The outer package of the recalled product, Shirakiku Korean Seasoned Seaweed Korean…
Wismettac Asian Foods, Inc. recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 6 November 2024 as Class I. The recall was initiated by the firm. Undeclared allergens; sesame
The record
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Product
The outer package of the recalled product, Shirakiku Korean Seasoned Seaweed Korean Seaweed, is INCORRECTLY labeled as follows: (Principal Display Panel) Roasted Seaweed 10-0.91 OZ (26 G) PACKAGES (NET WT 9.1 OZ (260 G). (Back Display) ROASTED SEAWEED Organic Yaki Nori Ingredients: Organic Seaweed. Distributed by Wismettac Asian Foods, Inc. SANTA FE SPRINGS, CA 90670 PRODUCT OF KOREA UPC 074410495534 ITEM 49549B. The recalled product was distributed in cases identified as Wismettac ITEM No.51603 SEASONED SEAWEED (KOREAN IWANORI FULL 5SH X 5PKG SHIRAKIKU) NET WT 12/3.5 OZ (100 G) DISTRIBUTED BY Wismettac Asian Foods, Inc. SANTA FE SPRINGS, CA 90670 PRODUCT OF KOREA. The CORRECT outer packaging is identified as follows: (Principal Display Panel) Shirakiku KOREAN SEASONED SEAWEED KOREAN SEAWEED 5-0.7 OZ (20G) PACKAGES NET WT. 3.5 OZ (100 G) (Back Display) KOREAN SEASONED SEAWEED INGREDIENTS: CORN OIL, SEAWEED, SEASAME OIL, SALT. CONTAINS SEASAME. DISTRIBUTED BY Wismettac Asian Foods, Inc. SANTA FE SPRINGS, CA 90670 PRODUCT OF KOREA ITEM NO. 51603 UPC 074410516031
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Reading this record
Five things about this record are not in the record itself, and each one changes how it should be read.
Class I means the FDA judged a reasonable probability that the product would cause serious health consequences or death. 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 3 months, from 9 October 2024 to termination on 31 December 2024. 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 7 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 4 weeks after the firm began the recall.
Recalls of a spice or seasoning run a median of 6 months, so this one was shorter than usual for its category. Spices are a low-moisture, globally sourced, minimally processed ingredient that is added after any kill step, which is the combination that makes Salmonella in a spice lot capable of contaminating every product it was blended into.
Named in the distribution pattern: California, Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, Washington, New York, Nevada. Those pages count recalls by where the RECALLING FIRM sits, which is a different question from where this product went.
An undeclared allergen recall means a food contained one of the major allergens and the label did not say so, either because the wrong label was applied or because an ingredient carried an allergen nobody traced.
A preventive controls plan covers an undeclared allergen 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 117.135(c)(2)
Food allergen controls: the written preventive controls that keep an allergen out of a food it does not belong in, and that get the allergens present onto the label.
21 CFR 101.4
Ingredient declaration: every ingredient listed by its common name, in descending order of predominance, on the label of a packaged food.
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.
Other spices and seasonings 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.
Product was found to contain sesame that were not declared on the ingredient label. Potential for product mix up, so product i being recalled out of an abundance of caution
21 CFR 117.135(c)(2) 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.
Recall records come from the openFDA food enforcement API, published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the public domain. Krolda adds the hazard classification and the clause mapping; neither is an FDA determination. Always check the FDA notice before acting on a recall.
