Food Network Kitchen Inspirations Asian Style Sesame Ginger Dressing. 12 oz glass…
KRAFT HEINZ FOODS COMPANY recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 15 August 2018 as Class III. The recall was initiated by the firm. Consumer complaints of product spoilage. Per the manufacturer this issue is premature spoilage due to the presence of Lactic Acid producing bacteria.
The record
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- Product
- Food Network Kitchen Inspirations Asian Style Sesame Ginger Dressing. 12 oz glass bottle, 6 bottles per case Shelf Stable and Refrigerate After Opening UPC 0021000068876
- UPC
- 0021000068876
- Reason for recall
- Consumer complaints of product spoilage. Per the manufacturer this issue is premature spoilage due to the presence of Lactic Acid producing bacteria.
- Recalling firm
- KRAFT HEINZ FOODS COMPANY
- Firm location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Classification
- Class III
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-1768-2018
- Quantity
- 19,560 cases
- Distribution
- Nationwide
- Initiated
- 26 July 2018
- Reported by FDA
- 15 August 2018
- Terminated
- 5 November 2020
- Firm notified by
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Product codes
- Best When Used By: 03 OCT 2018 04 OCT 2018 30 NOV 2018 01 DEC 2018
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 record is the only one the FDA opened for its recall event, so it covers a single product code.
- The recall ran for 2.3 years, from 26 July 2018 to termination on 5 November 2020. 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 3 weeks after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of nuts or seeds run a median of 7 months, so this one was longer than usual for its category. Nuts and seeds carry both hazards at once: they are a major allergen in their own right, and as a low-moisture food they hold Salmonella for months without supporting its growth, which is why a nut butter recall can trace to a lot pressed a year earlier.
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 nuts and seeds and sauces, dips and condiments. A product can sit in more than one.
Other nuts and seeds 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 KRAFT HEINZ FOODS COMPANY
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 18 other records name this firm.
All 19 records for KRAFT HEINZ FOODS COMPANY
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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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