(a) Mahatma(R) Saffron YELLOW seasonings & LONG GRAIN RICE; Net Wt. 5 oz.
Riviana International, Inc recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 1 March 2017 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Foreign Material (Metal) in pouched Rice Mixes
The record
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- Product
- (a) Mahatma(R) Saffron YELLOW seasonings & LONG GRAIN RICE; Net Wt. 5 oz. (UPC 17400-10505) (b) Mahatma(R) Saffron YELLOW seasonings & LONG GRAIN RICE; Net Wt. 10 oz. (UPC 17400-10507) (c) Mahatma(R) Saffron YELLOW seasonings & LONG GRAIN RICE; Net Wt. 16 oz. (UPC 17400-10502)
- UPC
- 1740010505
- Reason for recall
- Foreign Material (Metal) in pouched Rice Mixes
- Recalling firm
- Riviana International, Inc
- Firm location
- Houston, Texas, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-1529-2017
- Quantity
- 16, 808 cases
- Distribution
- PA, FL, IL, TX, CA
- Initiated
- 7 February 2017
- Reported by FDA
- 1 March 2017
- Terminated
- 16 June 2017
- Firm notified by
- Letter
- Product codes
- (a) Best By June 2018 362M620; Best By June 2018 363M620; Best By July 2018 004M720; Best By July 2018 005M720 (b) Best By July 2018 006M720; Best By July 2018 007M720; Best By July 2018 008M720; Best By July 2018 009M720; Best By July 2018 010M720; Best By July 2018 023M720; Best By July 2018 024M720; Best By July 2018 025M720 (c) Best By July 2018 014M720; Best By July 2018 017M720; Best By July 2018 018M720
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 4 months, from 7 February 2017 to termination on 16 June 2017. 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 distribution pattern names 5 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 3 weeks after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of a spice or seasoning run a median of 6 months, so this one was shorter than usual for its category. Spices are a low-moisture, globally sourced, minimally processed ingredient that is added after any kill step, which is the combination that makes Salmonella in a spice lot capable of contaminating every product it was blended into.
Named in the distribution pattern: Pennsylvania, Florida, Illinois, Texas, California. Those pages count recalls by where the RECALLING FIRM sits, which is a different question from where this product went.
What this recall was for
Foreign material
A foreign material recall means something that is not food was found in food: metal, plastic, glass, wood or insect matter, usually shed by equipment during processing.
A preventive controls plan covers foreign material 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 117.40
- Equipment and utensils: plant equipment designed and maintained so it cannot contaminate food with lubricants, fuel, metal fragments or contaminated water.
- 21 CFR 117.80(c)
- Manufacturing operations: the measures that protect food from contamination during processing, including the effective ones against metal and other extraneous material.
- 21 CFR 117.150
- Corrective actions: what a facility does when a preventive control was not properly implemented, including identifying and correcting the problem and evaluating the food for safety.
Filed under spices and seasonings and grains, flour and pasta. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-03-01 | Mahatma Broccoli & Cheese Rice; 4 oz. net weight (UPC 17400-10529); packed 12 units in each case (sold as individual retail units). Shelf life is 18 months | Riviana International, Inc | Foreign Material (Metal) in pouched Rice Mixes | Class II |
Other spices and seasonings 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 Riviana International, Inc
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-04-26 | Ronzoni(R) Thin Spaghetti, NO. 9, ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT, NET WT 16 OA (454g)., UPC 71300 00009 | Riviana International, Inc | Undeclared egg. One lot Ronzoni Thin Spaghetti contained Ronzoni Egg Fettuccine. | Class I |
| 2017-03-01 | Mahatma Broccoli & Cheese Rice; 4 oz. net weight (UPC 17400-10529); packed 12 units in each case (sold as individual retail units). Shelf life is 18 months | Riviana International, Inc | Foreign Material (Metal) in pouched Rice Mixes | Class II |
| 2012-12-26 | Yellow rice mixes with the following g brand names: (1) Shurfine brand Yellow Rice with Saffron, NET WT 5 OZ (142g), distributed by TOPCO ASSOCIATES, LLC, 7711 GROSS POINT ROAD, SKOKIE, IL 60077. UPC 011161159834 and (2) Hannaford brand Yellow Rice with real saffron & other seasonings, NET WT. 5 OZ (142g), distributed by HANNAFORD BROS. CO., SCARBOROUGH, ME 04074. UPC 041268184699 | Riviana International, Inc | Undeclared hydrolyzed soy protein in yellow rice with saffron | Class II |
All 4 records for Riviana International, Inc
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21 CFR 117.40 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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