"Mighty Sesame 10.9oz Organic Tahini" in a 10.9oz plastic squeeze bottle, 8 Units per…
Kenover Marketing Corp. recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 12 October 2022 as Class I. The recall was initiated by the firm. Kenover Marketing, 72 New Hook, Bayonne NJ, 07002, has initiated a recall of Mighty Sesame 10.9 Oz Organic Tahini (Squeezable), Squeezable Plastic Jar, 8 Units per Case, UPC: 858313006208 Expiration Date: 3/28/23 because the product is potentially contaminated with Salmonella.
The record
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- Product
- "Mighty Sesame 10.9oz Organic Tahini" in a 10.9oz plastic squeeze bottle, 8 Units per Cases .
- Reason for recall
- Kenover Marketing, 72 New Hook, Bayonne NJ, 07002, has initiated a recall of Mighty Sesame 10.9 Oz Organic Tahini (Squeezable), Squeezable Plastic Jar, 8 Units per Case, UPC: 858313006208 Expiration Date: 3/28/23 because the product is potentially contaminated with Salmonella.
- Recalling firm
- Kenover Marketing Corp.
- Firm location
- Bayonne, New Jersey, United States
- Classification
- Class I
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-1811-2022
- Quantity
- 1722 cases (8, 10.9oz units/case) = 13,766 units
- Distribution
- Product was distributed to stores located in MD,NJ,NY, MS,NC, PA, TX, CA, NH, LA, FL, WI, IA,TN,AZ , OR,GA KY, KS,WI and CO.
- Initiated
- 23 August 2022
- Reported by FDA
- 12 October 2022
- Terminated
- 12 May 2023
- Firm notified by
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Product codes
- UPC: 858313006208 Expiration Date: 3/28/23
Reading this record
Five things about this record are not in the record itself, and each one changes how it should be read.
- Class I means the FDA judged a reasonable probability that the product would cause serious health consequences or death. 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 9 months, from 23 August 2022 to termination on 12 May 2023. 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 17 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 7 weeks after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of nuts or seeds run a median of 7 months, so this one was about typical 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.
Named in the distribution pattern: New Jersey, New York, Mississippi, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, California, New Hampshire, Louisiana, Florida, Wisconsin, Iowa, Tennessee, Arizona, Oregon, Kansas, Colorado. 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
Salmonella
Salmonella is a bacterium that survives in low-moisture foods for months, which is why it appears in recalls of products that carry no water for it to grow in: nut butters, spices, flour and dry pet food.
A preventive controls plan covers Salmonella contamination 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)(1)
- Process controls: the controls that apply a treatment, such as a validated kill step, at the point where it reduces the hazard to a safe level.
- 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.
- 21 CFR 117.165(a)(2)
- Product testing: testing as a verification activity, appropriate to the facility, the food and the nature of the preventive control.
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 nuts and seeds. 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 Kenover Marketing Corp.
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-02 | Glicks Dark Chocolate Conettos, 2.47 oz., Plastic Bag, 24 packages per case | Kenover Marketing Corp. | Undeclared Allergen (Milk) | Class I |
| 2023-12-27 | Manischewitz Magic Max's Dark Chocolate Coins, NET WT. 0.53 OZ (15g), UPC: 072700200387 Display Box UPC: 072700200356, 12 bags per case. Product packaged in gold foil in blue netting bags. | Kenover Marketing Corp. | Undeclared milk due to mispackaging | Class I |
| 2023-05-24 | Mighty Sesame 10.9 Oz Organic Tahini (Squeezable) bottle, UPC 858313006208, 8 Units per case. | Kenover Marketing Corp. | The product is being recalled due to Salmonella contamination. | Class I |
All 4 records for Kenover Marketing Corp.
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21 CFR 117.135(c)(1) 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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