Ortega 40% Less Sodium Taco Seasoning 1.25 oz., UPC 41501-00824
B&G Foods North America, Inc recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 24 December 2014 as Class I. The recall was initiated by the firm. Specific Ortega Brand Taco Seasoning, Taco Sauce, Taco Dinner Kits, and Enchilada Sauce, and Las Palmas brand Taco Seasoning and Taco Sauce products are being recalled because one or more of the spice ingredients may contain peanuts and almonds.
The record
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- Product
- Ortega 40% Less Sodium Taco Seasoning 1.25 oz., UPC 41501-00824
- UPC
- 4150100824
- Reason for recall
- Specific Ortega Brand Taco Seasoning, Taco Sauce, Taco Dinner Kits, and Enchilada Sauce, and Las Palmas brand Taco Seasoning and Taco Sauce products are being recalled because one or more of the spice ingredients may contain peanuts and almonds.
- Recalling firm
- B&G Foods North America, Inc
- Firm location
- Parsippany, New Jersey, United States
- Classification
- Class I
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-0736-2015
- Quantity
- 7,201,809 cases total
- Distribution
- Nationwide and Worldwide to include: Bermuda, Canada, Dominican Republic, Dubai, Guam, Haiti, Honduras, Israel, New Zealand, Panama, Philippines, Singapore, Trinidad, United Kingdom.
- Initiated
- 14 November 2014
- Reported by FDA
- 24 December 2014
- Terminated
- 14 April 2015
- Firm notified by
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Product codes
- Best By Date Range: Feb 18, 2016 - Nov 3, 2016
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 7 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 7 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 7. Every product code in this event is listed together on the record that covers the whole recall, which is the page a search engine is pointed to for all 7 of them.
- The recall ran for 5 months, from 14 November 2014 to termination on 14 April 2015. 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 6 weeks after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of a spice or seasoning run a median of 6 months, so this one was about typical for its category. Spices are a low-moisture, globally sourced, minimally processed ingredient that is added after any kill step, which is the combination that makes Salmonella in a spice lot capable of contaminating every product it was blended into.
Filed under spices and seasonings. A product can sit in more than one.
Other spices and seasonings 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 B&G Foods North America, Inc
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 13 other records name this firm.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-02-15 | Back To Nature Plant Based Snacks Fudge Mint Cookies Net Wt. 6.4 OZ. (181g) UPC code: 819898011025 | B&G Foods North America, Inc | Cookies may contain undeclared peanut residue. | Class III |
| 2022-04-20 | Back to Nature Cheddalicious Cheese Flavored Crackers 6 oz.. UPC: 8-19898-01491-0 6 cartons per case | B&G Foods North America, Inc | Undeclared egg and milk due to mispackaging | Class I |
| 2021-10-20 | Tone s Taco Seasoning Blend, Plastic Bottles / 12 bottles per case with best by dates of SEPT 03 24 and SEPT 06 24, due to the | B&G Foods North America, Inc | Product was recalled due to the presence of undeclared wheat. | Class I |
| 2021-01-20 | Food Club Garlic Powder, 5.37 ounce bottles, 12 bottles per case. " Best 324A0 C By NOV 19 22 / Best 325A0 By NOV 20 22 | B&G Foods North America, Inc | B&G Foods, Inc. has initiated a recall because their garlic powder mistakenly had bacon-flavored bits, which contain soy, an allergen undeclared on the garlic powder labels. | Class I |
| 2020-11-18 | Back to Nature Organic Rosemary & Olive Oil Stoneground Wheat Crackers, NET WT 6 oz (170g)., UPC: 8-19898-01015-8 | B&G Foods North America, Inc | B&G Foods initiated a recall of Back to Nature Organic Rosemary & Olive Oil Stoneground Wheat Crackers, 6 oz. with a best by date of APR 25 2021, because package may be filled with peanut butter cookies, which contain peanut, which is not declared on the label. | Class I |
| 2020-09-16 | Back to Nature, Organic Rosemary and Olive Oil Stoneground Wheat Cracker, 6 oz. foil bag inside paper carton, 6 packages per case . | B&G Foods North America, Inc | The product contains undeclared milk. | Class II |
| 2019-03-20 | Victoria Marinara Sauce, 40 oz. (2.5 lb) 1133g, 6Jars / Case | B&G Foods North America, Inc | Product may contain undeclared cashews. | Class I |
| 2014-12-24 | Ortega Taco Sauce - Hot 8 oz, UPC 39000-00891, 16 oz. UPC 41501-01895. | B&G Foods North America, Inc | Specific Ortega Brand Taco Seasoning, Taco Sauce, Taco Dinner Kits, and Enchilada Sauce, and Las Palmas brand Taco Seasoning and Taco Sauce products are being recalled because one or more of the spice ingredients may contain peanuts and almonds. | Class I |
| 2014-12-24 | Ortega Green Taco Sauce - Mild 8 oz, UPC 41501-00897, 16 oz. UPC 41501-00907. | B&G Foods North America, Inc | Specific Ortega Brand Taco Seasoning, Taco Sauce, Taco Dinner Kits, and Enchilada Sauce, and Las Palmas brand Taco Seasoning and Taco Sauce products are being recalled because one or more of the spice ingredients may contain peanuts and almonds. | Class I |
| 2014-12-24 | Ortega Enchilada Sauce 8 oz., UPC 41501-00898 | B&G Foods North America, Inc | Specific Ortega Brand Taco Seasoning, Taco Sauce, Taco Dinner Kits, and Enchilada Sauce, and Las Palmas brand Taco Seasoning and Taco Sauce products are being recalled because one or more of the spice ingredients may contain peanuts and almonds. | Class I |
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