Modern Products recalls Seasonings due to possible health risk

March 30, 2010

RECALLS, MARKET WITHDRAWALS, & SAFETY ALERTS ARCHIVE FOR RECALLS, MARKET WITHDRAWALS & SAFETY ALERTS ENFORCEMENT REPORTS INDUSTRY GUIDANCE MAJOR PRODUCT RECALLS – RECALL — FIRM PRESS RELEASE

FDA POSTS PRESS RELEASES AND OTHER NOTICES OF RECALLS AND MARKET WITHDRAWALS FROM THE FIRMS INVOLVED AS A SERVICE TO CONSUMERS, THE MEDIA, AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES. FDA DOES NOT ENDORSE EITHER THE PRODUCT OR THE COMPANY.

MODERN PRODUCTS RECALLS SEASONINGS DUE TO POSSIBLE HEALTH RISK

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – MARCH 25, 2010 – ALAMEDA, CA â€“ MODERN PRODUCTS, INC. IS INITIATING A RECALL OF PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED WITH HVP (HYDROLYZED VEGETABLE PROTEIN) SUPPLIED BY BASIC FOOD FLAVORS OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, BECAUSE THE INGREDIENT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE CONTAMINATED WITH SALMONELLA.

“CONSUMPTION OF PRODUCTS CONTAINING SALMONELLA CAN CAUSE SERIOUS AND SOMETIMES FATAL INFECTIONS IN YOUNG CHILDREN, FRAIL OR ELDERLY PEOPLE, AND OTHERS WITH WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEMS. HEALTHY PERSONS INFECTED WITH SALMONELLA OFTEN EXPERIENCE FEVER, DIARRHEA (WHICH MAY BE BLOODY), NAUSEA, VOMITING AND ABDOMINAL PAIN. IN RARE CIRCUMSTANCES, INFECTION WITH SALMONELLA CAN RESULT IN THE ORGANISM GETTING INTO THE BLOODSTREAM AND PRODUCING MORE SEVERE ILLNESSES SUCH AS ARTERIAL INFECTIONS (I.E., INFECTED ANEURYSMS) ENDOCARDITIS AND ARTHRITIS.”

TO DATE, NO ILLNESSES HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH ANY MODERN PRODUCTS SEASONINGS. IN ADDITION, RANDOM SAMPLES COVERING ALL HVP BATCHES OF CONCERN WERE SENT TO AN INDEPENDENT LABORATORY FOR TESTING AND ALL RESULTS CAME BACK NEGATIVE, BUT TO BE SAFE, FDA’S RECOMMENDATION TO RECALL PRODUCT IS BEING FOLLOWED.

RECALLED PRODUCTS WERE DISTRIBUTED NATIONWIDE AND SOLD IN RETAIL STORES. THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS ARE BEING RECALLED:

UPC NUMBER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION CODE DATES/LOT #

0-75820-00000-4 SPIKE ORIGINAL MAGIC!, 3 OZ. 9J19, 9J20, 9K12, 9K13,

9K16, 9K30, 9L16, 9L17,

9L28, 9L29, 10B10, 10B11,

10B12, 10B15, 10B25,

10B26

0-75820-20408-2 SPIKE SEASONING, 7 OZ. 9J21, 9L01, 9L17, 9L28,

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