Class IIITerminated · reported 2025-01-29

River Valley Ranch & Kitchens Spinach Artichoke Dip Mix. net wt. 16 oz. (453g).

River Valley Ranch Ltd recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 29 January 2025 as Class III. The recall was initiated by the firm. Underprocessing

The record

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Product: River Valley Ranch & Kitchens Spinach Artichoke Dip Mix. net wt. 16 oz. (453g). UPC 6 92016-40021 1. Keep Refrigerated After Opening. 39900 60th Street, Burlington, WI 53105.
UPC: 692016400211
Reason for recall: Underprocessing
Recalling firm: River Valley Ranch Ltd
Firm location: Burlington, Wisconsin, United States
Classification: Class III
Status: Terminated
Recall number: F-0408-2025
Quantity: 224 jars
Distribution: WI
Initiated: 19 December 2024
Reported by FDA: 29 January 2025
Terminated: 31 July 2025
Firm notified by: E-Mail
Product codes: BATCH: 40124113001 BATCH: 40124113002 BATCH: 40124113003

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 record is the only one the FDA opened for its recall event, so it covers a single product code.
The recall ran for 7 months, from 19 December 2024 to termination on 31 July 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 6 weeks after the firm began the recall.
Recalls of fresh produce run a median of 7 months, so this one was about typical for its category. Fresh produce is the category where contamination arrives before the facility does: irrigation water, soil amendments and field workers are the routes, and nothing downstream of the farm is a kill step for a product eaten raw.

What this recall was for

Process deviation

A process deviation recall means the process ran outside its validated limits: a thermal process that did not reach its time and temperature, a pH that drifted, or a seal that failed.

A preventive controls plan covers a process deviation 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 113: Thermally processed low-acid foods in hermetically sealed containers: the scheduled process, its establishment by a competent authority, and the records proving every container received it.
21 CFR 114: Acidified foods: the controls on equilibrium pH at or below 4.6, and the process that achieves it.
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 fresh produce and sauces, dips and condiments. A product can sit in more than one.

Other fresh produce 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
2026-07-01	Joy Mango-Pina-Strawberry Lassi 16 oz.	Joy Gourmet Foods LLC.	Product not adequately pasteurized	Class II
2026-07-01	Joy Mango-Pina-Orange Lassi 16 oz., 64 oz.	Joy Gourmet Foods LLC.	Product not adequately pasteurized	Class II
2026-07-01	Joy Mango Lassi 16 oz., 64 oz.	Joy Gourmet Foods LLC.	Product not adequately pasteurized	Class II
2026-07-01	Joy Strawberry Lassi 16 oz.	Joy Gourmet Foods LLC.	Product not adequately pasteurized	Class II
2026-07-01	Joy Peach Lassi 16 oz.	Joy Gourmet Foods LLC.	Product not adequately pasteurized	Class II
2026-05-27	Immunity Enhancer Elderberry 16 oz and 32 oz.	LIQUID BLENZ CORP	May be under-processed resulting in growth of Clostridium botulinum and lists health claims.	Class II
2026-02-11	JUICE from the Raw, sweet greens	Everpress Juice	Under-processed product may contain pathogenic bacteria that could harm to humans.	Class I
2026-02-11	JUICE from the Raw, DETOX GREENS	Everpress Juice	Under-processed product may contain pathogenic bacteria that could harm to humans.	Class I

All 2025 recalls · All FDA food recall data

21 CFR 113 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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