Bumble Bee Premium Albacore Tuna in Water, Net Wt. 2.5oz, UPC 8660024011, 8660024031…
Bumble Bee Foods LLC recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 22 October 2014 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, has issued a recall on specific codes of pouched Albacore tuna due to defects in the pouch seals which could result in product contamination by spoilage organisms or pathogens, and could lead to illness if consumed.
The record
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- Product
- Bumble Bee Premium Albacore Tuna in Water, Net Wt. 2.5oz, UPC 8660024011, 8660024031, 5763800424. Bumble Bee Premium Albacore Tuna In Water, Net Wt. 5oz, UPC 8660024016; UPC 8660024051, 5763800425.
- UPC
- 8660024011
- Reason for recall
- Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, has issued a recall on specific codes of pouched Albacore tuna due to defects in the pouch seals which could result in product contamination by spoilage organisms or pathogens, and could lead to illness if consumed.
- Recalling firm
- Bumble Bee Foods LLC
- Firm location
- San Diego, California, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-0031-2015
- Quantity
- 188,185 cases total
- Distribution
- nationwide in US
- Initiated
- 6 October 2014
- Reported by FDA
- 22 October 2014
- Terminated
- 31 July 2015
- Firm notified by
- Letter
- Product codes
- UPC: 8660024011, 8660024016, 8660024031, 8660024051: "Best By" dates: March 2017 to September 2017. UPC: 5763800424, 5763800425: All "Best By" dates
Reading this record
Five things about this record are not in the record itself, and each one changes how it should be read.
- Class II means the FDA judged a remote probability of serious harm, or a probability of temporary or medically reversible harm. The class is assigned by an agency health hazard evaluation under 21 CFR 7.41, not by the firm.
- The firm started this recall itself. Most FDA food recalls are voluntary, and a recall is a food safety plan working rather than failing. The circumstances in which the agency asks for one instead are set out in 21 CFR 7.45.
- This is one of 9 records covering the same recall event. The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so a recall of a product line appears here many times. Counting these records as 9 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 9. All 9 of them are listed on this page.
- The recall ran for 10 months, from 6 October 2014 to termination on 31 July 2015. Termination means the agency judged that all reasonable effort had been made, under 21 CFR 7.55, and it says nothing about whether product remained in circulation.
- The FDA published the enforcement report 2 weeks after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of fish or seafood run a median of 5 months, so this one was longer than usual for its category. Fish and fishery products are the one food category with their own HACCP regulation in the United States, 21 CFR part 123, because the hazards are species-specific: histamine in scombroid fish, ciguatera in reef fish, and Listeria in cold-smoked products.
What this recall was for
Spoilage and mould
A spoilage recall means the food degraded before its date: mould growth, unintended fermentation, swelling or rancidity, usually traced to a seal, a formulation or a storage temperature.
A preventive controls plan covers spoilage under the clauses below. This is where the control belongs, not a finding against any firm named on this page: a recall record states a reason, and most of these recalls were initiated by the firm itself.
- 21 CFR 117.93
- Warehousing and distribution: storage and transport under conditions that protect food against contamination and against deterioration of the food and its container.
- 21 CFR 117.80(b)(3)
- Time and temperature: holding food at temperatures that do not allow microorganisms to grow, and for no longer than the process allows.
Chemical contamination
A chemical contamination recall covers a substance that is harmful in food and was never meant to be there: a heavy metal, a cleaning chemical, a pesticide residue, or a natural toxin such as aflatoxin or histamine.
A preventive controls plan covers chemical contamination under the clauses below. This is where the control belongs, not a finding against any firm named on this page: a recall record states a reason, and most of these recalls were initiated by the firm itself.
- 21 CFR 117.35(b)
- Substances used in cleaning and sanitizing: toxic materials stored, identified and used so they cannot contaminate food, food-contact surfaces or packaging.
- 21 CFR 117 subpart G
- Supply-chain programme: the approval and verification a receiving facility runs on a supplier when the hazard is controlled before the ingredient arrives.
- 21 CFR 117.130(b)(1)(ii)
- Hazard analysis: identifying the known or reasonably foreseeable chemical hazards, including radiological hazards, pesticide and drug residues, natural toxins and food decomposition.
