Organic blenditup Protein + Plant Based Smoothie Mix, No Dairy, Vitamin Fortified, 100%…
Thrive Foods LLC recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 16 December 2015 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Product adulterated. End user found a wingnut inside their canister; the firm determined that it came from the outside of the magnet unit attached to the blender. The wingnut looks bent out of shape and as a precautionary measure the firm wanted to recall all canisters produced during the affected lot.
The record
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- Product
- Organic blenditup Protein + Plant Based Smoothie Mix, No Dairy, Vitamin Fortified, 100% Vegan, Mild Natural Flavor with a Hint of Sweetness, Net Wt. 24 oz (682g), packaged in plastic canister, 12 packages per case. Distributed by: Blenditup, 504 W. Buena Vista, Suite 1, Washington, UT 84780
- Reason for recall
- Product adulterated. End user found a wingnut inside their canister; the firm determined that it came from the outside of the magnet unit attached to the blender. The wingnut looks bent out of shape and as a precautionary measure the firm wanted to recall all canisters produced during the affected lot.
- Recalling firm
- Thrive Foods LLC
- Firm location
- American Fork, Utah, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-0373-2016
- Quantity
- 5305 canisters
- Distribution
- One customer in UT
- Initiated
- 16 November 2015
- Reported by FDA
- 16 December 2015
- Terminated
- 12 July 2016
- Firm notified by
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Product codes
- freeze by date of 08/22/2017 with a lot number of 151732; Item: 899352
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 record is the only one the FDA opened for its recall event, so it covers a single product code.
- The recall ran for 8 months, from 16 November 2015 to termination on 12 July 2016. 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 4 weeks after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of milk or a dairy product run a median of 7 months, so this one was about typical 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.
What this recall was for
Unapproved ingredients
An unapproved ingredient recall means a product contained a substance not permitted in food, most often an undisclosed pharmaceutical active found in a dietary supplement.
A preventive controls plan covers an unapproved ingredient 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 111
- Dietary supplement CGMP: the identity, purity, strength and composition specifications a supplement manufacturer sets and verifies for every component and finished batch.
- 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.
Filed under milk and dairy, dietary supplements and beverages and juice. 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 Thrive Foods LLC
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-09-11 | THRIVE 6 Grain Pancake Mix; There are two unit sizes: (1) 4 lb. #10/gallon can (6.03x 7.02 ) (the "Gallon Cans"); and (2) 1.17 lb. Pull-Top Pantry Cans (4.01x 5.08 ) (the "Pantry Cans"). Both units are packaged in metal cans. The Pantry Can has a metal pull-top lid and the Gallon Can has a metal lid that must be opened by a can opener. (1) The Gallon Cans may be ordered as single units or in six (6) can cases. (2) The Pantry Cans may be ordered as single units or in ten (10) can cases. | Thrive Foods LLC | Thrive Foods is recalling certain lots of its 64 and 72 ounce cans of THRIVE 6 Grain Pancake Mix because this product contains ingredients that react over time and increase the pressure inside the can, which may cause cans to expand or bulge and increase the risk of sudden release of the pancake mix when the can is opened and could pose the risk of injury. | Class III |
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21 CFR 111 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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