Ruffles Onion flavoured dip 425 g (15 oz). UPC 6041007298 packaged in clear glass jars
Frito-Lay, Inc. recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 27 May 2020 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Potential to be contaminated with mold
The record
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- Product
- Ruffles Onion flavoured dip 425 g (15 oz). UPC 6041007298 packaged in clear glass jars
- UPC
- 6041007298
- Reason for recall
- Potential to be contaminated with mold
- Recalling firm
- Frito-Lay, Inc.
- Firm location
- Plano, Texas, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-0956-2020
- Quantity
- Total in Canada 241,620 jars.
- Distribution
- US and Canada. The Lay's brand was sold in the US and the Ruffles brand was sold in Canada.
- Initiated
- 4 May 2020
- Reported by FDA
- 27 May 2020
- Terminated
- 17 June 2020
- Firm notified by
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Product codes
- with Best before dates of: 20 DE 10 or 20 DE 11 with 2W in the MFG code
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 4 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 4 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 4. All 4 of them are listed on this page.
- The recall ran for 6 weeks, from 4 May 2020 to termination on 17 June 2020. 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 weeks after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of fresh produce run a median of 7 months, so this one was shorter than usual for its category. Fresh produce is the category where contamination arrives before the facility does: irrigation water, soil amendments and field workers are the routes, and nothing downstream of the farm is a kill step for a product eaten raw.
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.
Filed under fresh produce and sauces, dips and condiments. A product can sit in more than one.
Every product in this recall
The FDA opened 4 enforcement records for this one recall, one per product code. This page carries all of them; the 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-05-27 | Lay's French Onion dip 15 oz. UPC 2840007094 packaged in clear glass jars | Frito-Lay, Inc. | Potential to be contaminated with mold | Class II |
| 2020-05-27 | Ruffles Ranch flavoured dip 425 g (15 oz). UPC 6041007299 packaged in clear glass jars | Frito-Lay, Inc. | Potential to be contaminated with mold | Class II |
| 2020-05-27 | Lay's Smooth Ranch dip 15 oz. UPC 2840007095 packaged in clear glass jars | Frito-Lay, Inc. | Potential to be contaminated with mold | Class II |
Other fresh produce 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 Frito-Lay, Inc.
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 41 other records name this firm.
All 42 records for Frito-Lay, 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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