Filed under fish and seafood. A product can sit in more than one.
Every product in this recall
The FDA opened 9 enforcement records for this one recall, one per product code. This page carries all of them; the 8 below each have their own page with that product’s lot codes and distribution, and search engines are pointed here for the recall as a whole.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-10-22 | Bumble Bee Jalapeno Albacore Tuna with Jalapeno & Olive Oil, Net Wt. 2.5oz, UPC 5763800428 | Bumble Bee Foods LLC | Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, has issued a recall on specific codes of pouched Albacore tuna due to defects in the pouch seals which could result in product contamination by spoilage organisms or pathogens, and could lead to illness if consumed. | Class II |
| 2014-10-22 | Bumble Bee Chipotle Albacore Tuna with Chipotle & Olive Oil, Net Wt. 2.5oz, UPC 5763800429. | Bumble Bee Foods LLC | Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, has issued a recall on specific codes of pouched Albacore tuna due to defects in the pouch seals which could result in product contamination by spoilage organisms or pathogens, and could lead to illness if consumed. | Class II |
| 2014-10-22 | Bumble Bee Prime Fillet Albacore Tuna with Chipotle and Olive Oil, Net Wt. 2.5oz, UPC 8660024014 | Bumble Bee Foods LLC | Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, has issued a recall on specific codes of pouched Albacore tuna due to defects in the pouch seals which could result in product contamination by spoilage organisms or pathogens, and could lead to illness if consumed. | Class II |
| 2014-10-22 | Bumble Bee Sun Dried Tomato with Sun Dried Tomatoes & Olive Oil, Net Wt. 2.5oz, UPC 5763800430. | Bumble Bee Foods LLC | Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, has issued a recall on specific codes of pouched Albacore tuna due to defects in the pouch seals which could result in product contamination by spoilage organisms or pathogens, and could lead to illness if consumed. | Class II |
| 2014-10-22 | Bumble Bee Prime Fillet Omega-3 Albacore Tuna with Omega 3 Tuna Oil, Net Wt. 2.5oz, UPC 8660024191 | Bumble Bee Foods LLC | Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, has issued a recall on specific codes of pouched Albacore tuna due to defects in the pouch seals which could result in product contamination by spoilage organisms or pathogens, and could lead to illness if consumed. | Class II |
| 2014-10-22 | Bumble Bee Prime Fillet Albacore Tuna with Sundried Tomatoes and Olive Oil, Net Wt. 2.5oz, UPC 8660024013 | Bumble Bee Foods LLC | Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, has issued a recall on specific codes of pouched Albacore tuna due to defects in the pouch seals which could result in product contamination by spoilage organisms or pathogens, and could lead to illness if consumed. | Class II |
| 2014-10-22 | Bumble Bee Prime Fillet Albacore Tuna with Jalapenos and Olive Oil, Net Wt. 2.5 oz, UPC 8660024012 | Bumble Bee Foods LLC | Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, has issued a recall on specific codes of pouched Albacore tuna due to defects in the pouch seals which could result in product contamination by spoilage organisms or pathogens, and could lead to illness if consumed. | Class II |
| 2014-10-22 | Bumble Bee Premium Lightmeat Tuna in Water, Net Wt. 2.5oz, UPC 5763800426. Bumble Bee Premium Lightmeat Tuna in Water, Net Wt. 5oz, UPC 5763800427. | Bumble Bee Foods LLC | Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, has issued a recall on specific codes of pouched Albacore tuna due to defects in the pouch seals which could result in product contamination by spoilage organisms or pathogens, and could lead to illness if consumed. | Class II |
Other fish and seafood recalls for the same reason
These are the closest records in the corpus: the same kind of food, recalled for a hazard this record also names. Unlike the firm’s own records below, they come from different companies, which is what makes them a pattern rather than a history.
