Fox's u-bet Sugar-Free Chocolate Flavored Syrup, 18oz, UPC 070216246004, 12 retail units…
SUBCO FOODS INC recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 21 August 2024 as Class III. The recall was initiated by the firm. Customer complaint for bloated bottles. Testing and examination of these lots has revealed they did not meet specifications, including elevated pH and water activity levels. This may be indicative of microbiological activity, and concurrent risk of food-borne illness.
The record
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- Product
- Fox's u-bet Sugar-Free Chocolate Flavored Syrup, 18oz, UPC 070216246004, 12 retail units per wholesale case
- UPC
- 070216246004
- Reason for recall
- Customer complaint for bloated bottles. Testing and examination of these lots has revealed they did not meet specifications, including elevated pH and water activity levels. This may be indicative of microbiological activity, and concurrent risk of food-borne illness.
- Recalling firm
- SUBCO FOODS INC
- Firm location
- West Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Classification
- Class III
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-1704-2024
- Quantity
- 137 cases
- Distribution
- CT, DE, MD, NJ, NY
- Initiated
- 9 July 2024
- Reported by FDA
- 21 August 2024
- Terminated
- 8 October 2024
- Firm notified by
- Telephone
- Product codes
- Lot #24131
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 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 3 months, from 9 July 2024 to termination on 8 October 2024. 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 6 weeks after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of a snack or confectionery product run a median of 7 months, so this one was shorter 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.
Named in the distribution pattern: Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York. 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
Spoilage and mould
A spoilage recall means the food degraded before its date: mould growth, unintended fermentation, swelling or rancidity, usually traced to a seal, a formulation or a storage temperature.
A preventive controls plan covers spoilage 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 117.93
- Warehousing and distribution: storage and transport under conditions that protect food against contamination and against deterioration of the food and its container.
- 21 CFR 117.80(b)(3)
- Time and temperature: holding food at temperatures that do not allow microorganisms to grow, and for no longer than the process allows.
Filed under snacks and confectionery and sauces, dips and condiments. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-21 | Fox's u-bet Vanilla Flavored Syrup, 20oz, UPC 070216241016, 12 retail units per wholesale case | SUBCO FOODS INC | Customer complaint for bloated bottles. Testing and examination of these lots has revealed they did not meet specifications, including elevated pH and water activity levels. This may be indicative of microbiological activity, and concurrent risk of food-borne illness. | Class III |
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 SUBCO FOODS INC
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-21 | Fox's u-bet Vanilla Flavored Syrup, 20oz, UPC 070216241016, 12 retail units per wholesale case | SUBCO FOODS INC | Customer complaint for bloated bottles. Testing and examination of these lots has revealed they did not meet specifications, including elevated pH and water activity levels. This may be indicative of microbiological activity, and concurrent risk of food-borne illness. | Class III |
| 2018-08-08 | Only 8 Vanilla Yogurt 2.8 pound pouch 6 pouches per case | Subco Foods Inc. | Recalled whey potentially contaminated with salmonella was used in product | Class II |
| 2018-08-08 | Only 8 Chocolate Yogurt 2.7 pound pouch 6 pouches per case | Subco Foods Inc. | Recalled whey potentially contaminated with salmonella was used in product | Class II |
All 4 records for SUBCO FOODS INC
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21 CFR 117.93 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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