Frozen Yellowfin Tuna Loin 3/5, 30lbs/case.
Red Chamber Company recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 26 December 2012 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Red Chamber is recalling Frozen Yellowfin Tuna Loin due to customer complaints with scromboid illnesses when consuming the products.
The record
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- Product
- Frozen Yellowfin Tuna Loin 3/5, 30lbs/case.
- Reason for recall
- Red Chamber is recalling Frozen Yellowfin Tuna Loin due to customer complaints with scromboid illnesses when consuming the products.
- Recalling firm
- Red Chamber Company
- Firm location
- Vernon, California, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-0825-2013
- Quantity
- 750 cases
- Distribution
- Nationwide in the US: NJ, FL, TX, HI, KS, VA, CA, CO, NV
- Initiated
- 25 October 2012
- Reported by FDA
- 26 December 2012
- Terminated
- 14 December 2012
- Firm notified by
- Letter
- Product codes
- Lot# 172080-V and 172083-V
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 7 weeks, from 25 October 2012 to termination on 14 December 2012. 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 8 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 2 months after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of fish or seafood run a median of 5 months, so this one was shorter than usual for its category. Fish and fishery products are the one food category with their own HACCP regulation in the United States, 21 CFR part 123, because the hazards are species-specific: histamine in scombroid fish, ciguatera in reef fish, and Listeria in cold-smoked products.
Named in the distribution pattern: Florida, Texas, Hawaii, Kansas, Virginia, California, Colorado, Nevada. Those pages count recalls by where the RECALLING FIRM sits, which is a different question from where this product went.
Filed under fish and seafood. A product can sit in more than one.
Other fish and seafood 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 Red Chamber Company
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-06-27 | Frozen Korean Oyster Meat I.Q.F.: , 1) 40x8oz., UPC 19964 30091; 2) 1x25lbs, .; 3) 5x4lbs.UPC 19964 30092 | Red Chamber Company | Red Chambers is recalling Dai One Food Oyster IQF 4lbs, 25 lbs, and 8 oz because the products have been prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have been contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health. | Class II |
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