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Albertsons   ARIZONA, COLORADO,
    IDAHO, LOUISIANA,
    MONTANA, NEW MEXICO, 
    OREGON, TEXAS, UTAH,
    WASHINGTON, WYOMING
Beverages & More!   CALIFORNIA
Bi-Lo   SOUTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE
BJ’s   NATIONWIDE
Bloom   MARYLAND, NORTH CAROL.INA,
    SOUTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA
Bottle Kg   NEW JERSEY
Brookshire Bros.   NATIONWIDE
Costco   NATIONWIDE
D’Agostino Supermarket   NEW YORK
Dave’s Market   RHODE ISLAND
Earth Fare   NORTH CARLOINA, TENNESSEE
Food Emporium   NEW JERSEY
Fred Meyer   ARKANSAS, IDAHO,
    OREGON, WASHINGTON
Fresh Fields   TEXAS
Fry’s Food and Drug/Fry’s Marketplace   ARIZONA
Giant Food Store   MASSACHUSETTS, PENNSYLVANIA,
    VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA
Haggen   OREGON, WASHINGTON
Harris Teeter   DISTRICT OF COLUMUMBIA,
    DELAWARE, MARYLAND,
    NORTH CARLOINA, SOUTH CAROLINA,
    TENNESSEE, VIRGINIA
Hilander   ILLINOIS
Kgs   NEW JERSEY, PENNSYLVANIA
    NORTH CARLOINA, SOUTH CAROLINA,
    TENNESSEE, VIRGINIA
Kroger   ALABAMA, GEORGIA, ILLINOIS,
    KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, 
    MCHIGAN, MONTANA, NORTH CARLOINA,
    OHIO, SOUTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE,
    TEXAS, VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA
Market Basket   MASSACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE,
    NEW JERSEY
Marts Food Market   MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA,
    VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA
Pathmark   NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK,
    PENNSYLVANIA
Piggly Wiggly   SOUTH CAROLINA
Quality Food Center / QFC – Fresh Fare   OREGON, WASHINGTON
Ralphs / Ralphs Fresh Fare   CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK
Roche Bros.   MASSACHUSETTS
Sams Clubs   NATIONWIDE
Scotts   INDIANA
Shoppers Market   MARYLAND, VIRGINIA
Shop-Rite   NEW JERSEY
Smiths / Smiths Marketplace   ARIZONA, IDAHO, MONTANA, NEW MEXICO,
    NEVADA, UTAH, WYOMING
   
Stop and Shop / Super Stop and Shop  CONNETICUT, MASSACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE,
   NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, RHODE ISLAND
Super K-Mart   ILLINOIS, MICHIGAN, NEW YORK, OHIO,
   PENNSYLVANIA, SOUTH CAROLINA
The Fresh Market   NORTH CARLOINA
Top Food   WASHINGTON
Waldbaums   NEW YORK
Walmart   NATIONWIDE
Wegmans   NEW YORK
Weis   MARYLAND, NEW JERSEY,
    NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA
Whole Foods   TEXAS

You have to love Major Menino. Here in Boston, we have The Mayor’s Food Court. It’s not a nlace you would want to frequent but Suspension of Permits of food establishments.

I personally have eaten at two of them. One is the  Dunkin Donuts on Summer Street and the Shangrila Restaurant.  Ok I haven’t been there for awhile, but it will be awhile before I go again.

The Mayors Food Court

Temporary Suspension of Permit

An Imminent Health Hazard may exist because of an emergency such as a fire, flood, extended interruption of electrical or water service, sewage backup, misuse of poisonous or toxic materials, onset of an apparent foodborne illness outbreak, gross unsanitary occurrence or condition, or other circumstances that may endanger the public health.

The following is a list of Temporary Suspension of Permit (TSOP) establishements for the last 30 days.

BLUE HILL COFFEE SHOP
170 BLUE HILL AV
1/7/2010

DUNKIN’DONUTS/WATERMARK
101 SUMMER ST
1/8/2010
1/11/2010

KENNEDY MIDTOWN
42 PROVINCE ST
1/17/2010

PAPA JOHNS PIZZA
971 TREMONT ST
1/24/2010

PROVINCE PLACE
44 PROVINCE ST
1/17/2010
1/19/2010

SHANGRI-LA REST. & PASTRY
138 CAMBRIDGE ST
1/27/2010

VINALIA
101 ARCH ST
1/5/2010
1/12/2010

Any places you want to know about? Let us know, http://www.usfoodsafety.com/contact.asp.

Division of Health Inspections – City of Boston

Today’s FDA retail list of stores that carried the sausage product due to possible Salmonella contamination has one burning question yet to be answered.

 What percentage of product went where? While we now know that the product went everywhere, and had a national impact, exactly who had what remains a mystery.

 Below is a quick overview of the major players:            

 Costco, Sam’s Club and Walmart stores nationally AND Kroger stores in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, North Ca rolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.

