Product Name Lot Number or ID Toasted Italian Herbs 661126
GRIFFITH FOODS recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 4 April 2018 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Griffith Foods, Inc. has initiated a voluntary recall of multiple products following a supplier's recall of Autolyzed Yeast Powder due to the presence of Salmonella.
The record
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- Product
- Product Name Lot Number or ID Toasted Italian Herbs 661126
- Reason for recall
- Griffith Foods, Inc. has initiated a voluntary recall of multiple products following a supplier's recall of Autolyzed Yeast Powder due to the presence of Salmonella.
- Recalling firm
- GRIFFITH FOODS
- Firm location
- Alsip, Illinois, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-0962-2018
- Quantity
- 66 units
- Distribution
- Domestic: IL, TX, VA, WI, OK, MS Foreign: Canada
- Initiated
- 14 March 2018
- Reported by FDA
- 4 April 2018
- Terminated
- 9 July 2018
- Firm notified by
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Product codes
- Product Name Lot Number or ID Toasted Italian Herbs 661126
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 8 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 8 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 8. 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 8 of them.
- The recall ran for 4 months, from 14 March 2018 to termination on 9 July 2018. 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 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.
Named in the distribution pattern: Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, Oklahoma. 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
Salmonella
Salmonella is a bacterium that survives in low-moisture foods for months, which is why it appears in recalls of products that carry no water for it to grow in: nut butters, spices, flour and dry pet food.
A preventive controls plan covers Salmonella contamination 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)(1)
- Process controls: the controls that apply a treatment, such as a validated kill step, at the point where it reduces the hazard to a safe level.
- 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.
- 21 CFR 117.165(a)(2)
- Product testing: testing as a verification activity, appropriate to the facility, the food and the nature of the preventive control.
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. A product can sit in more than one.
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 GRIFFITH FOODS
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 7 other records name this firm.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-04 | Product Name Lot Number or ID Premix Roasted Chicken 1258969 660025 | GRIFFITH FOODS | Griffith Foods, Inc. has initiated a voluntary recall of multiple products following a supplier's recall of Autolyzed Yeast Powder due to the presence of Salmonella. | Class II |
| 2018-04-04 | Product Name Lot Number or ID Whiskey & Cola Type Flavored Seasoning 660373 | GRIFFITH FOODS | Griffith Foods, Inc. has initiated a voluntary recall of multiple products following a supplier's recall of Autolyzed Yeast Powder due to the presence of Salmonella. | Class II |
| 2018-04-04 | Product Name Lot Number or ID Fire Roasted Steak Type Seasoning 655697 | GRIFFITH FOODS | Griffith Foods, Inc. has initiated a voluntary recall of multiple products following a supplier's recall of Autolyzed Yeast Powder due to the presence of Salmonella. | Class II |
| 2018-04-04 | Product Name Lot Number or ID Au Jus Seasoning Reduced Sodium 659868, 660660, 660661, 660662, 660663 Au Jus Seasoning Reduced Sodium 656387, 656388, 659864, 659865, 659866, 659867 | GRIFFITH FOODS | Griffith Foods, Inc. has initiated a voluntary recall of multiple products following a supplier's recall of Autolyzed Yeast Powder due to the presence of Salmonella. | Class II |
| 2018-04-04 | Product Name Lot Number or ID Salt & Vinegar Seasoning - 50 LB CS 662977 | GRIFFITH FOODS | Griffith Foods, Inc. has initiated a voluntary recall of multiple products following a supplier's recall of Autolyzed Yeast Powder due to the presence of Salmonella. | Class II |
| 2018-04-04 | Product Name Lot Number or ID Roasted Wing Marinade Seasoning 661107 | GRIFFITH FOODS | Griffith Foods, Inc. has initiated a voluntary recall of multiple products following a supplier's recall of Autolyzed Yeast Powder due to the presence of Salmonella. | Class II |
| 2018-04-04 | Product Name Lot Number or ID Pan Roast Brown Gravy Mix 659281, 659282, 659283, 659284, 659285, 659286 Pan Roast Brown Gravy Mix 661090, 661089, 661091 | GRIFFITH FOODS | Griffith Foods, Inc. has initiated a voluntary recall of multiple products following a supplier's recall of Autolyzed Yeast Powder due to the presence of Salmonella. | Class II |
All 8 records for GRIFFITH FOODS
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21 CFR 117.135(c)(1) 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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