Meijer Distribution, Inc recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 5 June 2013 as Class III. The recall was initiated by the firm. Meijer Diced Pears in Fruit Juice, Meijer Diced Peaches in Fruit Juice, and Meijer Mandarin Oranges in Fruit Juice 8 oz (226g) labels were developed, the Serving Size was updated to 1 cup (226g) but the nutrition facts still reflect the 4 oz (113g) information.
The record
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Product
Meijer Diced Pears in Fruit Juice 8oz cup
Reason for recall
Meijer Diced Pears in Fruit Juice, Meijer Diced Peaches in Fruit Juice, and Meijer Mandarin Oranges in Fruit Juice 8 oz (226g) labels were developed, the Serving Size was updated to 1 cup (226g) but the nutrition facts still reflect the 4 oz (113g) information.
Meijer stores (201) located in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio may have received product from Meijer distribution centers.
Initiated
15 April 2013
Reported by FDA
5 June 2013
Terminated
30 August 2013
Firm notified by
E-Mail
Product codes
UPC: 71373337044 and All lots produced from November 29, 2012 through January 2, 2013.
Reading this record
Five things about this record are not in the record itself, and each one changes how it should be read.
Class III means the FDA judged that the product was unlikely to cause harm but violated FDA labelling or manufacturing regulation. 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 5 months, from 15 April 2013 to termination on 30 August 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 7 weeks after the firm began the recall.
Recalls of a beverage or juice run a median of 6 months, so this one was shorter than usual for its category. Juice is the other food with its own HACCP regulation in the United States, 21 CFR part 120, which requires a treatment achieving a 5-log reduction of the pertinent pathogen, and unpasteurised juice recalls are almost always a failure of that step or an exemption misapplied.
These are the closest records in the corpus: the same kind of food. Unlike the firm’s own records below, they come from different companies, which is what makes them a pattern rather than a history.
The firm discovered that certain units shipped to the U.S. retail stores only has "foreign languages" on the label. Product has undeclared wheat, soy, milk, eggs and tree nut (coconut).
Undeclared Soy. Finished product ingredients statement declares Worcestershire sauce but does not declare sub-ingredients Soy Flavoring and Soy Lecithin.
The firm is announcing a voluntary recall of select Meijer branded Greek and Low-fat yogurt as a precautionary measure due to the potential risk of small particles of glass.
The firm is announcing a voluntary recall of select Meijer branded Greek and Low-fat yogurt as a precautionary measure due to the potential risk of small particles of glass.
The firm is announcing a voluntary recall of select Meijer branded Greek and Low-fat yogurt as a precautionary measure due to the potential risk of small particles of glass.
The firm is announcing a voluntary recall of select Meijer branded Greek and Low-fat yogurt as a precautionary measure due to the potential risk of small particles of glass.
The firm is announcing a voluntary recall of select Meijer branded Greek and Low-fat yogurt as a precautionary measure due to the potential risk of small particles of glass.
The firm is announcing a voluntary recall of select Meijer branded Greek and Low-fat yogurt as a precautionary measure due to the potential risk of small particles of glass.
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Recall records come from the openFDA food enforcement API, published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the public domain. Krolda adds the hazard classification and the clause mapping; neither is an FDA determination. Always check the FDA notice before acting on a recall.
