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Gourmet International Inc. recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 20 December 2017 as Class III. The recall was initiated by the firm. Gourmet International Inc. is initiating a voluntary recall of cookie products due to undeclared colors.

The record

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Product

Premio Strawberry Pralinati, Strawberry with Cocoa, 3.53oz, 10 units per case, packed in Paper Cartons

Reason for recall

Gourmet International Inc. is initiating a voluntary recall of cookie products due to undeclared colors.

Recalling firm

Gourmet International Inc.

Firm location

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Classification

Class III

Status

Terminated

Recall number

F-0486-2018

Quantity

24,179 cases 241,790 units

Distribution

Domestic: Domestic only, no VA/DOD KY, TX, WI, Washington DC, PA, VA, MO, FL, OH, SC, AL, CA, IN,

Initiated

2 November 2017

Reported by FDA

20 December 2017

Terminated

31 January 2018

Firm notified by

E-Mail

Product codes

UPC- 8-16240-02015-5 all lots, all dates, all packages

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 3 months, from 2 November 2017 to termination on 31 January 2018. 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 11 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 7 weeks after the firm began the recall.
• Recalls of fresh produce run a median of 7 months, so this one was shorter than usual 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.

Named in the distribution pattern: Texas, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Missouri, Florida, Ohio, South Carolina, Alabama, California, Indiana. 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

Filed under fresh produce and beverages and juice. 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.

Other records from Gourmet International Inc.

The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 6 other records name this firm.

All 7 records for Gourmet International Inc.

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