WP Saki Ika Cuttlefish Hot JFC# 15606, 4/24/0.75 oz; JFC# 06318, 8/12/2 oz; JFC# 07269…
J F C International Inc recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 6 February 2013 as Class III. The recall was initiated by the firm. JFC International is recalling WelPac Saki Ika Cuttlefish because of mold.
The record
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- Product
- WP Saki Ika Cuttlefish Hot JFC# 15606, 4/24/0.75 oz; JFC# 06318, 8/12/2 oz; JFC# 07269, 5/12/4 oz; JFC# 06360, 3/12/8 oz.
- Reason for recall
- JFC International is recalling WelPac Saki Ika Cuttlefish because of mold.
- Recalling firm
- J F C International Inc
- Firm location
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Classification
- Class III
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-0951-2013
- Quantity
- 500 cartons
- Distribution
- nationwide in the US
- Initiated
- 31 October 2012
- Reported by FDA
- 6 February 2013
- Terminated
- 14 February 2013
- Firm notified by
- Letter
- Product codes
- JFC# Lot# 15606 Q069A & Q110A; 06318 Q068A & Q111A; 07269 Q070A & Q112A; 06360 Q069A & Q112A.
Reading this record
Five things about this record are not in the record itself, and each one changes how it should be read.
- Class III means the FDA judged that the product was unlikely to cause harm but violated FDA labelling or manufacturing regulation. 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 2 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 2 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 2. All 2 of them are listed on this page.
- The recall ran for 3 months, from 31 October 2012 to termination on 14 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 FDA published the enforcement report 3 months after the firm began the recall.
- The product description on this record names no food this site can classify, so it appears on no food-type page. That is a limit of the description rather than of the recall.
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.
Every product in this recall
The FDA opened 2 enforcement records for this one recall, one per product code. This page carries all of them; the 1 below each have their own page with that product’s lot codes and distribution, and search engines are pointed here for the recall as a whole.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-02-06 | WP Saki Ika Cuttlefish JFC# 15603, 4/24/0.75oz; JFC# 06315, 8/12/2oz; JFC# 07266, 5/12/4oz; JFC# 06375, 3/12/8oz. | J F C International Inc | JFC International is recalling WelPac Saki Ika Cuttlefish because of mold. | Class III |
Other records from J F C International Inc
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 18 other records name this firm.
All 19 records for J F C International 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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