Martha White¿ SELF-RISING BUTTERMILK CORN MEAL MIX White-Enriched Hot Rize NET WT 32 OZ…
J M Smucker Co recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 13 November 2013 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. The states of Alabama and North Carolina through independent testing notified JM Smucker that aflatoxin levels exceeded FDA specification (<20 ppb). Levels tested ranged from 30 ppb to 207 ppb.
The record
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- Product
- Martha White¿ SELF-RISING BUTTERMILK CORN MEAL MIX White-Enriched Hot Rize NET WT 32 OZ (2 LB) 907g Paper Bag Mfg Code 3151 511 BEST IF USED BY: 31 JAN 14 Product labeled in part, INGREDIENTS: ENRICHED WHITE CORN MEAL, WHEAT FLOUR AND DEGERMINATED WHITE CORN MEAL***BAKING POWDER***BUTTERMILK; SALT.***CONTAINS: MILK AND WHEAT INGREDIENTS***DISTRIBUTED BY: MARTHA WHITE FOODS, INC. P.O. BOX 751030, MEMPHIS, TN 38175***0 13300 18301 4
- Reason for recall
- The states of Alabama and North Carolina through independent testing notified JM Smucker that aflatoxin levels exceeded FDA specification (<20 ppb). Levels tested ranged from 30 ppb to 207 ppb.
- Recalling firm
- J M Smucker Co
- Firm location
- Orrville, Ohio, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-0109-2014
- Quantity
- 1,692 cs/12/2lb bags
- Distribution
- Product was shipped to the following states: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, ME, MO, MS, NC, NE, NM, NY, NV, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI and WY.
- Initiated
- 23 September 2013
- Reported by FDA
- 13 November 2013
- Terminated
- 19 June 2014
- Firm notified by
- Letter
- Product codes
- 3151 511 BEST IF USED BY: 31 JAN 14
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 12 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 12 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 12. 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 12 of them.
- The recall ran for 9 months, from 23 September 2013 to termination on 19 June 2014. 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 32 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 7 weeks after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of milk or a dairy product run a median of 7 months, so this one was longer than usual for its category. Dairy recalls split between pathogen contamination in products that skipped or under-ran pasteurisation and undeclared milk in products that should never have contained it, which is the same allergen viewed from two directions.
Named in the distribution pattern: Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Maine, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming. 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
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 milk and dairy, spices and seasonings, grains, flour and pasta and prepared meals and sandwiches. A product can sit in more than one.
Other milk and dairy 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 J M Smucker Co
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 11 other records name this firm.
All 12 records for J M Smucker Co
All 2013 recalls · All FDA food recall data
21 CFR 117.35(b) is the clause behind this recall, and it is one somebody has to produce evidence for at their next audit. Krolda maps supplier documents to the clause they satisfy in FSSC 22000, IFS Food and 21 CFR 117, and routes the corrective action when the evidence is missing.
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