La Fiesta, Canela Molida, Cinnamon Ground, 0.87oz (24.8g), UPC #032327000449, packed in…
la fiesta food products recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 27 March 2024 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Elevated levels of lead found in product
The record
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- Product
- La Fiesta, Canela Molida, Cinnamon Ground, 0.87oz (24.8g), UPC #032327000449, packed in cello bags
- UPC
- 032327000449
- Reason for recall
- Elevated levels of lead found in product
- Recalling firm
- la fiesta food products
- Firm location
- La Mirada, California, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-1093-2024
- Quantity
- 16,044 individual bags (1337 dozens)
- Distribution
- U.S. distribution to 319 retailers in California, Arizona, Washington and Texas.
- Initiated
- 4 March 2024
- Reported by FDA
- 27 March 2024
- Terminated
- 2 September 2024
- Firm notified by
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Product codes
- Lot code 25033
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 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 March 2024 to termination on 2 September 2024. 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 a spice or seasoning run a median of 6 months, so this one was about typical for its category. Spices are a low-moisture, globally sourced, minimally processed ingredient that is added after any kill step, which is the combination that makes Salmonella in a spice lot capable of contaminating every product it was blended into.
What this recall was for
Chemical contamination
A chemical contamination recall covers a substance that is harmful in food and was never meant to be there: a heavy metal, a cleaning chemical, a pesticide residue, or a natural toxin such as aflatoxin or histamine.
A preventive controls plan covers chemical 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 117.35(b)
- Substances used in cleaning and sanitizing: toxic materials stored, identified and used so they cannot contaminate food, food-contact surfaces or packaging.
- 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 117.130(b)(1)(ii)
- Hazard analysis: identifying the known or reasonably foreseeable chemical hazards, including radiological hazards, pesticide and drug residues, natural toxins and food decomposition.
Filed under spices and seasonings. A product can sit in more than one.
Other spices and seasonings 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 la fiesta food products
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-12 | La Fiesta PAN RAYADO SAZONADO Bread Crumbs Seasoned, NET WT 8 OZ. (227g), UPC# 032327000887 | La Fiesta Food Products | Firm distributed a Seasoned Bread Crumb product with undeclared allergen (Sesame) not on the label. | Class I |
| 2025-02-12 | La Fiesta PAN RAYADO Bread Crumbs, NET WT 8 OZ. (227g), UPC# 032327000886 | La Fiesta Food Products | Firm distributed a Bread Crumb product with undeclared allergen (Sesame) not on the label. | Class I |
| 2022-03-16 | La Fiesta brand, Salted Plums with Chili Product. Product is packaged in cello bags, net wt. 1oz. UPC 0 32327 02829 0. There are 8 dozens per case. Product is labeled in parts: "***SALADITOS CON CHILE *** SALTED PLUMS WITH CHILI ***PRODUCT OF CHINA***Distributed By: La Fiesta Food Products, Inc. San Jose, CA 95122***". | la fiesta food products | elevated levels for lead. | Class II |
All 4 records for La Fiesta Food Products
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21 CFR 117.35(b) 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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