Simply Nature Organic Strawberries, frozen, net wt. 24 oz., 8 packages per case.
Scenic Fruit Company, LLC recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 19 April 2023 as Class I. The recall was initiated by the firm. Potential to be contaminated with hepatitis A.
The record
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- Product
- Simply Nature Organic Strawberries, frozen, net wt. 24 oz., 8 packages per case. UPC 4099100256222. Product of Mexico. Distributed by Aldi Batavia, IL Vital Choice Organic Strawberries, frozen, net wt. 16 oz., 20 packages per case. UPC 834297005024. Product of Mexico. Distributed by Vital Choice Wild Seafood & Organics Bellingham, WA. PCC Community Markets Organic Strawberries, frozen, net wt. 32 oz., 12 packages per case. UPC 22827109469. Product of Mexico. Distributed by PCC Community Markets Seattle, WA. Made With Organic Strawberries, frozen, net wt. 10 oz., 12 packages per case. UPC 814343021390. Product of Mexico. Distributed by Plentiful Planet Brands Boulder, CO. Cadia Organic Strawberries, frozen, Food Service packed in pillow bag net wt. 5 lb., 4 packages per case. UPC 815369014410. Product of Mexico, distributed by KeHE Distributors LLC Naperville, IL. Scenic Fruit Company Organic Strawberries, frozen, Food Service item packed in 30 lbs. case. UPC 813678314245. Product of Mexico. This product was distributed in the original California Splendor box and label (Date Code 07522OCO219) and Scenic label.
- UPC
- 4099100256222
- Reason for recall
- Potential to be contaminated with hepatitis A.
- Recalling firm
- Scenic Fruit Company, LLC
- Firm location
- Gresham, Oregon, United States
- Classification
- Class I
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-0705-2023
- Quantity
- Simply Nature = 1113 cs; Vital Choice = 100 cs; PCC = 362 cs; Made With = 172 cs; Cadia = 241 cs; Scenic/Splendor = 80 cs.
- Distribution
- Kirkland Signature: distributed in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. Trader Joe's: distribute nationwide. Simply Nature: distributed in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Vital Choice: distributed in Washington. PCC Community Markets: distributed in Washington. Made With: distributed in Illinois, Maryland. Cadia 5 lbs. packages: distributed in Indiana, Maryland, and Oregon. Scenic/Splendor 30 lbs. cases: distributed in California.
- Initiated
- 16 March 2023
- Reported by FDA
- 19 April 2023
- Terminated
- 29 September 2023
- Firm notified by
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Product codes
- Simply Nature: Best By 6/14/2024. Lot # B2404C348. Vital Choice: Best By 5/20/2024. Lot # B2281 324. PCC Community Markets: Best By 29/10/2024. Lot # B2152302. Made With: Best Before 11/20/2024. Lot # B2280324. Cadia: Best Before 10/29/2024. Lot # B2153 D 302. Scenic Fruit Company: Lot # B2139301750335 (This product was distributed in the original California Splendor box and label (Date Code 07522OCO219; Lot #750335).
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 is one of 3 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 3 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 3. All 3 of them are listed on this page.
- The recall ran for 6 months, from 16 March 2023 to termination on 29 September 2023. 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 5 weeks after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of fresh produce run a median of 7 months, so this one was about typical 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
Viral and parasitic contamination
Hepatitis A, norovirus and Cyclospora recalls trace back to a person or to water rather than to the process: an infected food handler, or produce irrigated or washed with contaminated water.
A preventive controls plan covers viral or parasitic 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 117.10
- Personnel: the hygiene practices, and the exclusion of anyone with an illness or open lesion that could contaminate food, that a facility must require.
- 21 CFR 112
- Produce safety: the agricultural water, worker health and hygiene standards for farms growing produce eaten raw.
- 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.
Filed under fresh produce and fish and seafood. A product can sit in more than one.
Every product in this recall
The FDA opened 3 enforcement records for this one recall, one per product code. This page carries all of them; the 2 below each have their own page with that product’s lot codes and distribution, and search engines are pointed here for the recall as a whole.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-19 | Frozen Organic Strawberries, Kirkland Signature, frozen, net wt. 4lb., 9 packages per case, Costco Item 904984. UPC 096619140404. Distributed by Costco Warehouse Corporation, Seattle, WA. Product of Mexico. | Scenic Fruit Company, LLC | Potential to be contaminated with hepatitis A. | Class I |
| 2023-04-19 | Trader Joes Organic Tropical Fruit Blend, frozen, net wt. 16 oz., 24 bags per case, SKU 051191. UPC 00511919. This product contains strawberries from Mexico. Distributed by Trader Joe's Monrovia, CA. | Scenic Fruit Company, LLC | Potential to be contaminated with hepatitis A. | Class I |
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 Scenic Fruit Company, LLC
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event.
All 5 records for Scenic Fruit Company, LLC
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21 CFR 117.10 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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