VONS, PAVILIONS RECALL TACO SHELLS.Byline: Dereck Andrade Staff Writer ARCADIA - Vons and Pavilions markets have voluntarily recalled three brands of taco shells from their shelves following concerns they may contain a variety of genetically engineered genetically engineered adjective Recombinant, see there corn that isn't approved for consumption. It is the same biotech corn that prompted a nationwide recall of taco shells Sept. 22 by Kraft Foods Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) is the largest food and beverage company headquartered in North America and the second largest in the world after Nestlé SA. The Philip Morris Company (now known as Altria Group), a company that produces tobacco products, acquired Kraft for which were sold under the Taco Bell Taco Bell Corp., a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc., is a Mexican-style quick service restaurant chain based in Irvine, California, United States. The restaurant has locations primarily in the United States and Canada, but also operates outlets in several other markets. label. ``We started pulling the shells off of our shelves because there was a question that the product may contain that ingredient,'' said Kevin Herglotz, a company spokesman at Vons corporate headquarters in Arcadia. Vons and Pavilions, which are owned by Pleasanton, Calif.-based Safeway, on Wednesday began pulling their private label taco shells including those under the Mission brand name. There are 317 Vons and Pavilions markets in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County, including six in Long Beach and 30 in Riverside and San Bernardino San Bernardino, city, United States San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. counties. Pavilions and Safeway will give customers a full refund when they bring in the taco shell products to any one of their stores, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Herglotz, who could not put a dollar amount on the recall. ``Our objective is to remove the product from our shelves to also remove any concerns our customers may have,'' he said. The Kraft and Safeway taco shells were produced by different manufacturers but contained the same variety of corn developed by Aventis Crop Science. Safeway's product was made by Mission Foods Co. of Irving, Texas. Safeway had been assured by Mission Foods that the corn was not in its products. The corn, known as StarLink, hasn't been approved for human consumption because of unresolved questions about whether it could cause allergic reactions in people. The corn is allowed only in animal feed. FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. officials say there is no known health risk from the corn, but that they are testing a variety of corn products for its presence. 
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