Class IITerminated · reported 2017-12-13

Comforts FOR BABY Purified Water with Flouride Added. 1 GAL (3.78 L) DISTRIBUTED BY THE…

The Kroger Co recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 13 December 2017 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. the firm received a complaint of mold found in the product.

The record

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Product: Comforts FOR BABY Purified Water with Flouride Added. 1 GAL (3.78 L) DISTRIBUTED BY THE KROGER CO., CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202
Reason for recall: the firm received a complaint of mold found in the product.
Recalling firm: The Kroger Co
Firm location: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Classification: Class II
Status: Terminated
Recall number: F-0493-2018
Quantity: 107,874 cs/ (4 x 1 gallon jugs) and 1 gallon jugs
Distribution: Product was shipped to the following states: AL, AR, GA, IL, IN, KY, MI, MO, MS, NC, OH, SC, TN, VA & WV.
Initiated: 3 July 2017
Reported by FDA: 13 December 2017
Terminated: 14 March 2018
Firm notified by: E-Mail
Product codes: Plant Code:: 51-4140 SELL BY: 05/18/18, SELL BY APR 26 18 THRU OCT 10 18

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 3 July 2017 to termination on 14 March 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 12 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 5 months after the firm began the recall.
The product description on this record names no food this site can classify, so it appears on no food-type page. That is a limit of the description rather than of the recall.

Named in the distribution pattern: Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee. 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

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.

Other records from The Kroger Co

The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 90 other records name this firm.

Reported	Product	Firm	Reason	Class
2025-10-29	Basil Pesto Bowtie Pasta Salad, packaged in plastic containers with various weights, with UPC 217573-1XXXX (sold at deli service counters) or UPC 217573-2XXXX (sold as Grab-n-Go packages in deli departments), under the banners Kroger, Baker's, City Market, Dillons, Fred Meyer, Fry's, Gerbes, King Soopers, Payless, Ralphs and Smith's	The Kroger Co	Store-made deli items contain a pasta ingredient that was recalled due to potential Listeria monocytogenes	Class I
2025-10-29	Smoked Mozzarella Penne Salad, packaged in plastic containers with various weights, with UPC 227573-1XXXX (sold at deli service counters) or UPC 227573-2XXXX (sold as Grab-n-Go packages in deli departments), under the banners Kroger, Baker's, City Market, Dillons, Fred Meyer, Fry's, Gerbes, King Soopers, Payless, Ralphs and Smith's	The Kroger Co	Store-made deli items contain a pasta ingredient that was recalled due to potential Listeria monocytogenes	Class I
2025-01-22	BOAR'S HEAD HUMMUS VEG PLATTER SM, 2.5 lb., packaged in a plastic container with a plastic lid, UPC 42421-61545	The Kroger Co	Platters and trays prepared in-store may contain cut cucumbers that were previously recalled due to potential contamination with Salmonella.	Class I
2025-01-22	DELI FRESH VEGETABLE TRAY MED, 4 lb., packaged in a plastic container with a plastic lid, UPC 11110-99274	The Kroger Co	Platters and trays prepared in-store may contain cut cucumbers that were previously recalled due to potential contamination with Salmonella.	Class I
2025-01-22	BOAR'S HEAD HUMMUS VEG PLATTER MED, 5 lb., packaged in a plastic container with a plastic lid, UPC 42421-61547	The Kroger Co	Platters and trays prepared in-store may contain cut cucumbers that were previously recalled due to potential contamination with Salmonella.	Class I
2025-01-22	SMALL VEGGIE PLATTER, 32 oz., packaged in a plastic container with a plastic lid, UPC 41573-26809	The Kroger Co	Platters and trays prepared in-store may contain cut cucumbers that were previously recalled due to potential contamination with Salmonella.	Class I
2024-11-20	Home Chef Asian Style Chicken Stir Fry, Net Wt. 13 oz, packaged in a plastic tray with clear plastic lid, perishable item kept under refrigeration, UPC 84013430852, all lot codes	The Kroger Co	Meal kits contain cooked chicken which was recalled due to contamination with Listeria monocytogenes	Class II
2024-11-20	Home Chef Chicken Street Taco, Net Wt. 9.93 oz, packaged in a plastic tray with clear plastic lid, perishable item kept under refrigeration, UPC 84013430435, all lot codes	The Kroger Co	Meal kits contain cooked chicken which was recalled due to contamination with Listeria monocytogenes	Class II
2023-11-01	Kroger Collard Greens packaged in plastic 16oz bag - 8 bags per case	The Kroger Co	Potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenes	Class I
2021-11-17	Country Oven Yellow/Caramel Cake Single Slices, double layer cakes ( 48oz )	The Kroger Co	Downstream Recall - Possible metal fragments in starch that was used to manufacture cakes.	Class II

All 91 records for The Kroger Co

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