Condies Food fine shred lettuce, and 1/4 shred lettuce; 5 lbs bags, 4 bags per case

Condies Foods, Inc recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 5 February 2014 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. 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

The record

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Product

Condies Food fine shred lettuce, and 1/4 shred lettuce; 5 lbs bags, 4 bags per case

Reason for recall

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

Recalling firm

Condies Foods, Inc

Firm location

Kearns, Utah, United States

Classification

Class II

Status

Terminated

Recall number

F-1444-2014

Quantity

Fine shred lettuce (1-7): 90 cases; 1/4 shred lettuce (1-6): 28 cases

Distribution

5 Distributors within UT

Initiated

2 January 2014

Reported by FDA

5 February 2014

Terminated

17 April 2014

Firm notified by

Letter

Product codes

Fine shred lettuce 1-7; 1/4 shred lettuce 1-6

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 3 months, from 2 January 2014 to termination on 17 April 2014. 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 5 weeks after the firm began the recall.
• Recalls of fresh produce run a median of 7 months, so this one was shorter than usual for its category. Fresh produce is the category where contamination arrives before the facility does: irrigation water, soil amendments and field workers are the routes, and nothing downstream of the farm is a kill step for a product eaten raw.

What this recall was for

Filed under fresh produce. A product can sit in more than one.

Other fresh produce recalls for the same reason

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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.

All 7 records for Condies Foods, Inc

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