Recall on Baby Food – Happy Baby and Happy Tot

Jan 14, 2010 Baby Recalls, Dangerous Food Items, Food Recalls

FDA Issues Consumer Alert on HAPPYTOT Stage 4 and Some HAPPYBABY Stage 1 & Stage 2 Baby Foods

The FDA is recommending that the public not consume any varieties of HAPPYTOT Stage 4 and certain varieties of HAPPYBABY Stage 1 and Stage 2 baby foods in pouches distributed by Nurture Inc. The firm is recalling these products because some pouches are leaking or swollen. Swollen or leaking pouches may indicate problems with the product, including possible contamination by bacteria that can cause illness, or that the packaging has been compromised and is at risk of bacterial contamination.

The varieties of these products that should not be consumed are as follows:

• HAPPYTOT Green bean, pear & peas, NET WT. 4.22 OZ. (120g), UPC 8 52697 00127 9;
• HAPPYTOT Sweet potato, carrot, apple & cinnamon, NET WT. 4.22 OZ. (120g), UPC 8 52697 00128 6;
• HAPPYTOT Spinach, mango & pear, NET WT. 4.22 OZ. (120g), UPC 8 52697 00129 3;
• HAPPYTOT Butternut squash & apple, NET WT. 4.22 OZ. (120g), UPC 8 52697 00130 9;
• HAPPYTOT Banana, peach, coconut & prunes, NET WT. 4.22 OZ. (120g), UPC 8 52697 00131 6;
• HAPPYTOT Banana, peach & mango, NET WT. 4.22 OZ. (120g), UPC 8 52697 00132 3
• HAPPYBABY Mango, NET WT. 3.5 OZ. (99g), UPC 8 52697 00134 7
• HAPPYBABY Spinach Mango Pear, NET WT. 3.5 OZ. (99g), UPC 8 52697 00139 2
• HAPPYBABY Apricot Sweet Potato, NET WT. 3.5 OZ. (99g), UPC 8 52697 00136 1

The above meals are packaged in plastic pouches with plastic caps and are sold at retail stores nationwide. To determine if a specific product is part of this recall, consumers should examine product packaging for expiration date codes between October 2010 and January 2011. These expiration date codes are printed as the first seven characters of a 15-character string.

Read the FDA Alert

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May 2009 Winning Baby Food Recipe – Check it Out!

Jun 2, 2009 Baby Food Recipes Updated, Contests and Giveaways, Dangerous Food Items, Food Recalls, New Baby Food Recipes, Uncategorized

May 2009 Baby Food Recipes Contest

Congratulations to Mommy Eva! Her recipe for banana semolina is the winning recipe for May 2009! We liked this recipe because it has a nice hint of sweet and savory to it. Eva recommends this for those 12 months and older, probably due to the raisins however, if you puree this your 8 month old+ might enjoy this as well!

Eva’s Banana Semolina

Ingredients:

3 Tb Spoon – Fine Semolina
6 to 7 – Golden seedless Raisins
1 tsp – Light brown sugar
30 ml – Milk
100 ml – Water
1 small Banana – cut into small pieces
pinch of cinnamon powder or cardamom powder

Tsp – Butter

Prep and cook: First fry the semolina in a pan and keep aside. Heat the butter , put the raisins. When the raisins are puffed a bit add the water and milk. Add sugar and pinch of cinnanmon powder or cardamom powder. Let the mixture boil, now add the cut banana pieces. Now add fried semolina slowly into the water , continue stirring ( see that lumps are not formed). close the lid and cook for few minutes on a slow fire , till it reaching pudding consistency.

Tips and Age: Babies from 12 months onwards
You can add vanila , If your baby likes apricots you can add them. Preferably dried apricots which are soaked over night , Discard the seed.

Each month one winner will receive a $25.00 Gift Certificate to Amazon.com.

If you would like to take part in this monthly contest, visit the Baby Food Recipes Contest page and submit your recipe.

Visit the Contest Entries page to view more tasty recipes submitted for our contest. There are some great baby food recipes on this page!

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Nature’s Path – Enviro Kids and other Granola Bar recalls

Mar 3, 2009 Food Recalls

Natures Path Organic Foods Announces USA and Canada Nationwide Voluntary Recall of

EnviroKidz Organic Crispy Rice Peanut Choco Chocolate Drizzle Bar

Nature’s Path Organic Granola Bar Peanut Butter Chunky

Nature’s Path Organic Granola Bars Peanut Choco Chocolate Drizzle

and Nature’s Path Organic Peanut Butter Granola Cereal

The products affected in Canada are:

The products were distributed through retail stores nationwide in USA and throughout Canada. The products affected in the USA are:

No known illnesses have been reported to date in connection with these products. The recall was initiated after it was determined that the peanut product received was manufactured by Peanut Corporation of America. Nature’s Path Organic Foods has informed FDA of its actions and is fully cooperating with the Agency.

http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/photos/naturepath03_09.html to see photos of the labels

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