Area companies recall tortillas, coffee cookies

Several Illinois companies announced recalls Tuesday.

Chicago-based Del Rey Tortilleria Inc. recalled several products after health officials in Wisconsin suspected a link between flour tortillas and an outbreak of illness at three schools.

Coffee Masters Inc. of Spring Grove is recalling about 25,000 Chipper with Coffee Biscotti products because the biscotti cookies might contain undeclared protein from milk, eggs, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat and soybean ingredients.

People who have an allergy to these ingredients run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reactions if they consume the product. No injuries have been reported, according to the company.

Coffee Masters distributed the biscotti January through September this year nationwide in retail coffee shops. For more information, consumers can call the company at (800) 334-6485, ext. 110.

Del Rey told the state of Wisconsin it will voluntarily recall its tortillas as a precaution while the Food and Drug Administration continues to investigate. But the company is still not sure its products caused the reported symptoms, said Marcy Toledo, Del Rey's general manager.

More than 80 students at three schools in Racine reported flu-like symptoms earlier this month that included vomiting, according to health officials. The Racine Unified School District closed two middle schools and an elementary school for one day for disinfection.

The products in question were distributed nationwide through food distributors and grocery stores. People should immediately return any product that is subject to the recall to the store where they purchased it for a full refund or replacement.

The recall includes flour tortillas of all sizes: White Flour Tortillas, six-inch Tortillas de Harina, Burritos two, three and four-inch and eight-inch Fajita, with the name "Del Rey" on the label and with one of these date codes: OCT/17/07; OCT/20/07; OCT/24/07; NOV/04/07; NOV/10/07; or NOV/11/07.