Class IIITerminated · reported 2020-12-30

True Goodness by Meijer Organic Green Peas Frozen 10 Oz plastic bag UPC 7-08820-73708-2…

Meijer Distribution recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 30 December 2020 as Class III. The recall was initiated by the firm. Product may contain nightshade

The record

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Product: True Goodness by Meijer Organic Green Peas Frozen 10 Oz plastic bag UPC 7-08820-73708-2, 12 bags per case-pack
UPC: 708820737082
Reason for recall: Product may contain nightshade
Recalling firm: Meijer Distribution
Firm location: Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Classification: Class III
Status: Terminated
Recall number: F-0187-2021
Quantity: 6539 (all lot codes)
Distribution: All Meijer retail locations IL, IN, KY, MI, OH, KY
Initiated: 1 December 2020
Reported by FDA: 30 December 2020
Terminated: 5 January 2021
Firm notified by: E-Mail
Product codes: Lot number 20071403A04

Reading this record

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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 record is the only one the FDA opened for its recall event, so it covers a single product code.
The recall ran for 5 weeks, from 1 December 2020 to termination on 5 January 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 distribution pattern names 4 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 4 weeks after the firm began the recall.
The product description on this record names no food this site can classify, so it appears on no food-type page. That is a limit of the description rather than of the recall.

Named in the distribution pattern: Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio. Those pages count recalls by where the RECALLING FIRM sits, which is a different question from where this product went.

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