Happy Tot Superfoods Gluten Free Oat Bar Organic Blueberries & Oatmeal.
Nurture Inc. dba Happy Family recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 4 November 2020 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Recall due to mold growth observed (Eurotium spp., Aspergillus niger, and Xeromyces bisporus).
The record
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- Product
- Happy Tot Superfoods Gluten Free Oat Bar Organic Blueberries & Oatmeal. SKU: TB-BLOT-5 and TB-BLOT-5-WM. Ready-to-eat granola bar intended for toddler consumption. Each bar packaged in film (0.88 oz (25g) and packed in a 5 pack box (net wt. 4.4 OZ (125g). UPC code: 819573015072.
- Reason for recall
- Recall due to mold growth observed (Eurotium spp., Aspergillus niger, and Xeromyces bisporus).
- Recalling firm
- Nurture Inc. dba Happy Family
- Firm location
- New York, New York, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Ongoing
- Recall number
- F-0067-2021
- Quantity
- 16,663 cases
- Distribution
- AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VI, WA, and WI. International consignees: Bermuda, Cambodia, South Africa, South Korea, Trinidad, and Tobago.
- Initiated
- 12 October 2020
- Reported by FDA
- 4 November 2020
- Firm notified by
- Letter
- Product codes
- BB 07 APR 2021 20098 BB 08 APR 2021 20099 BB 09 APR 2021 20100 BB 18 MAY 2021 20139 BB 19 MAY 2021 20140 BB 16 JUN 2021 20168 BB 28 AUG 2021 20241
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 3 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 3 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 3. Every product code in this event is listed together on the record that covers the whole recall, which is the page a search engine is pointed to for all 3 of them.
- This recall has no termination date on the record, so as published it had not been terminated under 21 CFR 7.55.
- The distribution pattern names 39 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 3 weeks after the firm began the recall.
- Infant formula is the most tightly regulated food in the United States because it is frequently the only thing an infant eats, so a nutrient deviation is a hazard in a way it is not in any other product.
Named in the distribution pattern: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, U.S. Virgin Islands, Washington. Those pages count recalls by where the RECALLING FIRM sits, which is a different question from where this product went.
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.
Filed under infant formula and baby food, fresh produce, snacks and confectionery and grains, flour and pasta. A product can sit in more than one.
Other infant formula and baby food 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 Nurture Inc. dba Happy Family
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-11-04 | Happy Kid Gluten Free Fruit & Oat Bar Organic Blueberry & Raspberry. SKU: KB-BLRB-5. Ready-to-eat granola bar intended for toddler consumption. Each bar packaged in film (0.99 oz(28g) and packed in 5 pack box (Net Wt. 4.95 OZ (140g). UPC code: 819573014389. | Nurture Inc. dba Happy Family | Recall due to mold growth observed (Eurotium spp., Aspergillus niger, and Xeromyces bisporus). | Class II |
| 2020-11-04 | Happy Tot Superfoods Gluten Free Oat Bar Organic Bananas, Strawberries, & Sunflower Butter. SKU: TB-BASTSB-5 and TB-BASTSB-5-WM. Ready-to-eat granola bar intended for toddler consumption. Each bar packaged in film (0.88 oz (25g) and packed in a 5 pack box (net wt. 4.4 OZ (125g). UPC code: 819573015089. | Nurture Inc. dba Happy Family | Recall due to mold growth observed (Eurotium spp., Aspergillus niger, and Xeromyces bisporus). | Class II |
All 3 records for Nurture Inc. dba Happy Family
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