Class IITerminated · reported 2025-01-15

Great Value, Chicken Broth, 48 oz. , Aseptic paper cartons, 6 retail units per case, 120…

TREE HOUSE FOODS INC recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 15 January 2025 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Potential for packaging failures that could compromise the sterility of the product, resulting in spoilage.

The record

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Product: Great Value, Chicken Broth, 48 oz. , Aseptic paper cartons, 6 retail units per case, 120 cases/pallet .
Reason for recall: Potential for packaging failures that could compromise the sterility of the product, resulting in spoilage.
Recalling firm: TREE HOUSE FOODS INC
Firm location: Oak Brook, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada
Classification: Class II
Status: Terminated
Recall number: F-0407-2025
Quantity: 2,023 cases
Distribution: The product was distributed to one Direct Consignee, two locations: AL, AR
Initiated: 11 December 2024
Reported by FDA: 15 January 2025
Terminated: 1 August 2025
Firm notified by: Telephone
Product codes: a. Best if Used by: MAR 25, 2026 b. Batch (Lot) code: 98F09234 c. Retail Unit UPC: 007874206684 d. Case UPC: 078742066844

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 11 December 2024 to termination on 1 August 2025. 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 1 state, and the FDA published the enforcement report 5 weeks after the firm began the recall.
Recalls of meat or poultry run a median of 8 months, so this one was about typical for its category. Most meat and poultry is regulated by USDA FSIS rather than the FDA, so a product appearing in this FDA dataset is usually a closed-faced sandwich, a product with meat as a minor ingredient, or a food FSIS does not claim.

What this recall was for

Spoilage and mould

A spoilage recall means the food degraded before its date: mould growth, unintended fermentation, swelling or rancidity, usually traced to a seal, a formulation or a storage temperature.

A preventive controls plan covers spoilage 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 117.93: Warehousing and distribution: storage and transport under conditions that protect food against contamination and against deterioration of the food and its container.
21 CFR 117.80(b)(3): Time and temperature: holding food at temperatures that do not allow microorganisms to grow, and for no longer than the process allows.

Filed under meat and poultry. A product can sit in more than one.

Other meat and poultry 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.

Reported	Product	Firm	Reason	Class
2024-02-14	JOEY'S ROAST BEEF SLCD PREMIUM 2/5# SUPC/ITEM # 201172F	Greco Sidari	The food was not held at an appropriate temperature. The holding temperature could affect spoilage and potentially support pathogen growth.	Class II
2019-09-18	Cracked Pepper Chicken of the Sea Wild-Caught Pink Salmon Skinless and Boneless, 2.5 oz (70 g) pouch: Shelf Stable UPC 0 48000 01179 4 and 0 480000 11817 7 individual pouch; UPC 1 00 48000 01179 1 - Case Chicken of the Sea International El Segundo, CA Product of Thailand.	Tri-Union Frozen Products, Inc.	Customer reported that a small percentage of pouches of Salmon to be bloated. Testing found that bloating was due to production of CO2 as a result of microbial activity of non-heat resistant non-spore forming mesophilic aerobic or facultative spoilage organisms.	Class II
2019-09-18	Lemon Chive Chicken of the Sea Wild-Caught Pink Salmon Skinless and Boneless, 2.5 oz (70 g) pouch: Shelf Stable UPC 0 48000 01179 4 and 0 480000 11817 7 individual pouch; UPC 1 00 48000 01179 1 - Case Chicken of the Sea International El Segundo, CA Product of Thailand.	Tri-Union Frozen Products, Inc.	Customer reported that a small percentage of pouches of Salmon to be bloated. Testing found that bloating was due to production of CO2 as a result of microbial activity of non-heat resistant non-spore forming mesophilic aerobic or facultative spoilage organisms.	Class II
2018-05-09	MORNINGSTAR MEAT FREE CORN DOGS 10; UPC: 28989975003 Target item number: 270-3-159	Target Corporation	Shipping container from CA to HI was not held at proper temperature which could cause food items to be contaminated with spoilage organisms or pathogens	Class II
2018-05-09	Jimmy Dean Delights Canadian Bacon Honey Wheat Muffin 4ct 18oz UPC: 77900502422 Target item number: 270-5-227	Target Corporation	Shipping container from CA to HI was not held at proper temperature which could cause food items to be contaminated with spoilage organisms or pathogens	Class II
2018-05-09	TINA BURRITO 4OZ GRN CHL BEEF/BEAN; UPC: 79606010355 Target item number: 270-6-526	Target Corporation	Shipping container from CA to HI was not held at proper temperature which could cause food items to be contaminated with spoilage organisms or pathogens	Class II
2018-04-04	Product Name Lot Number or ID Premix Roasted Chicken 1258969 660025	GRIFFITH FOODS	Griffith Foods, Inc. has initiated a voluntary recall of multiple products following a supplier's recall of Autolyzed Yeast Powder due to the presence of Salmonella.	Class II
2018-04-04	Roast Chicken Marinade SE746125 and SE746126, 50# Bags	Newly Weds Foods Inc	Newly Weds Foods, Inc. initiated a voluntary recall of dry blended seasonings for industrial use due to a supplier's recall of yeast because of the presence of salmonella.	Class II

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