasted Unsalted (PLU Code: 02 41552)
• Peanuts Blanched Runner Splits Dry Roasted Unsalted (PLU Code: 02 41528)
• Peanuts Blanched Runner Splits Dry Roasted with Salt (PLU Code: 02 41553)
• Organic Peanuts Runner Splits Dry Roasted with Salt (PLU Code: 02 41561)
• Peanut Butter Salted (PLU Code: 02 41379)
• Peanut Butter Unsalted (PLU Code: 02 41386)
• Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge (PLU Code: 02 41392)
• Organic Peanut Butter Unsalted (PLU Code: 02 41397)
• Organic Peanut Butter Salted (PLU Code: 02 41396)
• Organic Chocolate Peanut Butter Unsalted (PLU Code: 02 41405)
• Organic Chocolate Peanut Butter Salted (PLU Code: 02 41406)
• All peanut butter ground and sold in the kiosk area. (Weighed and identified at checkout)
We have been informed by den Dulk Poultry Farms of Ripon CA. that the company is voluntarily recalling their organic brown eggs as a precaution because the eggs have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella (For information about salmonella, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website). The recalled eggs are sold at 71 Safeway and Pack n’ Save stores as O Organic Grade A Large Brown Eggs. Consumers who have purchased or are the recipients of these eggs are urged to return them to Safeway for a full refund. Consumers with questions may contact den Dulk Poultry Farms (209) 599-4269 or the Safeway Consumer Service Center at 1-877-SAFEWAY.
• One dozen (12 count) cartons with Expiration Date of April 1 062
• Plant Code: 35 P1776
• Supplier: Four Star Group USA Inc., of Hopkinton, Mass.
• Sold at: Safeway stores nationwide, from October 2008 through December 2008 for about $7
• UPC: 7989390761 (UPC code is printed on the back of the product’s packaging, below the bar code.
• Manufactured in: China
• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
PLEASANTON, Calif., (BUSINESS WIRE) – Safeway has been notified by Orchard Valley Harvest that it is voluntarily recalling a number of conventional and organic peanuts supplied to Safeway because the products may be contaminated with Salmonella. Orchard Valley Harvest has informed Safeway that it sourced the peanuts from Peanut Corporation of America.
PLEASANTON, Calif., (BUSINESS WIRE) – Safeway has been notified by Ready Pac Produce Inc. and Orchard Valley Harvest that the following products manufactured for Safeway may contain peanut butter subject to the nationwide recall. Out of an abundance of caution, Safeway is removing these products from sale in its stores throughout the U.S.