Del Monte Fresh Cut Golden Sweet Whole Kernel Corn; 15.25 oz. can (24 x 15.25 oz.
Del Monte Foods, Inc recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 4 August 2021 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Firm discovered that some containers exhibited post-process spoilage during additional inspection and deployment of product at Distribution Center.
The record
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- Product
- Del Monte Fresh Cut Golden Sweet Whole Kernel Corn; 15.25 oz. can (24 x 15.25 oz. cans per case) Case UPC 10024000163029 Can UPC - 024000163022 Distributed by Del Monte Foods, Walnut Creek, CA
- Reason for recall
- Firm discovered that some containers exhibited post-process spoilage during additional inspection and deployment of product at Distribution Center.
- Recalling firm
- Del Monte Foods, Inc
- Firm location
- Walnut Creek, California, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-0808-2021
- Quantity
- 3,209 cases
- Distribution
- AL, AR, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MI, MN, MO, MS, ND, NE, OH, PA, TN, WI, WV
- Initiated
- 22 June 2021
- Reported by FDA
- 4 August 2021
- Terminated
- 15 December 2021
- Firm notified by
- Letter
- Product codes
- Lot Number Best If Used By 1064BD 01 MAR 2024 1067BD 01 MAR 2024 1068BD 01 MAR 2024 1069BD 01 MAR 2024 1070BD 01 MAR 2024
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 6 months, from 22 June 2021 to termination on 15 December 2021. 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 6 weeks after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of nuts or seeds run a median of 7 months, so this one was about typical for its category. Nuts and seeds carry both hazards at once: they are a major allergen in their own right, and as a low-moisture food they hold Salmonella for months without supporting its growth, which is why a nut butter recall can trace to a lot pressed a year earlier.
Named in the distribution pattern: Alabama, Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Wisconsin, West Virginia. 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
Spoilage and mould
A spoilage recall means the food degraded before its date: mould growth, unintended fermentation, swelling or rancidity, usually traced to a seal, a formulation or a storage temperature.
A preventive controls plan covers spoilage 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 117.93
- Warehousing and distribution: storage and transport under conditions that protect food against contamination and against deterioration of the food and its container.
- 21 CFR 117.80(b)(3)
- Time and temperature: holding food at temperatures that do not allow microorganisms to grow, and for no longer than the process allows.
Filed under nuts and seeds. A product can sit in more than one.
Other nuts and seeds 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 Del Monte Foods, Inc
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-19 | Good & Gather Cut Green Beans. Net Wt. 14.5 oz (411g). UPC 0 85239-11628 9. Dist. By Target Corporation, Minneapolis, MN 55403. | Del Monte Foods, Inc | Foreign Object | Class II |
| 2022-03-16 | Del Monte Bubble Fruit - Tropical Mixed Fruit Cup Snacks. Mixed fruit and popping boba with sweetened juice. 3.5 0z (4 pack), 6 x 4 pack sleeves per carton UPC: 24000 25236 | DEL MONTE FOODS INC | Product being recalled due to potential metal fragment approximately 2-3mm in size. | Class II |
All 3 records for Del Monte Foods, Inc
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21 CFR 117.93 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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