Helados La Tapatia Creamy Fruit Bars; Pina Colada; Net Wt. 3 FL oz; UPC 6 34242 20014 2…
Helados La Tapatia, Inc. recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 6 January 2016 as Class I. The recall was initiated by the firm. Product was produced with an ice cream mix that contains eggs that is not included in the ingredient labeling.
The record
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- Product
- Helados La Tapatia Creamy Fruit Bars; Pina Colada; Net Wt. 3 FL oz; UPC 6 34242 20014 2; INGREDIENTS FOR MILK BARS: ICE CREAM MIX (MILK FAT AND NON FAT MILK, SUGAR,CORN SYRUP. MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, CELLULOSE GUM,GUAR GUM,POLYSORBATE 80 CARRAGEENAN),WATER,SUGAR,FRESH COCONUT, FRESH PINEAPPLE. COCONUT FLAVOR (WATER,SUCROSE,VEGETABLE OIL (COCONUT), MODIFIED CORNSTARCH,ARTIFICIAL FLAVORINGS,BROMINATED VEGETABLE OIL 0.03% ANHYDROUS CITRIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE), PROPYLENE GLYCOL, AND ANTIFOAM), PINEAPPLE FLAVOR (PROPYLENE GLYCOL AND ETHANOL),CHERRIES,STABILIZER (XANTHAN GUM,GUAR GUM, STANDARDIZED WITH DEXTROSE),YELLOW 5 (WATER,FD&C YELLOW #5,FD&C RED #40,CITRIC ACID, AND SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE)),AND RED 40 (WATER,YEllOW 5 AND BLUE l,CITRIC ACID AND SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE)). PROCESSED IN A FACILITY THAT PROCESSES PRODUCTS CONTAINING PEANUTS,TREE NUTS,SOY,WHEAT AND MILK. CONTAINS:MILK AND FD&C YELLOW #5 Mfg by: Helados La Tapatia, Inc. Fresno, CA 93772 Plant # 06-02536F
- UPC
- 634242200142
- Reason for recall
- Product was produced with an ice cream mix that contains eggs that is not included in the ingredient labeling.
- Recalling firm
- Helados La Tapatia, Inc.
- Firm location
- Fresno, California, United States
- Classification
- Class I
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-0450-2016
- Quantity
- 0 units
- Distribution
- CA, NV, WA and AZ
- Initiated
- 27 October 2015
- Reported by FDA
- 6 January 2016
- Terminated
- 8 February 2017
- Firm notified by
- Press Release
- Product codes
- UPC 6 34242 20014 2; Distributed 10-8 to10-16-2015. lot number ¿288 15 01¿¿
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 13 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 13 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 13. All 13 of them are listed on this page.
- The recall ran for 15 months, from 27 October 2015 to termination on 8 February 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 4 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 2 months after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of ice cream or frozen dessert run a median of 7 months, so this one was longer than usual for its category. Ice cream and frozen desserts are ready to eat and never cooked again, and freezing preserves Listeria rather than killing it, which is why a positive environmental sample in a frozen dessert plant becomes a recall rather than a corrective action.
Named in the distribution pattern: California, Nevada, Washington, Arizona. Those pages count recalls by where the RECALLING FIRM sits, which is a different question from where this product went.
Filed under ice cream and frozen desserts, milk and dairy, nuts and seeds and sauces, dips and condiments. A product can sit in more than one.
Every product in this recall
The FDA opened 13 enforcement records for this one recall, one per product code. This page carries all of them; the 12 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.
Other ice cream and frozen desserts recalls
These are the closest records in the corpus: the same kind of food. 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 Helados La Tapatia, Inc.
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 65 other records name this firm.
All 66 records for Helados La Tapatia, Inc
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