Other records from Bumble Bee Foods LLC
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 13 other records name this firm.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-03 | Bumble Bee Smoked Clams Shucked Easy Open NET WT. 3.75 oz. (106 g) Distributed By: Bumble Bee Seafoods San Diego, CA 92186 USA Product of China UPC 0 86600 75234 1 | Bumble Bee Foods, LLC | Detectable levels of Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). | Class II |
| 2020-10-28 | Solid White Albacore Tuna in Water; Sold under brand names of Bumble Bee and Kirkland Signature: Bumble Bee NET WT 8-7 oz. (198g) Total 56 oz. (3 lbs 8 oz) 1.59 kg); DR WT 8-5.2 oz. (144g_ total 40..8 oz (2 lb 9 oz) (1.15 kg); For Case UPC 86600-23061, the 8 Pack film UPC is 8660023061, can label UPC is 86600-23059 Kirkland Signature NET WT 8-7 oz. (198g) Total 56 oz. (3 lbs 8 oz) 1.59 kg); DR WT 8-5,4 oz (153g) Total 43.2 oz. (2.7 lbs.) (1.22 kg); For Case UPC 9661933523, the 8-Pack film label UPC is UPC 96619-33523, can label UPC is 96619-97781 | Bumble Bee Foods, LLC | During labeling, swollen cans of tuna were found. Two UPC codes for product distributed to one customer did not show signs of swelling but was produced on the same shift as cans that did. | Class II |
| 2016-04-20 | Bumble Bee Chunk Light Tuna in Oil, 48cans/case, 5oz., UPC 8660000021 | Bumble Bee Foods LLC | Bumble Bee Foods is recalling 3 specific UPC codes of canned Chunk Light tuna due to process deviations that occurred in a co-pack facility not owned or operated by Bumble Bee. | Class II |
| 2016-04-20 | Bumble Bee Chunk Light Tuna in Water, 6cans, 4pk, 5oz, UPC 8660000736 | Bumble Bee Foods LLC | Bumble Bee Foods is recalling 3 specific UPC codes of canned Chunk Light tuna due to process deviations that occurred in a co-pack facility not owned or operated by Bumble Bee. | Class II |
| 2016-04-20 | Bumble Bee Chunk Light Tuna in Water, 48cans/case, 5oz, UPC 8660000020 | Bumble Bee Foods LLC | Bumble Bee Foods is recalling 3 specific UPC codes of canned Chunk Light tuna due to process deviations that occurred in a co-pack facility not owned or operated by Bumble Bee. | Class II |
| 2014-10-22 | Bumble Bee Jalapeno Albacore Tuna with Jalapeno & Olive Oil, Net Wt. 2.5oz, UPC 5763800428 | Bumble Bee Foods LLC | Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, has issued a recall on specific codes of pouched Albacore tuna due to defects in the pouch seals which could result in product contamination by spoilage organisms or pathogens, and could lead to illness if consumed. | Class II |
| 2014-10-22 | Bumble Bee Chipotle Albacore Tuna with Chipotle & Olive Oil, Net Wt. 2.5oz, UPC 5763800429. | Bumble Bee Foods LLC | Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, has issued a recall on specific codes of pouched Albacore tuna due to defects in the pouch seals which could result in product contamination by spoilage organisms or pathogens, and could lead to illness if consumed. | Class II |
| 2014-10-22 | Bumble Bee Prime Fillet Albacore Tuna with Chipotle and Olive Oil, Net Wt. 2.5oz, UPC 8660024014 | Bumble Bee Foods LLC | Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, has issued a recall on specific codes of pouched Albacore tuna due to defects in the pouch seals which could result in product contamination by spoilage organisms or pathogens, and could lead to illness if consumed. | Class II |
| 2014-10-22 | Bumble Bee Sun Dried Tomato with Sun Dried Tomatoes & Olive Oil, Net Wt. 2.5oz, UPC 5763800430. | Bumble Bee Foods LLC | Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, has issued a recall on specific codes of pouched Albacore tuna due to defects in the pouch seals which could result in product contamination by spoilage organisms or pathogens, and could lead to illness if consumed. | Class II |
| 2014-10-22 | Bumble Bee Prime Fillet Omega-3 Albacore Tuna with Omega 3 Tuna Oil, Net Wt. 2.5oz, UPC 8660024191 | Bumble Bee Foods LLC | Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, has issued a recall on specific codes of pouched Albacore tuna due to defects in the pouch seals which could result in product contamination by spoilage organisms or pathogens, and could lead to illness if consumed. | Class II |
All 14 records for Bumble Bee Foods LLC
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