 Market Basket has over 52 stores in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

 Smith’s has stores in Arizona, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and West Virginia.

As usual, the food recall impact has wide reaching consequence to retailers who expend man hours pulling and returning product.

 While FDA touts their commitment to food safety, January  2009 and January 2010 have been record breaking months. Remember Peanuts ‘09?

Now let’s wait and hope that no one gets ill or dies from bad sausage.

Daniele International Inc., Pascoag and Mapleville, R.I, recalls of 1,240,000 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) varieties of Italian sausage products, including salami/salame,  because they may be contaminated with Salmonella.

 The products include:

  • 10-ounce packages of “DANIELE NATURALE SALAME COATED WITH COARSE BLACK PEPPER.”
  • Catch weight packages of “DANIELE PEPPER SALAME.”
  • 9-ounce packages of “BLACK BEAR OF THE BLACK FOREST BABY GENOA PEPPER SALAME.”
  • 20-ounce packages of “DANIELE DELI SELECTION, GENOA SALAME, SMOKED SALAME, PEPPERED SALAME, RUSTIC SALAME.”
  • 340- and 454-gram packages of “DANIELE SURTIDO FINO ITALIANO, SALAMI GENOA CON PIMIENTA, LOMO CAPOCOLLO, SALAMI CALABRESE.”
  • 16-ounce packages of “DANIELE ITALIAN BRAND GOURMET PACK, HOT CALABRESE, PEPPER SALAME, HOT CAPOCOLLO.”
  • 8-ounce packages of “DIETZ & WATSON ARTISAN COLLECTION PARTY PLATTER PACK, HOT CALABRESE, PEPPER SALAME, HOT CAPOCOLLO.”
  • 8-ounce packages of “DANIELE ITALIAN BRAND GOURMET PACK, HOT CALABRESE, PEPPER SALAME, HOT CAPOCOLLO.”
  • 16-ounce packages of “DANIELE GOURMET COMBO PACK, PEPPER SALAME, CAPOCOLLO, CALABRESE.”
  • 500-gram packages of “DANIELE ITALIAN BRAND GOURMET PACK EMBALLAGE ASSORTI GOURMET ITALIEN, HOT CALABRESE, PEPPER SALAME, CALABRESE PIQUANT, SALAMI AU POIVRE, HOT CAPOCOLLO, CAPOCOLLO PIQUANT.”
  • 8-ounce packages of “BOAR’S HEAD BRAND ALL NATURAL SALAME COATED WITH COARSE BLACK PEPPER.”
  • Catch weight packages of “DIETZ & WATSON ARTISAN COLLECTION, BABY GENOA PEPPER SALAME, MADE WITH 100% PORK COATED WITH BLACK PEPPER AND PORK FAT.”
  • 20-ounce variety packages of “DANIELE DELI SELECTION, GENOA SALAME, SWEET SOPRESSATA, PEPPERED GENOA, MILANO SALAME.”
  • 21-ounce variety packages of “DANIELE GOURMET ITALIAN DELI SELECTION, SWEET SOPRESSATA SALAMI, PEPPERED GENOA SALAMI, HOT SOPRESSATA SALAMI, MILANO SALAMI, SALAMI SOPRESSATA DOUX, SALAMI GENOA POIVRÉ, SALAMI SOPRESSATA PIQUANT, SALAMI MILANO.”
  • 7-ounce packages of “DANIELE SALAME BITES PEPPER SALAME.”
  • 14-ounce packages of “DANIELE GOURMET ITALIAN DELI SELECTION ASSORTMENT DE FINES CHARCUTERIE ITALIENNE, SWEET SOPRESSATA SALAMI, MILANO SALAMI, SALAMI SOPRESSATA DOUX, SALAMI MILANO.”
  • Catch weight packages of “DANIELE NATURALE SALAME COATED WITH COARSE BLACK PEPPER.”
  • 32-ounce variety packages of “DANIELE DELI SELECTION, GENOA SALAME, SWEET SOPRESSATA, PEPPERED GENOA, MILANO SALAME.”

Here is where the reatil products were sold: 

Costco All stores nationwide
Fred Meyer Stores in AK, ID, OR, WA
Fry’s Food and Drug Stores in AZ
Haggen Stores in OR, WA
Hilander Stores in IL
Kroger Stores in AL, GZ, IL, IN ,KY, LA, MI, MO, NC, OH, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV
Market Basket Stores in MA, NH
Quality Food Center – Fresh Fare Stores in OR, WA
Ralphs – Ralphs Fresh Fare Stores in CA
Sams Clubs All stores nationwide
Scotts Stores in IN
Smiths – Smiths Marketplace Stores in AZ, ID, MT, NM, NV, UT, WY
Stop and Shop Stores in NJ, NY
Top Food Stores in WA
Waldbaums Stores in NY
Walmart All stores nationwide
Weis Stores in MD, NJ, NY, PA

 For food safety’s sake, tell your family and friends.