Jost Chemical Magnesium Citrate Tribasic Hydrate, USP, Powder, Net Wt 110 lb/ 50 kg…
Jost Chemical Co recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 7 June 2023 as Class III. The recall was initiated by the firm. Dietary ingredient retest is out of specification for Total Yeast and Mold Count
The record
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- Product
- Jost Chemical Magnesium Citrate Tribasic Hydrate, USP, Powder, Net Wt 110 lb/ 50 kg packaged in bulk lined fiber drums
- Reason for recall
- Dietary ingredient retest is out of specification for Total Yeast and Mold Count
- Recalling firm
- Jost Chemical Co
- Firm location
- Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
- Classification
- Class III
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-0968-2023
- Quantity
- 73 drums (8030 lbs)
- Distribution
- Manufacturers in CA and GA.
- Initiated
- 5 May 2023
- Reported by FDA
- 7 June 2023
- Terminated
- 28 June 2023
- Firm notified by
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Product codes
- Lot 25262068
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 record is the only one the FDA opened for its recall event, so it covers a single product code.
- The recall ran for 8 weeks, from 5 May 2023 to termination on 28 June 2023. 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 1 state, and the FDA published the enforcement report 5 weeks 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.
Other records from Jost Chemical Co
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-02 | Zinc Sulfate Monohydrate, USP, Powder. Net Wt: 55 lb / 25 kg. Jost Chemical 8150 Lackland, St. Louis, MO 63114. Caution: For Manufacturing, Processing, or Repacking. | Jost Chemical Co | Zinc Sulfate Monohydrate, USP may contain elevated levels of lead. | Class II |
| 2023-04-19 | Magnesium Citrate Tribasic Hydrate, USP, Ultrafine Powder sold in bulk 55 lb fiber box. | Jost Chemical Co | Dietary ingredient had a Total Aerobic Microbial Count (TAMC) above firm's specification. | Class III |
All 3 records for Jost Chemical Co
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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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