Newman's Own Lite Honey Mustard Dressing, 16 FL.OZ (473 mL)
Newman'S Own Inc. recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 26 December 2012 as Class I. The recall was initiated by the firm. Newman's Own Lite Honey Mustard Dressing was labeled with an incorrect back label that did not list the allergen milk.
The record
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Product
Newman's Own Lite Honey Mustard Dressing, 16 FL.OZ (473 mL)
Reason for recall
Newman's Own Lite Honey Mustard Dressing was labeled with an incorrect back label that did not list the allergen milk.
Recalling firm
Newman'S Own Inc.
Firm location
Westport, Connecticut, United States
Classification
Class I
Status
Terminated
Recall number
F-0845-2013
Quantity
6922 cases
Distribution
Nationwide
Initiated
23 November 2012
Reported by FDA
26 December 2012
Terminated
12 March 2014
Firm notified by
Press Release
Product codes
Lot Code: 16 OCT 13 M
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 record is the only one the FDA opened for its recall event, so it covers a single product code.
The recall ran for 16 months, from 23 November 2012 to termination on 12 March 2014. 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 a sauce, dip or condiment run a median of 6 months, so this one was longer than usual for its category. Sauces and dips sit at the intersection of the acidified foods rule and the allergen rule: an equilibrium pH above 4.6 turns a shelf-stable product into a botulism risk, and the ingredient list is long enough that an allergen is easy to lose.
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.
Behind every recall is a clause 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.
Recall records come from the openFDA food enforcement API, published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the public domain. Krolda adds the hazard classification and the clause mapping; neither is an FDA determination. Always check the FDA notice before acting on a recall.
