GOLDEN LION brand DRIED ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA MILL (DRIED DATES), NET WT. 12 oz (340 g), UPC 7…
Blooming Import Inc. recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 26 November 2014 as Class I. The recall was initiated by the firm. The product contained undeclared sulfites (1519 ppm) based on sampling and analysis by New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets.
The record
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- Product
- GOLDEN LION brand DRIED ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA MILL (DRIED DATES), NET WT. 12 oz (340 g), UPC 7 34765 04008 6 -- PRODUCT OF CHINA -- PACKED FOR AND EXCLUSIVELY DISTRIBUTED BY: BLOOMING IMPORT INC. 45 BOWNE STREET BROOKLYN, N.Y. 11231 --- The product is packaged in a sealed flexible plastic bag. --- Nutrition Facts: Serving Size: 1.4 oz. Serving Per Container: 8.5
- UPC
- 734765040086
- Reason for recall
- The product contained undeclared sulfites (1519 ppm) based on sampling and analysis by New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets.
- Recalling firm
- Blooming Import Inc.
- Firm location
- Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Classification
- Class I
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-0510-2015
- Quantity
- 1431 cases ( 50 - 12 oz. packages per case)
- Distribution
- NY, NJ, MA, PA, MD, NC, GA, FL, IL, TX
- Initiated
- 11 December 2013
- Reported by FDA
- 26 November 2014
- Terminated
- 18 November 2014
- Firm notified by
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Product codes
- UPC 7 34765 04008 6 and no other coding
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 record is the only one the FDA opened for its recall event, so it covers a single product code.
- The recall ran for 11 months, from 11 December 2013 to termination on 18 November 2014. 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 10 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 11 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: New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Maryland, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Illinois, Texas. 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
Undeclared allergens
An undeclared allergen recall means a food contained one of the major allergens and the label did not say so, either because the wrong label was applied or because an ingredient carried an allergen nobody traced.
A preventive controls plan covers an undeclared allergen 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 117.135(c)(2)
- Food allergen controls: the written preventive controls that keep an allergen out of a food it does not belong in, and that get the allergens present onto the label.
- 21 CFR 101.4
- Ingredient declaration: every ingredient listed by its common name, in descending order of predominance, on the label of a packaged food.
- 21 CFR 117 subpart G
- Supply-chain programme: the approval and verification a receiving facility runs on a supplier when the hazard is controlled before the ingredient arrives.
The allergens named in this record: sulfites.
Other records from Blooming Import Inc.
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-23 | Golden Crop Candy (10 oz. (283g) wrapped candies) | Blooming Import Inc. | Contains undeclared and unallowed colors (Blue 1, Red 40, Acid Red 18) | Class II |
| 2025-04-23 | Golden Crop Candy (8 oz. (227g) un-wrapped candies) | Blooming Import Inc. | Contains undeclared and unallowed colors (Blue 1, Red 40, Acid Red 18) | Class II |
| 2014-12-24 | Farmer Brand DRIED LILY FLOWERS, NET WT. 8 oz, UPC 7 34765 04089 5 -- PRODUCT OF CHINA -- DISTRIBUTED BY BLOOMING IMPORT 45 BOWNE STREET BROOKLYN, N.Y. 11231 --- Nutrition Facts: Serving Size 0.4 oz. Servings Per Container 20 --- The product is packaged in a sealed flexible plastic bag. | Blooming Import Inc. | The product contained undeclared sulfites (4868 ppm) based on sampling and analysis by New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets. | Class I |
All 4 records for Blooming Import Inc.
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21 CFR 117.135(c)(2) is the clause behind this recall, and it is one 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.
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