Asia Best Salted Mackerel, 7 oz. vacuum packages, 25 pkgs/cases; labeled in part…
Eastland Food Corporation recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 22 May 2013 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Salted mackerel contains histamines at a level indicating product decomposition.
The record
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- Product
- Asia Best Salted Mackerel, 7 oz. vacuum packages, 25 pkgs/cases; labeled in part ***Eastland Food Corp. 8305 Stayton Drive Jessup, MD 20794 *** Product of Thailand *** Keep Frozen *** UPC 851035 408024***
- UPC
- 851035408024
- Reason for recall
- Salted mackerel contains histamines at a level indicating product decomposition.
- Recalling firm
- Eastland Food Corporation
- Firm location
- Jessup, Maryland, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-1391-2013
- Quantity
- 210 cases
- Distribution
- The product was distributed in the Eastern half of the US.
- Initiated
- 1 May 2013
- Reported by FDA
- 22 May 2013
- Terminated
- 12 July 2013
- Firm notified by
- Letter
- Product codes
- Best Before - February 29, 2014
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 2 months, from 1 May 2013 to termination on 12 July 2013. 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 fish or seafood run a median of 5 months, so this one was shorter than usual for its category. Fish and fishery products are the one food category with their own HACCP regulation in the United States, 21 CFR part 123, because the hazards are species-specific: histamine in scombroid fish, ciguatera in reef fish, and Listeria in cold-smoked products.
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 fish and seafood. A product can sit in more than one.
Other fish and seafood 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 Eastland Food Corporation
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 11 other records name this firm.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-12 | Astor Chocolate Wafer Stick NWT WT. 11.64 OZ 330g UPC 72375102886 | Eastland Food Corporation | Cashews declared in ingredients statement but not in the contains statement. | Class II |
| 2022-05-18 | Bwell Bird's Nest Beverage Sugar-Free Xylitol NET 8.45 FL OZ (250mL) UPC 8373726352 24 bottles per case | Eastland Food Corporation | Deficient packaging material potentially leading to premature spoilage. | Class II |
| 2022-05-18 | Bwell Bird's Nest Beverage Pandan Flavor NET 8.45 FL OZ (250mL) UPC 8373726342 24 bottles per case | Eastland Food Corporation | Deficient packaging material potentially leading to premature spoilage. | Class II |
| 2022-05-18 | Bwell Bird's Nest Beverage Honey Flavor NET 8.45 FL OZ (250mL) UPC 8373726346 24 bottles per case | Eastland Food Corporation | Deficient packaging material potentially leading to premature spoilage. | Class II |
| 2022-05-18 | Bwell Bird's Nest Beverage Lychee Flavor NET 8.45 FL OZ (250mL) UPC 8373726350 24 bottles per case | Eastland Food Corporation | Deficient packaging material potentially leading to premature spoilage. | Class II |
| 2022-05-18 | Bwell Bird's Nest Beverage Rock Sugar Flavor NET 4.45 FL OZ (250mL) UPC 8373726348 24 bottles per case | Eastland Food Corporation | Deficient packaging material potentially leading to premature spoilage. | Class II |
| 2022-05-18 | Bwell Bird's Nest Beverage Coconut Flavor NET 8.45 FL OZ (250mL) UPC 8373726344 24 bottles per case | Eastland Food Corporation | Deficient packaging material potentially leading to premature spoilage. | Class II |
| 2018-05-16 | Asian Best, Tamarind Candy Hot Flavor Net Weight: 4 oz. Units Per Carton: 72 units | Eastland Food Corporation | Eastland Food Corporation out an abundance of caution has decided to initiate a product recall of all Asian Best, Tamarind Candy ( UPC: 083737158008 ) and Tamarind Candy Hot Flavor ( UPC: 083737158022 ) due to elevated levels of lead (0.15 ppm) when compared against FDA s action level of 0.1 ppm. | Class II |
| 2018-05-16 | Asian Best, Tamarind Candy Net Weight: 4 oz. Units Per Carton: 72 units | Eastland Food Corporation | Eastland Food Corporation out an abundance of caution has decided to initiate a product recall of all Asian Best, Tamarind Candy ( UPC: 083737158008 ) and Tamarind Candy Hot Flavor ( UPC: 083737158022 ) due to elevated levels of lead (0.15 ppm) when compared against FDA s action level of 0.1 ppm. | Class II |
| 2016-09-07 | Euro Custard Cake, Plastic wrapped cardboard container (Net Wt. 7.20 oz.) | Eastland Food Corporation | The New York Department of Agriculture and Markets tested the Euro Custard Cake an detected that the product contained milk. The label did not declare milk and list it as an allergen on the label. Eastland Food Corporation became aware of these results on June 21 when FDA visited it facility. Eastland Food Corporation performed an investigation into the matter and determine late on June 22 that a single lot (310 cases) of product was missing this information. To this point no adverse incidents have been reported due to the mislabeling. Health risk assessment, people who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk run the risk of a serious or life threatening allergic reaction if they consume the affected Euro Custard Cakes under the mistaken assumption that it does not contain milk. | Class I |
All 12 records for Eastland Food Corporation
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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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