Stir the Pot, LLC, a Louisville, Ky. establishment, is recalling approximately 18,648 pounds of chicken products because they contain an undeclared allergen, fish in the form of an anchovy puree in Worcestershire sauce, which is not noted on the label.

Smithfield Packing Company of Clinton, NC and Tar Heel, NC is recalling approximately 216,238 pounds of Portobello Mushroom flavored pork loins because some of the product may contain an undeclared allergen.

Oberto Sausage Company, a Kent, Wash., establishment is recalling approximately 772 pounds of beef jerky products because they contain an undeclared allergen, soy, which is not declared on the label. Soy is a known allergen.

Completely Fresh Foods Inc., a Montebello, Calif., establishment is voluntarily recalling approximately 131,000 pounds of pizza products because they contain an allergen, wheat, not declared on the label. Wheat is a known allergen.

One in four Americans is worried about having enough money to put food on the table in the next year, according to a national hunger survey by Hart Research Associates, commissioned last month by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) and Tyson Foods Inc. Another key finding is that many Americans are unaware of how serious hunger is in their own communities.

National Steak and Poultry continues to grow its national foodservice brokerage network by adding new representatives in each region. The network is comprised 16 representative partners covering 38 states in six regions.

A quick review of the FSIS current recall list shows that there is a significant number of recalls relating to undeclared allergens. In some cases, the wrong packaging was used; in others, suppliers had changed ingredients, but the change was never communicated to the processor so that its production/labeling staff could update the product labels or refuse to accept the “new” ingredient.