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To continue with the Danish theme, Royal Seafood Baza, Inc. of Staten, Island, New York is recalling various refrigerated ready to eat herring products – delicious with Danish schnapps and that’s about it — because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

The affected ready to eat herring products were distributed to customers located New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, and North Carolina. Wholesale customers of bulk containers must discontinue sales of existing stock of these items immediately and destroy any returned product as soon as possible.

No illnesses have been reported to date.

The recall of the products was the result of environmental sampling by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) during an inspection of the firm which revealed the presence of Listeria in the plant. The company has ceased production and distribution of the products and is working closely with FDA to monitor this situation to determine the source of the environmental contamination, and make the appropriate corrective actions.

I still have fond memories of a misspent youth building houses in the summer, drinking schnapps, eating pickled herring, and talking philosophy with my Danish mentor, John.

He was also a great dancer.

So it pains me a little to note that, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Elite Salads International is recalling Elite Salads brand schmaltz herring products from the marketplace because they may permit the growth of Clostridium botulinum. Consumers should not consume the recalled products described below.

Recalled products

Brand Name	Common Name	Size	Code(s) on Product	UPC
Elite Salads	Schmaltz Herring	200 g	All codes up to and including Best Before: May. 08, 2015	7 77739 10035 5
Elite Salads	Schmaltz Herring	200 g	All codes up to and including 15MA08	None
Elite Salads	Schmaltz Herring	454 g	All codes up to and including 15MA08	None
Elite Salads	Spicy Schmaltz Herring	200 g	All codes up to and including Best Before: May. 08, 2015	7 77739 10005 8
Elite Salads	Spicy Schmaltz Herring	200 g	All codes up to and including 15MA08	None
Elite Salads	Spicy Schmaltz Herring	454 g	All codes up to and including 15MA08	None

This recall was triggered by the CFIA’s inspection activities. The CFIA is conducting a food safety investigation, which may lead to the recall of other products. If other high-risk products are recalled, the CFIA will notify the public through updated Food Recall Warnings.

There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of these products.

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Philosophy, food and schnapps: Herring recalled because of Clostridium in Canada