Cut Green Beans packed under brand names of: Allens Cut Green Beans (Ejotes Cortados…
Del Monte Research Center - Walnut Creek recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 26 October 2016 as Class I. The recall was initiated by the firm. Customer complaint of finding crawfish parts in green beans initiated this recall for approximately 15,000 cases of 106 oz. metal cans of green beans or field peas with snaps sold under various brand names.
The record
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- Product
- Cut Green Beans packed under brand names of: Allens Cut Green Beans (Ejotes Cortados Lago Azul) Blue Lake . Allens Cracker Barrel Label (Both labels have same UPC # - different sodium content - 140 mg for Allens Cut Green Beans and 250 for Cracker Barrel label Peso Neto: 6 lbs 10 oz. (3.00 kg) UPC 0 34700 01224 7; Distributed by Sager Creek Vegetable Company, Siloam Springs, AR 72761-0250 USA; Monarch Blue Lake Green Beans (De Primera, Lago Azul Ejotes Cortados, Tamano 4); Peso Neto 6 lb. 10 oz. (3 kg) UPC 7 58108 01041 3 Monarch Cut Green Beans mixed Sieve; NET WT. 6 lb. 10 oz. (3.00kg); UPC: 7 58108 01048 2 Distributed by US Foods, Inc. Rosemont, IL 60018; SYSCO Reliance Green Beans (Ejotes), Cut Mix Sieve; NET WT. 6 lb. 10 oz. (300 kg) UPC 0 74865 12172 9 SYSCO Green Beans, Mixed & Short Cuts; NET. WT. 6 lb. 10 oz. (3.00 kg) UPC: 0 74865 12175 0; Distributed by Sysco Corporation, Houston, TX Silver Source Short Cut Green Beans; NET WT. 6 lb. 10 oz. (3.00 kg) UPC 8 06795 02895 9 Distributed by Performance Food Group, Richmond, VA 23238
- UPC
- 034700012247
- Reason for recall
- Customer complaint of finding crawfish parts in green beans initiated this recall for approximately 15,000 cases of 106 oz. metal cans of green beans or field peas with snaps sold under various brand names.
- Recalling firm
- Del Monte Research Center - Walnut Creek
- Firm location
- Walnut Creek, California, United States
- Classification
- Class I
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-0212-2017
- Quantity
- 15, 859 cases (6 cans per case) total, all varieties
- Distribution
- US distribution only to AL, AR, CO, IL, MD, MO, MS, FL, GA, KS, KY, LA, OK, PA, NC, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WV.
- Initiated
- 23 September 2016
- Reported by FDA
- 26 October 2016
- Terminated
- 8 May 2017
- Firm notified by
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Product codes
- Lot Number 615383 Best By Date 06 01 19
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 is one of 2 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 2 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 2. All 2 of them are listed on this page.
- The recall ran for 7 months, from 23 September 2016 to termination on 8 May 2017. 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 21 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 5 weeks after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of a snack or confectionery product run a median of 7 months, so this one was about typical for its category. Snacks and confectionery recall for allergens more than for anything else, because a chocolate or a coated snack passes through shared equipment carrying milk, soy and nuts, and the label is the only control between them and the consumer.
Named in the distribution pattern: Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia. 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
Foreign material
A foreign material recall means something that is not food was found in food: metal, plastic, glass, wood or insect matter, usually shed by equipment during processing.
A preventive controls plan covers foreign material 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 117.40
- Equipment and utensils: plant equipment designed and maintained so it cannot contaminate food with lubricants, fuel, metal fragments or contaminated water.
- 21 CFR 117.80(c)
- Manufacturing operations: the measures that protect food from contamination during processing, including the effective ones against metal and other extraneous material.
- 21 CFR 117.150
- Corrective actions: what a facility does when a preventive control was not properly implemented, including identifying and correcting the problem and evaluating the food for safety.
Filed under snacks and confectionery. A product can sit in more than one.
Every product in this recall
The FDA opened 2 enforcement records for this one recall, one per product code. This page carries all of them; the 1 below each have their own page with that product’s lot codes and distribution, and search engines are pointed here for the recall as a whole.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-26 | Allens East Texas Fair Brand, Tiny Tender Field Peas with snaps; NET.WT. 6 lbs. 15 oz.. (3.15kg) UPC 0 34700 623214 8 Distributed by Sager Creek Vegetable Company, Siloam Springs, AR 72761-0250 USA; UPC 0 34700 63213 1 | Del Monte Research Center - Walnut Creek | Customer complaint of finding crawfish parts in green beans initiated this recall for approximately 15,000 cases of 106 oz. metal cans of green beans or field peas with snaps sold under various brand names. | Class I |
Other snacks and confectionery 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 Del Monte Research Center - Walnut Creek
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-01-30 | Del Monte Quality Fresh Cut Harvest Selects Fiesta Corn seasoned with Red & Green Peppers. NET WT 15.25 oz. (432 g); UPC 0 24000 02770; Ingredient: Vegetables (corn, red and green peppers) water, sea salt. Distributed by Del Monte Foods, Walnut Creek, CA 94598 | Del Monte Research Center - Walnut Creek | Record review found the several productions runs were processed using the incorrect thermal process, and therefore the potential for Clostridium botulinum. | Class II |
| 2016-11-02 | DM Light Slices Yellow Cling Peaches -15 oz (425g) 300 x 407 | Del Monte Research Center - Walnut Creek | Between September 7 thru September 29, 2016, consumer complaints led firm to believe that cans of Lite Sliced Peaches were mislabeled as they appeared to contain Fruit Cocktail in Heavy Syrup. The label on the can states Lite Sliced Peaches (Yellow cling peach in Extra Light Syrup) and the product inside contains Fruit Cocktail in Heavy Syrup. Fruit Cocktail contains cherries colored with carmine. FDA regulations requires carmine to be labeled due to its potential allergen status (21 CFR 73.100 (d)(2)). | Class II |
| 2016-10-26 | Allens East Texas Fair Brand, Tiny Tender Field Peas with snaps; NET.WT. 6 lbs. 15 oz.. (3.15kg) UPC 0 34700 623214 8 Distributed by Sager Creek Vegetable Company, Siloam Springs, AR 72761-0250 USA; UPC 0 34700 63213 1 | Del Monte Research Center - Walnut Creek | Customer complaint of finding crawfish parts in green beans initiated this recall for approximately 15,000 cases of 106 oz. metal cans of green beans or field peas with snaps sold under various brand names. | Class I |
All 4 records for Del Monte Research Center - Walnut Creek
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21 CFR 117.40 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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