Food Safety recall round-up 20 - 26 February
Salmonella in hazelnuts
24 February - USA: Fairway “Like No Other Market” of New York is recalling Fairway brand Raw Hazelnuts (Filberts), because of Salmonella.
Fairway brand Raw Hazelnuts (Filberts) were distributed to Fairway stores in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, and through home delivery programs by Google and Instacart.
Product is packaged in clear, plastic cello bags of varying weights, each weighing less than one pound. It has Item Code 228119 XXXXXX. All “SELL BY” Date codes of May 15m 2015 and earlier are being recalled.
The recall is the result of a routine sampling program by the FDA which revealed the product contained the bacteria.