Gia Russa Spaghetti Dinner Sauce Mushrooms NET WT. 1 Lb. 8 oz (24 oz) 680 grams…

John Zidian Co recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 27 December 2017 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. The recall is being initiated due to mold contamination and "popped lids".

The record

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Product

Gia Russa Spaghetti Dinner Sauce Mushrooms NET WT. 1 Lb. 8 oz (24 oz) 680 grams INGREDIENTS: Tomato Puree***Canola Oil, Sugar, Modified Food Starch, Salt, Mushrooms, Garlic, Onions, Citric Acid, Oregano, Basil Distributed By: Gia Brands Inc., Boardman, OH 44512 UPC 0 26825 00830 4

UPC

026825008304

Reason for recall

The recall is being initiated due to mold contamination and "popped lids".

Recalling firm

John Zidian Co

Firm location

Boardman, Ohio, United States

Classification

Class II

Status

Terminated

Recall number

F-0501-2018

Quantity

56 cs/12/24 oz glass jars

Distribution

Product was shipped to the following states: NY, OH & PA

Initiated

31 October 2017

Reported by FDA

27 December 2017

Terminated

2 November 2020

Firm notified by

Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit

Product codes

BEST BY 10/02/2019 27517 10:31 L1

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 is one of 2 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 2 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 2. All 2 of them are listed on this page.
• The recall ran for 3.0 years, from 31 October 2017 to termination on 2 November 2020. 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 FDA published the enforcement report 8 weeks after the firm began the recall.
• Recalls of fresh produce run a median of 7 months, so this one was longer 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.

What this recall was for

Filed under fresh produce, sauces, dips and condiments and spices and seasonings. A product can sit in more than one.

Every product in this recall

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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 John Zidian Co

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