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Food Recalls for Consumers

Reporting a food product problem

If your concern relates to a food product that you have purchased, please contact a Health Protection Officer at your local District Health Board.

Recalls of Specific Food Products

May 2008

• Privileged Statement: Seeds in Chinese herbal tea may cause illness (08 May 2008

March 2008

• Reminder about risks from toxic honey (press release 27 March 2008)
• Heller Tasty Ltd Lamb & Mint Sausages (07 March 2008)

Archived recalls

• Recalled Food Products Ceres Enterprises Sunflower Seeds (25 February 2008)
• Delmaine Gherkins (29 January 2008)
• Ceres Organic Cereals (17 January 2008)
• Tip Top Ice Cream Cakes (09 January 2008)
• Captain's Choice Fish Cakes (18 December 2007)
• Donovans Chocolate Fudge (4th December 2007)
• Spirulina Power (November 29th 2007)
• Edmonds Sweet Short Pastry (November 28th 2007)
• Allergen Warning MUSASHi Protein Drinks (21 November 2007)
• Delmaine, Pam's, Signature Range (24 October 2007)
• Allergen Warning Hubbards Black Forest Muesli (19 October 2007)
• National Foods Yoplait Elivae (16 October 2007)
• ABE's Real Bagels Ltd (20 September 2007)
• Ritz Bread Crumbs (14 September 2007)
• PEDIGREE and OPTIMUM Dog Rolls (06 September 2007)
• Allergen Warning Trade Aid Chocolate (31 August 2007)
• ME Cucumber & Feta Dip (10 August 2007)
• Santa Rosa Smoked/Cooked Chicken (12 June 07)
• Allergen Warning Signature Range Breakfast Cereal (15 May 2007)
• Allergen Warning Nurture PLUS (23 April 2007)
• Delago Feta Cheeses (16 April 2007)
• Nestle Kit Kats (30 March 2007)
• Turks Smoked Chicken (29 January 2007)
• UK Beef Soups (16 January 2007)
• Brinks Fresh Whole Smoked Chicken (30 December 2006)
• Mooloo Cookies and Cream Ice Cream (15 December 2006)
• Emma-Jane’s Rice Bites (31 October 2006)
• Pasteurised Chilled Whole Egg Pulp  (11 October)
• Halswell New World Chicken Cordon Bleu (03 October 2006)
• Zeagold Hard Cooked Eggs & Egg Spread (28 September 2006)
• Sunbeam Dried Fruits (25 September 2006)
• Stuffed Mutton Forequarter & Stuffed Pork Deli Roast (sliced) (22 September 2006)
• Angas Park & Sunbeam Dried Fruits (14 September 2006)
• Smoked Mussels (04 August 2006)
• Delish Apricot Halves (11 August 2006)
• Coupland Pies (09 August 2006)
• Premier Fine Foods Gourmet Thins Sesame Seed Biscuits (07 August 2006)
• Pam’s Basmati Rice 1kg (01 August 2006)
• Pan Pharmaceuticals (2003)
  Fresh Smoked Kahawai (2003)
• Lead contamination of food (2004)

Frequently asked questions

• How a food product recall works,
• who is involved, and
• how consumers are notified

Food recall statistics

• Total yearly food recalls
• Causes of recalls

NZFSA media releases

Related links

Other sites may contain recall information, for food safety or other reasons are:

Manufactured Food Database – lists of food free of certain allergens.
Allergy NZ – for information on alerts involving food allergies.
Consumers’ Institute of New Zealand – for information on general product recalls.
Ministry of Consumer Affairs – for information on general product recalls.
Medsafe – for information on general product recalls.

_{Page last updated 09 May 2008}