#326 RS PrimarqueLobster Base, Net Weight 50 Pounds;, PackedFor Primarque Products…
Williams West & Witt's Products 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. The ingredient label did not identify the source of butter and cream ingredient as milk, an allergen. Consumers with a milk allergy run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products.
The record
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- Product
- #326 RS PrimarqueLobster Base, Net Weight 50 Pounds;, PackedFor Primarque Products, Worcester, MA 01610
- Reason for recall
- The ingredient label did not identify the source of butter and cream ingredient as milk, an allergen. Consumers with a milk allergy run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products.
- Recalling firm
- Williams West & Witt's Products Company
- Firm location
- Michigan City, Indiana, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-0843-2013
- Quantity
- 3000 LBS.
- Distribution
- USA including IN, IL, KY, MA, NY, WI
- Initiated
- 28 November 2012
- Reported by FDA
- 26 December 2012
- Terminated
- 15 February 2013
- Firm notified by
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Product codes
- Lot 281206A-D; 071211C-D
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 is one of 13 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 13 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 13. 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 13 of them.
- The recall ran for 3 months, from 28 November 2012 to termination on 15 February 2013. 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 5 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 4 weeks 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: Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New York, Wisconsin. 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 Williams West & Witt's Products Company
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 12 other records name this firm.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-12-26 | #222-C, Primarque Clam Base, Net Weight 5 pounds (2.27kg) & 16 oz ( 1 LB) 454G Packed for Primarque Products, Worcester, MA 01610 #222-C, Cook's Delight Clam Base, Net Weight 5 pounds (2.27kg) & 16 oz ( 1 LB) 454G Packed By Integrative Flavors, Michigan City, Indiana 46360 | Williams West & Witt's Products Company | The ingredient label did not identify the source of butter and cream ingredient as milk, an allergen. Consumers with a milk allergy run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products. | Class II |
| 2012-12-26 | #828 Cook's Delight Shrimp Base, Net Weight 30 Pounds; 5 Pounds, Packed by Integrative Flavors, Michigan City, Indian | Williams West & Witt's Products Company | The ingredient label did not identify the source of butter and cream ingredient as milk, an allergen. Consumers with a milk allergy run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products. | Class II |
| 2012-12-26 | #126 Primarque Seafood Base, Net Weight 16 oz, 1LB, 454 G & 50 Pounds (22.68 kg) Packed for Primarque Products, Worcester, MA 01610 #126 Cook's Delight Seafood Base, Net Weight 16 oz (1LB) 454 G & 50 Pounds (22.68 kg) Packed By Integrative Flavors, Michigan City, Indiana 46360 | Williams West & Witt's Products Company | The ingredient label did not identify the source of butter and cream ingredient as milk, an allergen. Consumers with a milk allergy run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products. | Class II |
| 2012-12-26 | #272N Cook's Delight Mushroom Base, Net Weight 50 Pounds (22.68 kg) Packed by Integrative Flavors, Michigan City, Indiana 46360 | Williams West & Witt's Products Company | The ingredient label did not identify the source of butter and cream ingredient as milk, an allergen. Consumers with a milk allergy run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products. | Class II |
| 2012-12-26 | #425N Primarque Fish Base, Net Weight 50 Pounds (22.68 kg) Packed for Primarque Products, Worcester, MA 01610 | Williams West & Witt's Products Company | The ingredient label did not identify the source of butter and cream ingredient as milk, an allergen. Consumers with a milk allergy run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products. | Class II |
| 2012-12-26 | #223-E Primarque Clam Base, Net Weight 50 pounds (22.68 kg) Packed for Primarque Products, Worcester, MA 01610 | Williams West & Witt's Products Company | The ingredient label did not identify the source of butter and cream ingredient as milk, an allergen. Consumers with a milk allergy run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products. | Class II |
| 2012-12-26 | #122-A, Piazza Produce Clam Base, Net Weight 16 oz (1 lb) 454G Packed For: Piazza Produce, Indianapolis, IN 46268: #122-A, Primarque Clam Base, Net Wt 16 oz (1 lb) 454 grams Manufactured for Primarque Products Co. Worcester, MA 01610 #122-A, Clam Base, Cook's Delight Clam Base, Net WT.16 oz (1 pound) and 50 Lb tub Packed By Integrative Flavors, Michigan City, Indiana 46360 | Williams West & Witt's Products Company | The ingredient label did not identify the source of butter and cream ingredient as milk, an allergen. Consumers with a milk allergy run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products. | Class II |
| 2012-12-26 | #321N Primarque Crab Base, Net Weight 50 Pounds, Packed For Primarque Products, Worcester, MA 01610 #321 N Cook's Delight,Crab Base, Net Weight 50 Pounds, Packed By Integrative Flavors, Michigan City, Indiana 46360 | Williams West & Witt's Products Company | The ingredient label did not identify the source of butter and cream ingredient as milk, an allergen. Consumers with a milk allergy run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products. | Class II |
| 2012-12-26 | #822- M PrimarqueClam Base, Net Weight 50 Pounds (22.68 kg) Packed for Primarque Products, Worcester, MA 01610 | Williams West & Witt's Products Company | The ingredient label did not identify the source of butter and cream ingredient as milk, an allergen. Consumers with a milk allergy run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products. | Class II |
| 2012-12-26 | #226 Cook's Delight Lobster Base, Net Weight 30 Pounds; 5 Pounds, Packed by Integrative Flavors, Michigan City, Indian | Williams West & Witt's Products Company | The ingredient label did not identify the source of butter and cream ingredient as milk, an allergen. Consumers with a milk allergy run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products. | Class II |
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