Asian Best, Tamarind Candy Hot Flavor Net Weight: 4 oz. Units Per Carton: 72 units
Eastland Food Corporation recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 16 May 2018 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. 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.
The record
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- Product
- Asian Best, Tamarind Candy Hot Flavor Net Weight: 4 oz. Units Per Carton: 72 units
- Reason for recall
- 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.
- Recalling firm
- Eastland Food Corporation
- Firm location
- Jessup, Maryland, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-1408-2018
- Quantity
- 970 Cartons
- Distribution
- Product Distributed thru our the nation.
- Initiated
- 18 April 2018
- Reported by FDA
- 16 May 2018
- Terminated
- 5 June 2019
- Firm notified by
- Letter
- Product codes
- UPC: 083737158022
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 2 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 2 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 2. All 2 of them are listed on this page.
- The recall ran for 14 months, from 18 April 2018 to termination on 5 June 2019. 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 4 weeks after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of a snack or confectionery product run a median of 7 months, so this one was longer than usual for its category. Snacks and confectionery recall for allergens more than for anything else, because a chocolate or a coated snack passes through shared equipment carrying milk, soy and nuts, and the label is the only control between them and the consumer.
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 snacks and confectionery. A product can sit in more than one.
Every product in this recall
The FDA opened 2 enforcement records for this one recall, one per product code. This page carries all of them; the 1 below each have their own page with that product’s lot codes and distribution, and search engines are pointed here for the recall as a whole.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Other snacks and confectionery 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 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 |
| 2016-03-16 | Maesri Brand Shrimp Powder, 6.oz | Eastland Food Corporation | The New York Department of Agriculture and Markets notified Eastland Food Corp. that they analyzed a sample of the shrimp powder and determined that the product contained FD&C Yellow #6, but the label failed to declare its presence. Yellow #6 can cause an allergic reaction for a small population of individuals. | Class II |
All 12 records for Eastland Food Corporation
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