Frozen Korean Oyster Meat I.Q.F.: , 1) 40x8oz., UPC 19964 30091; 2) 1x25lbs, .; 3)…

Red Chamber Company recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 27 June 2012 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Red Chambers is recalling Dai One Food Oyster IQF 4lbs, 25 lbs, and 8 oz because the products have been prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have been contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health.

The record

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Product

Frozen Korean Oyster Meat I.Q.F.: , 1) 40x8oz., UPC 19964 30091; 2) 1x25lbs, .; 3) 5x4lbs.UPC 19964 30092

UPC

1996430091

Reason for recall

Red Chambers is recalling Dai One Food Oyster IQF 4lbs, 25 lbs, and 8 oz because the products have been prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have been contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health.

Recalling firm

Red Chamber Company

Firm location

Vernon, California, United States

Classification

Class II

Status

Terminated

Recall number

F-1542-2012

Quantity

1) 83 units; 2) 800 units; 3) 13 units

Distribution

California and Floria

Initiated

18 June 2012

Reported by FDA

27 June 2012

Terminated

6 September 2013

Firm notified by

Letter

Product codes

1) lot#138338P; 2) lot#138339-P; 3) lot #138340-P

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 15 months, from 18 June 2012 to termination on 6 September 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 9 days after the firm began the recall.
• Recalls of fish or seafood run a median of 5 months, so this one was longer 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.

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Other fish and seafood recalls

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Other records from Red Chamber Company

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