ORGANIC VALLEY EGG BITES feta & chives NET WT 4 OZ (114g) UPC# 0 93966 81195 7…
Almark Foods recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 2 September 2020 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. The firm was notified by their customer that the product is missing the back panel containing the ingredient, nutrition and allergen statements. Product contains eggs and milk.
The record
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- Product
- ORGANIC VALLEY EGG BITES feta & chives NET WT 4 OZ (114g) UPC# 0 93966 81195 7 Distributed by Organic Valley, La Farge, WI 54639
- UPC
- 093966811957
- Reason for recall
- The firm was notified by their customer that the product is missing the back panel containing the ingredient, nutrition and allergen statements. Product contains eggs and milk.
- Recalling firm
- Almark Foods
- Firm location
- Newberry, South Carolina, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-1363-2020
- Quantity
- 2,845cs/8/4 oz packages
- Distribution
- Product was shipped to a warehouse in Wisconsin
- Initiated
- 11 August 2020
- Reported by FDA
- 2 September 2020
- Terminated
- 15 September 2021
- Firm notified by
- Telephone
- Product codes
- 0185N-1, N-1L2; BEST BY: 9/21/20, BEST BY: 10/6/20 & BEST BY: 10/7/20
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 13 months, from 11 August 2020 to termination on 15 September 2021. 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 cheese run a median of 7 months, so this one was longer than usual for its category. Cheese dominates Listeria recalls among dairy products because soft and semi-soft varieties hold enough moisture for the organism to grow at refrigeration temperature, and because most are eaten without any further cooking step.
Filed under cheese and eggs. A product can sit in more than one.
Other cheese recalls
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