Chuka Ika Sansai ECO - International name and Natural Chuka Ika Sansai for US (Seasoned…
Azuma Foods International Inc USA recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 20 April 2016 as Class I. The recall was initiated by the firm. Firm was notified by EU of a positive sample for Listeria Monocytogenes in Squid Salad tested by their customer in the Netherlands. A second customer reported an additional positive finding and an additional lot of Squid Salad was also recalled.
The record
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- Product
- Chuka Ika Sansai ECO - International name and Natural Chuka Ika Sansai for US (Seasoned Squid Salad); Net Wt.: 4.4 lbs. (2 kg) for US customer: 2.2 lbs. (1 kg) for European customer. Second lot: Net Wt. 2.2 lbs (8 pkg/1 kg) for European customer 4.4.lbs (2 kg) Shelf life is 24 months for US, 18 months for EU customer per request. Perishable/Keep frozen Until Use; Thaw under refrigeration immediately before use. Ingredients: Squid (Peru. Wild), Yamakurage (lettuce stem) Kikurage Mushroom, Bamboo Shoot, Seasoned Ginger (ginger, water, cane sugar, salt, distilled white vinegar, citric acid), Sesame Seed, Sugar, Natural Vinegar, White Soy Sauce (water, salt, soybeans, wheat), Sweet Rice Wine, Natural Rice Wine, Sesame Oil, Sorbitol (2 g per 100g serving) Salt, Kelp Extract, Bonito Extract, Red Pepper, Dextrose, Yeast Extract, Xanthan Gum, Annatto, Sodium Phosphate. Allergen Information: Contains Squid, Fish Extract (Bonito) Sesame See, Soy, Wheat. Manufactured by: Azuma Foods International Inc., U.S.A. Hayward, CA 94545 Processed in the U.S. A.
- Reason for recall
- Firm was notified by EU of a positive sample for Listeria Monocytogenes in Squid Salad tested by their customer in the Netherlands. A second customer reported an additional positive finding and an additional lot of Squid Salad was also recalled.
- Recalling firm
- Azuma Foods International Inc USA
- Firm location
- Hayward, California, United States
- Classification
- Class I
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-1068-2016
- Quantity
- 138 cases lot 25-1429 and 124 cases of lot 26-0937: Additional 1179 cases for final recall expansion.
- Distribution
- Three US Customers and One customer in Holland. Second lot bonded and tested in Switzerland but final destination was same customer in Holland. Additional customer in United Kingdom.
- Initiated
- 4 December 2015
- Reported by FDA
- 20 April 2016
- Terminated
- 3 June 2016
- Firm notified by
- Letter
- Product codes
- Product number: 825353 in US and 82539KY international: Lot 25-1429 - US Lot 25-1429-1 and 25-1429-2 Foreign. Additional lot - first recall expansion: 26-0937-1 - International 26-0937 - US Second recall expansion: US: 25-1424, 25-1540, 25-2388, 25, 2689, 26-0065, 26-0286, 26-0440, 26-0594, 26-0661, 26-0713.
Reading this record
Five things about this record are not in the record itself, and each one changes how it should be read.
- Class I means the FDA judged a reasonable probability that the product would cause serious health consequences or death. 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 6 months, from 4 December 2015 to termination on 3 June 2016. 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 5 months after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of fresh produce run a median of 7 months, so this one was about typical 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
Listeria monocytogenes
Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium that grows at refrigeration temperature, which is why it dominates recalls of ready-to-eat foods that are never cooked again before they are eaten.
A preventive controls plan covers Listeria 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)(3)
- Sanitation controls: the controls on cleaning food-contact surfaces and on preventing cross-contact and cross-contamination from insanitary objects, people and equipment.
- 21 CFR 117.165(a)(3)
- Environmental monitoring: testing the processing environment for an environmental pathogen, required when a ready-to-eat food is exposed to the environment before packaging.
- 21 CFR 117.150
- Corrective actions: what a facility does when a preventive control was not properly implemented, including identifying and correcting the problem and evaluating the food for safety.
Filed under fresh produce, fish and seafood, nuts and seeds, dietary supplements, sauces, dips and condiments, spices and seasonings and grains, flour and pasta. 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 Azuma Foods International Inc USA
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 5 other records name this firm.
All 6 records for Azuma Foods International Inc USA
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21 CFR 117.135(c)(3) 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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