Food safety is important for everyone to stay healthy and thrive. Various food safety and quality assurance resources and topics are shared here – check back regularly for new resources!
The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act establishes Federal protection from civil and criminal liability for persons involved in the donation and distribution of food and grocery products in our community when certain criteria are met.
Read the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act and FAQs.
Tracking and providing notifications about product recalls is an important part of providing safe food to our partner pantries and their pantry guests.
What is a recall?
Recalls are actions taken by a firm to remove a product from the market. Recalls may be conducted on a firm’s own initiative, by FDA or USDA request, or by FDA or USDA order under statutory authority and compliance policies. Recalls are categorized into multiple categories:
| Class I | A situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death. |
| Class II | A situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote. |
| Class III | A situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product is not likely to cause adverse health consequences. |
| Market Withdrawal |
Occurs when a product has a minor violation that would not be subject to FDA legal action. The firm removes the product from the market or corrects the violation. For example, a product removed from the market due to tampering, without evidence of manufacturing or distribution problems, would be a market withdrawal. |
Monitoring and Alerting to Recalls
Partner pantries may receive food from multiple sources outside Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin, so being aware of recalls helps to alert and protect pantry guests. The feeds from the FDA, USDA, Recalls.gov and Food Safety News below not only help partner pantries inform pantry guests, but also provide up-to-date health alerts and recall details to Second Harvest donors, volunteers, staff and the general public.
The Quality Assurance team at Second Harvest monitors recalls daily and sends email updates to partner pantries about recalls that affect our distribution area. Second Harvest partner agencies are automatically signed up to receive recall emails during their onboarding process. If you would like to be added to the email list, please email Pilar at pilare@shfbmadison.org with first and last name, name of your organization and email address.
If a recalled item was in Second Harvest’s inventory and distributed to partner pantries, your Agency Representative will contact you directly via email and/or phone to confirm information with you and provide instructions on handling the recall.
Recalled items will also be removed and blocked from Second Harvest inventory.
USDA Recalls Feed
- Creminelli Fine Meats Recalls Mini Parmesan Salami Stick Products Due to Misbranding and an Undeclared AllergenWASHINGTON, June 28, 2022 – Creminelli Fine Meats, a Salt Lake City, Utah establishment, is recalling approximately 4,207 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) parmesan salami sticks due to misbranding and an... Read more »
- FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Ineligible Siluriformes Products Imported from KoreaWASHINGTON, June 24, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for Siluriformes products imported by Grand BK Corporation... Read more »
- Yumei Foods USA, Inc. Recalls Ineligible Siluriformes Products Imported from ChinaWASHINGTON, June 13, 2022 – Yumei Foods USA, Inc., a City of Industry, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 9,370 pounds of imported Siluriformes products. The products were imported from the... Read more »