Pita Jungle Hummus & Pita Chips packaged as individual "snack pack" in 9.2oz clamshell…
SSP America PHX, LLC recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 11 September 2024 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Finished product label does not declare sesame which is an ingredient of hummus (tahini).
The record
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- Product
- Pita Jungle Hummus & Pita Chips packaged as individual "snack pack" in 9.2oz clamshell plastic container.
- Reason for recall
- Finished product label does not declare sesame which is an ingredient of hummus (tahini).
- Recalling firm
- SSP America PHX, LLC
- Firm location
- Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-1784-2024
- Quantity
- 15 individual units
- Distribution
- AZ
- Initiated
- 19 July 2024
- Reported by FDA
- 11 September 2024
- Terminated
- 1 October 2024
- Firm notified by
- Telephone
- Product codes
- Product labels stating Enjoy By: 07/20/24, 07/21/24, and 07/22/24.
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 6 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 6 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 6. 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 6 of them.
- The recall ran for 2 months, from 19 July 2024 to termination on 1 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 1 state, and the FDA published the enforcement report 8 weeks after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of fish or seafood run a median of 5 months, so this one was shorter 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.
What this recall was for
Undeclared allergens
An undeclared allergen recall means a food contained one of the major allergens and the label did not say so, either because the wrong label was applied or because an ingredient carried an allergen nobody traced.
A preventive controls plan covers an undeclared allergen 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 117.135(c)(2)
- Food allergen controls: the written preventive controls that keep an allergen out of a food it does not belong in, and that get the allergens present onto the label.
- 21 CFR 101.4
- Ingredient declaration: every ingredient listed by its common name, in descending order of predominance, on the label of a packaged food.
- 21 CFR 117 subpart G
- Supply-chain programme: the approval and verification a receiving facility runs on a supplier when the hazard is controlled before the ingredient arrives.
The allergens named in this record: sesame.
Filed under fish and seafood, snacks and confectionery and sauces, dips and condiments. A product can sit in more than one.
Other fish and seafood 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 SSP America PHX, LLC
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 5 other records name this firm.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-11 | Pita Jungle Greek Salad packaged in 11.8oz plastic clamshell container. | SSP America PHX, LLC | Finished product label stated feta but did not declare milk in the sub-ingredients or allergen statement. | Class II |
| 2024-09-11 | Cheese Danish in a clear plastic bag with a white paper label attached to the top of the plastic bag. | SSP America PHX, LLC | Finished product label stated cheese in the product name but did not declare milk in the ingredients or allergen statement. | Class II |
| 2024-09-11 | Pita Jungle Cilantro Jalapeno Hummus & Pita Chips packaged as individual "snack pack" in 9.2oz plastic clamshell container. | SSP America PHX, LLC | Finished product label does not declare sesame which is an ingredient of hummus (tahini). | Class II |
| 2024-09-11 | Apple Danish in a clear plastic bag with a white paper label attached to the top of the plastic bag. | SSP America PHX, LLC | Allergens were declared but the finished product label incorrectly listed ingredients of Almond Croissant. | Class II |
| 2024-09-11 | Almond Croissant in a clear plastic bag with a white paper label attached to the top of the plastic bag. | SSP America PHX, LLC | Finished product label stated almond in the product name but did not declare tree nuts or almonds in the ingredients or allergen statement. | Class III |
All 6 records for SSP America PHX, LLC
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21 CFR 117.135(c)(2) 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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