Dr. J's Smart Gourmet Salsa Mild , 15 oz., UPC: 793573078148
Condies Foods, Inc recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 25 February 2015 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Condies Foods, Inc. is recalling Condies brand Bold and Zesty salsa and Dr. J's brand Mild and Medium salsas because they contain the recalled spice cumin, which may contain undeclared peanut protein.
The record
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- Product
- Dr. J's Smart Gourmet Salsa Mild , 15 oz., UPC: 793573078148
- UPC
- 793573078148
- Reason for recall
- Condies Foods, Inc. is recalling Condies brand Bold and Zesty salsa and Dr. J's brand Mild and Medium salsas because they contain the recalled spice cumin, which may contain undeclared peanut protein.
- Recalling firm
- Condies Foods, Inc
- Firm location
- Kearns, Utah, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-1204-2015
- Quantity
- 432 units (72 cases) Mild
- Distribution
- Product was distributed in Utah and Idaho. No military/govt/VA or foreign consignees
- Initiated
- 13 January 2015
- Reported by FDA
- 25 February 2015
- Terminated
- 20 April 2015
- Firm notified by
- Press Release
- Product codes
- USE THRU dates from 10/29 (2014) to 2/4 (2015)
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 3 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 3 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 3. 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 3 of them.
- The recall ran for 3 months, from 13 January 2015 to termination on 20 April 2015. 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 6 weeks after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of a sauce, dip or condiment run a median of 6 months, so this one was shorter than usual for its category. Sauces and dips sit at the intersection of the acidified foods rule and the allergen rule: an equilibrium pH above 4.6 turns a shelf-stable product into a botulism risk, and the ingredient list is long enough that an allergen is easy to lose.
What this recall was for
Undeclared allergens
An undeclared allergen recall means a food contained one of the major allergens and the label did not say so, either because the wrong label was applied or because an ingredient carried an allergen nobody traced.
A preventive controls plan covers an undeclared allergen 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)(2)
- Food allergen controls: the written preventive controls that keep an allergen out of a food it does not belong in, and that get the allergens present onto the label.
- 21 CFR 101.4
- Ingredient declaration: every ingredient listed by its common name, in descending order of predominance, on the label of a packaged food.
- 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.
The allergens named in this record: peanuts.
Filed under sauces, dips and condiments. A product can sit in more than one.
Other sauces, dips and condiments 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 Condies Foods, Inc
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 6 other records name this firm.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-05-27 | 43559 SNDW Chicken Sandwich on White Single, vacuumed pack bag, Clam shell. Label UPC: 50777444804, Condies Foods Inc. PO Box 18548. Salt Lake City, UT | Condies Foods, Inc. | Undeclared SOY allergen. Wrong ingredient purchased and used. | Class I |
| 2020-05-27 | 43237 ROLL chicken salad on croissant single, vacuumed pack bag, Clam shell. Label UPC: 50777445351, Condies Foods Inc. PO Box 18548. Salt Lake City, UT. | Condies Foods, Inc. | Undeclared SOY allergen. Wrong ingredient purchased and used. | Class I |
| 2018-01-31 | Condies Foods Fresh Fruit, Item Number 40781, UPC 50777222655 | Condies Foods, Inc. | Condies Foods is recalling Veggie Cups due to undeclared milk and egg. | Class I |
| 2015-02-25 | Condies Foods, Bold & Zesty Salsa, 14 oz, UPC: 05077744220 | Condies Foods, Inc | Condies Foods, Inc. is recalling Condies brand Bold and Zesty salsa and Dr. Js brand Mild and Medium salsas because they contain the recalled spice cumin, which may contain undeclared peanut protein. | Class II |
| 2015-02-25 | Dr. J's Smart Gourmet SalsaMedium, 15 oz., UPC: 793573939166 (Medium). | Condies Foods, Inc | Condies Foods, Inc. is recalling Condies brand Bold and Zesty salsa and Dr. J's brand Mild and Medium salsas because they contain the recalled spice cumin, which may contain undeclared peanut protein. | Class II |
| 2014-02-05 | Condies Food fine shred lettuce, and 1/4 shred lettuce; 5 lbs bags, 4 bags per case | Condies Foods, Inc | A piece of hard brittle plastic was found inside a bag of 41890 Lettuce Shred Fine. The bag of lettuce had the following code date: Use Thru 1/7. Upon receipt of a picture of the plastic, it was determined that the plastic had originated from an instrument used by Condies Foods for quality control purposes. It is believed that there is a possibility that additional pieces may be within other bags | Class II |
All 7 records for Condies Foods, Inc
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21 CFR 117.135(c)(2) 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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