Simplot Good Grains Exotic Grains & Fire-Roasted Vegetable Blend, Net Wt.
J R Simplot Co Corporate HQ recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 29 August 2018 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Simplot Good Grains Exotic Grains & Fire-Roasted Vegetable Blend is recalled due to undeclared wheat.
The record
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- Product
- Simplot Good Grains Exotic Grains & Fire-Roasted Vegetable Blend, Net Wt. 15 lbs (6 / 2.5 lb bags per case), UPC 1007117012948, Distributed by JR Simplot Co. PO Box 9386, Boise, ID 83707. Product is frozen. The label is read in parts: "***EXOTIC GRAINS & FIRE-ROASTED VEGETABLE BLEND ***Red & brown rice, black beans, roasted corn, red quinoa, tomato, bell pepper, roasted Anaheim & yellow bell peppers, onions, amaranth, roasted garlic & seasoning***Gluten Free***Vegan***DO NOT DROP- STORE AT 0 F OR BELOW***".
- UPC
- 1007117012948
- Reason for recall
- Simplot Good Grains Exotic Grains & Fire-Roasted Vegetable Blend is recalled due to undeclared wheat.
- Recalling firm
- J R Simplot Co Corporate HQ
- Firm location
- Boise, Idaho, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-1844-2018
- Quantity
- 379 cases (6/2.5 lb. bags per case)
- Distribution
- distributed in CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, KS, MD, MI, MT, NC, NV, NY, PA, VA, WA, and WI.
- Initiated
- 3 August 2018
- Reported by FDA
- 29 August 2018
- Terminated
- 19 September 2018
- Firm notified by
- Telephone
- Product codes
- 389 MAY 04 18 20 389 JUL 10 18 20
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 7 weeks, from 3 August 2018 to termination on 19 September 2018. 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 15 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 4 weeks after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of fresh produce run a median of 7 months, so this one was shorter than usual for its category. Fresh produce is the category where contamination arrives before the facility does: irrigation water, soil amendments and field workers are the routes, and nothing downstream of the farm is a kill step for a product eaten raw.
Named in the distribution pattern: Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, North Carolina, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin. 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
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: wheat.
Filed under fresh produce, spices and seasonings and grains, flour and pasta. A product can sit in more than one.
Other fresh produce 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 J R Simplot Co Corporate HQ
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-10-11 | Simplot Traditional Tater Gem. Net Wt. 30 lb. (13.6 kg), foodservice corrugated case, 6/5 lbs. clear poly bags per case. UPC = 100 71179 00418 9. | J R Simplot Co Corporate HQ | Simplot Traditional Tater Gem, foodservice case (6/5 lbs. bags), is recalled because customer reported that small pieces of rigid plastic were embedded in some tater gems. | Class II |
| 2014-05-28 | PDP reads in part "***GOOD FOOD MADE SIMPLE***breakfast in a bowl *** SOUTHWESTERN VEGGIES***" UPC 0 80618 41801 5 | J. R. Simplot Co. Corporate HQ | Raw material supplier accidently added sodium benzoate to the salsa used in manufacturing the finished product. Sodium benzoate was not declared on the ingredient statement of both the raw material and finished product. | Class III |
All 3 records for J R Simplot Co Corporate HQ
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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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