Deli Express, Deli Club 4.4oz wedge sandwich, 10 retail units per wholesale case, UPC…
E.A. Sween Co. recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 20 December 2023 as Class III. The recall was initiated by the firm. Label mix-up and therefore required label information is inaccurate
The record
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Product
Deli Express, Deli Club 4.4oz wedge sandwich, 10 retail units per wholesale case, UPC 41433-00157
UPC
4143300157
Reason for recall
Label mix-up and therefore required label information is inaccurate
CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NJ, OR, PA, SD, TN, TX, WI
Initiated
7 December 2023
Reported by FDA
20 December 2023
Terminated
29 February 2024
Firm notified by
Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
Product codes
lot code U023236
Reading this record
Five things about this record are not in the record itself, and each one changes how it should be read.
Class III means the FDA judged that the product was unlikely to cause harm but violated FDA labelling or manufacturing regulation. 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 7 December 2023 to termination on 29 February 2024. 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 19 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 13 days after the firm began the recall.
Recalls of a prepared meal or sandwich run a median of 6 months, so this one was shorter than usual for its category. Prepared meals concentrate every other category's hazards into one package: they are assembled from many components, handled after any cook step, sold ready to eat, and carry an ingredient list long enough to lose an allergen in.
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.
Soba sauce packet, which contains bonito, sardine, and mackerel (fish), was packed into Sura Tanmen Hot and Sour Flavor ramen noodle package kit, but fish species are not declared on finished product label.
Undeclared Soy. The firm received complaints of sausage in the burritos. Upon review the firm discovered the sausage contains soy which is not listed on the label.
Subpotent for Vitamin A. The firm discovered that the testing laboratory used the wrong method when testing for Vitamin A. The test results gave a higher concentration of vitamin A than what is actually in the product.
Subpotent for Vitamin A. The firm discovered that the testing laboratory used the wrong method when testing for Vitamin A. The test results gave a higher concentration of vitamin A than what is actually in the product.
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.
