Sebastiano s Naturally Flavored Gourmet Syrups French Vanilla Naturally Sugar Free…
Frutarom USA Inc. recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 12 December 2018 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. The front panel of the affected products states Naturally Sugar Free, but the product contains sugar.
The record
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- Product
- Sebastiano s Naturally Flavored Gourmet Syrups French Vanilla Naturally Sugar Free, Sweetened with Stevia; 25.4 fl. oz. (750 ml)
- Reason for recall
- The front panel of the affected products states Naturally Sugar Free, but the product contains sugar.
- Recalling firm
- Frutarom USA Inc.
- Firm location
- West Chester, Ohio, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-0687-2019
- Quantity
- 509 cases (1018 bottles)
- Distribution
- Distributed to one consignee in Massachusetts.
- Initiated
- 20 November 2018
- Reported by FDA
- 12 December 2018
- Terminated
- 20 February 2019
- Firm notified by
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Product codes
- Lot# 8447523
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 3 months, from 20 November 2018 to termination on 20 February 2019. 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 3 weeks after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of a sauce, dip or condiment run a median of 6 months, so this one was shorter than usual for its category. Sauces and dips sit at the intersection of the acidified foods rule and the allergen rule: an equilibrium pH above 4.6 turns a shelf-stable product into a botulism risk, and the ingredient list is long enough that an allergen is easy to lose.
Filed under sauces, dips and condiments. A product can sit in more than one.
Other sauces, dips and condiments recalls
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.
Other records from Frutarom USA Inc.
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-19 | Sebastiano's Naturally Flavored Gourmet Syrups Hazelnut 25.4 fl oz (750 ml) | Frutarom USA Inc. | Hazelnuts are not declared in the ingredient statement or in a contains statement. | Class II |
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