Yellow rice mixes with the following g brand names: (1) Shurfine brand Yellow Rice with…
Riviana International, Inc recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 26 December 2012 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Undeclared hydrolyzed soy protein in yellow rice with saffron
The record
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- Product
- Yellow rice mixes with the following g brand names: (1) Shurfine brand Yellow Rice with Saffron, NET WT 5 OZ (142g), distributed by TOPCO ASSOCIATES, LLC, 7711 GROSS POINT ROAD, SKOKIE, IL 60077. UPC 011161159834 and (2) Hannaford brand Yellow Rice with real saffron & other seasonings, NET WT. 5 OZ (142g), distributed by HANNAFORD BROS. CO., SCARBOROUGH, ME 04074. UPC 041268184699
- UPC
- 011161159834
- Reason for recall
- Undeclared hydrolyzed soy protein in yellow rice with saffron
- Recalling firm
- Riviana International, Inc
- Firm location
- Houston, Texas, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-0851-2013
- Quantity
- 2418 cases of 12
- Distribution
- FL, WI, ME, NY
- Initiated
- 7 December 2012
- Reported by FDA
- 26 December 2012
- Terminated
- 25 April 2013
- Firm notified by
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Product codes
- Shurfine: BEST BY: March 2013, 259M120 Hannaford: BEST BY MARCH 2014, 250M219
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 5 months, from 7 December 2012 to termination on 25 April 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 4 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 3 weeks after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of a spice or seasoning run a median of 6 months, so this one was shorter than usual 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.
Named in the distribution pattern: Florida, Wisconsin, Maine, New York. 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
Undeclared allergens
An undeclared allergen recall means a food contained one of the major allergens and the label did not say so, either because the wrong label was applied or because an ingredient carried an allergen nobody traced.
A preventive controls plan covers an undeclared allergen 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 117.135(c)(2)
- Food allergen controls: the written preventive controls that keep an allergen out of a food it does not belong in, and that get the allergens present onto the label.
- 21 CFR 101.4
- Ingredient declaration: every ingredient listed by its common name, in descending order of predominance, on the label of a packaged food.
- 21 CFR 117 subpart G
- Supply-chain programme: the approval and verification a receiving facility runs on a supplier when the hazard is controlled before the ingredient arrives.
The allergens named in this record: soy.
Filed under spices and seasonings and grains, flour and pasta. A product can sit in more than one.
Other spices and seasonings 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 Riviana International, Inc
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-04-26 | Ronzoni(R) Thin Spaghetti, NO. 9, ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT, NET WT 16 OA (454g)., UPC 71300 00009 | Riviana International, Inc | Undeclared egg. One lot Ronzoni Thin Spaghetti contained Ronzoni Egg Fettuccine. | Class I |
| 2017-03-01 | Mahatma Broccoli & Cheese Rice; 4 oz. net weight (UPC 17400-10529); packed 12 units in each case (sold as individual retail units). Shelf life is 18 months | Riviana International, Inc | Foreign Material (Metal) in pouched Rice Mixes | Class II |
| 2017-03-01 | (a) Mahatma(R) Saffron YELLOW seasonings & LONG GRAIN RICE; Net Wt. 5 oz. (UPC 17400-10505) (b) Mahatma(R) Saffron YELLOW seasonings & LONG GRAIN RICE; Net Wt. 10 oz. (UPC 17400-10507) (c) Mahatma(R) Saffron YELLOW seasonings & LONG GRAIN RICE; Net Wt. 16 oz. (UPC 17400-10502) | Riviana International, Inc | Foreign Material (Metal) in pouched Rice Mixes | Class II |
All 4 records for Riviana International, Inc
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21 CFR 117.135(c)(2) 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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