Chef Myron's Szechuan Sauce, 64 FL OZ (1.89 L), Item # 400023293, 4 bottles/case
JMH International, LLC recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 16 December 2020 as Class III. The recall was initiated by the firm. Product utilized a gluten-free claim but has as an ingredient a fermented soy sauce that is produced from wheat which was not processed to remove the gluten prior to fermentation.
The record
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- Product
- Chef Myron's Szechuan Sauce, 64 FL OZ (1.89 L), Item # 400023293, 4 bottles/case
- Reason for recall
- Product utilized a gluten-free claim but has as an ingredient a fermented soy sauce that is produced from wheat which was not processed to remove the gluten prior to fermentation.
- Recalling firm
- JMH International, LLC
- Firm location
- Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- Classification
- Class III
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-0155-2021
- Quantity
- 719 cases, 4 bottles/case
- Distribution
- Nationwide.
- Initiated
- 21 October 2020
- Reported by FDA
- 16 December 2020
- Terminated
- 9 August 2021
- Firm notified by
- Product codes
- Batch: J091790A; Expiration: 9/17/2021 Batch: J102990A; Expiration: 10/29/2021 Batch: J111190A; Expiration: 11/11/2021 Batch: J121190A; Expiration: 12/11/2021 Batch: J031700A; Expiration: 3/17/2022
Reading this record
Five things about this record are not in the record itself, and each one changes how it should be read.
- Class III means the FDA judged that the product was unlikely to cause harm but violated FDA labelling or manufacturing regulation. 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 8 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 8 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 8. 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 8 of them.
- The recall ran for 10 months, from 21 October 2020 to termination on 9 August 2021. 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 8 weeks after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of a sauce, dip or condiment run a median of 6 months, so this one was longer than usual for its category. Sauces and dips sit at the intersection of the acidified foods rule and the allergen rule: an equilibrium pH above 4.6 turns a shelf-stable product into a botulism risk, and the ingredient list is long enough that an allergen is easy to lose.
Filed under sauces, dips and condiments. A product can sit in more than one.
Other sauces, dips and condiments 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 JMH International, LLC
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 7 other records name this firm.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-16 | Chef Myron's Tangy Teriyaki Sauce, 64 FL OZ (1.89 L), Item # 400023221, 4 bottles/case | JMH International, LLC | Product utilized a gluten-free claim but has as an ingredient a fermented soy sauce that is produced from wheat which was not processed to remove the gluten prior to fermentation. | Class III |
| 2020-12-16 | Chef Myron's Premium Teriyaki Sauce, 64 FL OZ (1.89 L), Item # 400023118, 4 bottles/case | JMH International, LLC | Product utilized a gluten-free claim but has as an ingredient a fermented soy sauce that is produced from wheat which was not processed to remove the gluten prior to fermentation. | Class III |
| 2020-12-16 | Chef Myron's Yakitori Sauce, 64 FL OZ (1.89 L), Item # 400023316, 4 bottles/case | JMH International, LLC | Product utilized a gluten-free claim but has as an ingredient a fermented soy sauce that is produced from wheat which was not processed to remove the gluten prior to fermentation. | Class III |
| 2020-12-16 | Chef Myron's Premium Shoyu Sauce, 1 GAL (3.78 L), Item # 400023077, 2 bottles/case; 5 GAL (18.92 L), Item # 400023279, plastic pail | JMH International, LLC | Product utilized a gluten-free claim but has as an ingredient a fermented soy sauce that is produced from wheat which was not processed to remove the gluten prior to fermentation. | Class III |
| 2020-12-16 | Chef Myron's Ponzu Sauce, 64 FL OZ (1.89 L), Item # 400023110, 4 bottles/case | JMH International, LLC | Product utilized a gluten-free claim but has as an ingredient a fermented soy sauce that is produced from wheat which was not processed to remove the gluten prior to fermentation. | Class III |
| 2020-12-16 | Chef Myron's Eurasian Fusion Sauce, 64 FL OZ (1.89 L), Item # 400023288, 4 bottles/case. | JMH International, LLC | Product utilized a gluten-free claim but has as an ingredient a fermented soy sauce that is produced from wheat which was not processed to remove the gluten prior to fermentation. | Class III |
| 2020-12-16 | Chef Myron's Tsukeyaki Sauce, 64 FL OZ (1.89 L), Item # 400023276, 4 bottles/case | JMH International, LLC | Product utilized a gluten-free claim but has as an ingredient a fermented soy sauce that is produced from wheat which was not processed to remove the gluten prior to fermentation. | Class III |
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