BAMBOO SHOOTS SAUCE (Marinated Bamboo) packaged in a glass jar, net wt. 220g.
Sichuan Youjia Foodstuffs Co., Ltd recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 20 December 2017 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Low water activity controlled product found with water activity above .85
The record
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Product
BAMBOO SHOOTS SAUCE (Marinated Bamboo) packaged in a glass jar, net wt. 220g. UPC: 6 930841 008230
UPC
6930841008230
Reason for recall
Low water activity controlled product found with water activity above .85
Recalling firm
Sichuan Youjia Foodstuffs Co., Ltd
Firm location
Chengdu, N/A, China
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recall number
F-0487-2018
Quantity
40 cases
Distribution
NY
Initiated
16 November 2017
Reported by FDA
20 December 2017
Terminated
26 February 2018
Firm notified by
Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
Product codes
Code: 13/05/2016
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 3 months, from 16 November 2017 to termination on 26 February 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 1 state, and the FDA published the enforcement report 5 weeks after the firm began the recall.
Recalls of a sauce, dip or condiment run a median of 6 months, so this one was shorter than usual for its category. Sauces and dips sit at the intersection of the acidified foods rule and the allergen rule: an equilibrium pH above 4.6 turns a shelf-stable product into a botulism risk, and the ingredient list is long enough that an allergen is easy to lose.
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.
Behind every recall is a clause 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.
Recall records come from the openFDA food enforcement API, published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the public domain. Krolda adds the hazard classification and the clause mapping; neither is an FDA determination. Always check the FDA notice before acting on a recall.
