In the past week, the Oregon Food Bank of Portland has recalled three items for various reasons to include Chia seeds, pumpkin seeds and nutritional yeast.

First they initiated a Class II recall of 22,201 pounds of chia seeds, which were donated to the food bank because the product may have been contaminated with rodent droppings.

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The chia seeds were distributed in Oregon and Clark County, Washington through the Oregon Food Bank Network of regional food banks and participating food pantries. The product was distributed in one pound plastic poly film bags with a twist-type closure or a re-sealable pouch. All chia seeds distributed in the described packaging between November 1, 2017 and March 9, 2018 are included.

Later in the week, Oregon Food Bank has initiated a voluntary recall of 63,825 pounds of pumpkin seeds received on the same donation. These donated pumpkin seeds have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria species.

The pumpkin seeds were distributed in Oregon and Clark County, Washington through the Oregon Food Bank Network of regional food banks and participating food pantries. The product was distributed in one pound plastic poly film bags with a twist-type closure or a re-sealable pouch or a KALE JOY plastic bag. All pumpkin seeds were distributed between November 1, 2017 and March 16, 2018.

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Lastly, they recalled 1,219 pounds of nutritional yeast, which was donated to the food bank, because of the potential of Listeria contamination. No illness has been reported but it was donated at the same time as two other recalled products — chia and pumpkin seeds.

The nutritional yeast was distributed in Oregon and Clark County, Washington through the Oregon Food Bank Network of regional food banks and participating food pantries. The product was distributed in one pound plastic poly film bags with a twist-type closure or a re-sealable pouch. All nutritional yeast was distributed between November 1, 2017 and March 16,2018.