Trader Joes Freshly Made Original Hummus Dip (Tahini Free), packaged in 16 oz.
Tribe Mediterranean Foods Inc. recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 19 October 2016 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Product may contain sesame (allergen)
The record
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- Product
- Trader Joes Freshly Made Original Hummus Dip (Tahini Free), packaged in 16 oz. clear plastic cups SKU: 00299091
- Reason for recall
- Product may contain sesame (allergen)
- Recalling firm
- Tribe Mediterranean Foods Inc.
- Firm location
- Taunton, Massachusetts, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-0085-2017
- Quantity
- 2388 cases (12/case)
- Distribution
- GA, IL, MA, PA
- Initiated
- 23 July 2015
- Reported by FDA
- 19 October 2016
- Terminated
- 2 November 2016
- Firm notified by
- Telephone
- Product codes
- Best used by date of Aug. 6, 2015
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 record is the only one the FDA opened for its recall event, so it covers a single product code.
- The recall ran for 15 months, from 23 July 2015 to termination on 2 November 2016. 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 distribution pattern names 4 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 15 months after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of nuts or seeds run a median of 7 months, so this one was longer than usual for its category. Nuts and seeds carry both hazards at once: they are a major allergen in their own right, and as a low-moisture food they hold Salmonella for months without supporting its growth, which is why a nut butter recall can trace to a lot pressed a year earlier.
Named in the distribution pattern: Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania. Those pages count recalls by where the RECALLING FIRM sits, which is a different question from where this product went.
Filed under nuts and seeds and sauces, dips and condiments. A product can sit in more than one.
Other nuts and seeds recalls
These are the closest records in the corpus: the same kind of food. 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 Tribe Mediterranean Foods Inc.
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-12-26 | Veggie Patch Falafel Chickpea Balls, Net Wt 9 oz tray, Refrigerated UPC code 6-10129-06619-3 | Tribe Mediterranean Foods Inc. | Product contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes | Class I |
| 2012-12-26 | Meatless Burger: 1) Veggie Patch Ultimate Meatless Burger - Net Wt. 9 oz. tray, UPC Code 6-10129-00211-5; 2) Veggie Patch The Ultimate Meatless Burger - Le burger sans-viande ultime, Net Wt 1.02Kg/ 2.25 Lb, UPC Code: 6-10129-08477-7 | Tribe Mediterranean Foods Inc. | Product contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes | Class I |
All 3 records for Tribe Mediterranean Foods Inc.
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