Frozen Yellowfin Tuna, Product of Vietnam, Packaged under the following brands and cuts…
Truong Phu Xanh Co., recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 5 February 2020 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Elevated histamine levels.
The record
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- Product
- Frozen Yellowfin Tuna, Product of Vietnam, Packaged under the following brands and cuts: Tidal Seafood Tuna Round Steak, size 6 - 8 oz, Size 8 - 10 oz, pack 2X10 lbs; and Sea Mart PREMIUM FROZEN YELLOWFIN TUNA LOINS 5-8 LBS IVP, 30 LBS; Sea Mart GRADE AAA FROZEN YELLOWFIN TUNA SAKU 12-16 IVP, 10 LBS; Sea Mart PREMIUM FROZEN YELLOWFIN TUNA STEAKS 8 OZ IVP, 10 LBS; Sea Mart GRADE AAA TUNA CUBE 0.8 OZ IVP, 10 LBS; and PACIFICA FROZEN SEAFOODS, Tuna Round Steak Size 6 OZ IVP, 20 LBS; Tuna Round Steak Size 8 OZ IVP, 20 LBS; J DELUCA FISH COMPANY, INC. TUNA LOIN CC 5 -8 LBS IVP, 30 LBS; TUNA CUBE SIZE 1 INCH IVP, 10 LBS; TUNA SAKU 10-12 OZ IVP, 10 LBS; TUNA SAKU 12-16 OZ IVP, 10 LBS; and Packaged under the FULL MOON FISH Brand - TUNA LOIN 1-3 LBS IVP, 30 LBS; TUNA LOIN 3 -5 LBS IVP 30 LBS; TUNA LOIN 5- 8 LBS IVP 30 LBS; TUNA STEAK 4 OZ IVP, 10 LBS; TUNA STEAK 6 OZ IVP, 10 LBS; TUNA STEAK 8 OZ IVP, 10 LBS; TUNA SAKU 8 -12 OZ IVP, 10 LBS; TUNA SAKU 12-16 OZ IVP, 10 LBS; FROZEN YELLOWFISH TUNA CUBE 2.8 CM IVP, 10 LBS; and TUNA KING brand - TUNA LOIN 5 -8 LBS IVP, 30 LBS; TUNA MEDALLIONS 2-3 OZ IVP, 10 LBS; TUNA STEAK 4 OZ IVP, 10 LBS; TUNA STEAK 6 OZ IVP, 10 LBS; TUNA STEAK 8 OZ IVP, 10 LBS; TUNA SAKU 12-16 OZ IVP, 10 LBS; and MiCal SEAFOOD Brand: Tuna Loins AAA 3-5LB IVP, 30lb; Tuna Loins AAA 5-8 LB IVP, 30 lb.; Tuna POKE AAA 1.5 cm IVP and 2cm IVP, 10 lb.; Tuna Steaks AAA, 4oz, 6oz, 8oz, 1 oz, 10 lb., IVP and Tuna Steaks AA 4oz, 6oz, 8oz, 10 oz, 10 lb.; Tuna Ground Meat AAA IVP, 10 lb.; Tuna Saku AAA 8-12 OZ IVP, 10 lb., Tuna Saku 12-16 oz IVP, 10lb. .
- Reason for recall
- Elevated histamine levels.
- Recalling firm
- Truong Phu Xanh Co.,
- Firm location
- Quang Ngai, N/A, Vietnam
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Ongoing
- Recall number
- F-0588-2020
- Quantity
- 915,510 pounds plus 3,645 cases
- Distribution
- Direct Distribution to FL, RI, CA, NJ
- Initiated
- 10 September 2019
- Reported by FDA
- 5 February 2020
- Firm notified by
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Product codes
- Tidal Seafood: Lot 1008, with production date 6/25/2019 and expiry date 6/25/2021; and Sea Mart: ALL LOTS WITH PRODUCTION DATES: 019022 019159 019189 AND EXIPRY DATES: 021022, 021159, 021189; and Pacifica Frozen Seafoods: ALL LOT WITH PRODUCTION DATE: 01/04/2019 AND EXIPRY DATE: 01/04/2021; and J DELUCA FISH COMPANY, INC.: ALL LOT WITH PRODUCTION DATE: 07/01/2019 AND EXIPRY DATE: 07/01/2021; Full Moon Fish: ALL LOT WITH PRODUCTION DATES: 09/05/2019 & 21/05/2019 AND EXIPRY DATES: 09/05/2021 & 21/05/2021; and Tuna King: ALL LOT WITH PRODUCTION DATE: 13/06/2019 AND EXIPRY DATE: 13/06/2021; and MiCal Seafood: All Lots with Production Dates 04/01/2019 through 5/31/2019.
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.
- This recall has no termination date on the record, so as published it had not been terminated under 21 CFR 7.55.
- The distribution pattern names 3 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 5 months after the firm began the recall.
- Fish and fishery products are the one food category with their own HACCP regulation in the United States, 21 CFR part 123, because the hazards are species-specific: histamine in scombroid fish, ciguatera in reef fish, and Listeria in cold-smoked products.
Named in the distribution pattern: Rhode Island, California, New Jersey. 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
Chemical contamination
A chemical contamination recall covers a substance that is harmful in food and was never meant to be there: a heavy metal, a cleaning chemical, a pesticide residue, or a natural toxin such as aflatoxin or histamine.
A preventive controls plan covers chemical contamination 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 117.35(b)
- Substances used in cleaning and sanitizing: toxic materials stored, identified and used so they cannot contaminate food, food-contact surfaces or packaging.
- 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.
- 21 CFR 117.130(b)(1)(ii)
- Hazard analysis: identifying the known or reasonably foreseeable chemical hazards, including radiological hazards, pesticide and drug residues, natural toxins and food decomposition.
Filed under fish and seafood and meat and poultry. A product can sit in more than one.
Other fish and seafood 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.
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21 CFR 117.35(b) 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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