MIX w/yellow onions used as an ingredient. Product may be labeled in part: "***Pico De…
FreshPoint Central Florida recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 15 August 2012 as Class I. The recall was initiated by the firm. FreshPoint Central Florida is recalling multiple onion products and mixes. The products were prepared using onions sourced from Gills Onions LLC which may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The record
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- Product
- MIX w/yellow onions used as an ingredient. Product may be labeled in part: "***Pico De Gallo***Ready To Eat Product***2/5 LB***" Item # 512514 MIXES, FC PICO DE GALLO
- Reason for recall
- FreshPoint Central Florida is recalling multiple onion products and mixes. The products were prepared using onions sourced from Gills Onions LLC which may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes.
- Recalling firm
- FreshPoint Central Florida
- Firm location
- Orlando, Florida, United States
- Classification
- Class I
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-1876-2012
- Quantity
- 168 boxes
- Distribution
- Onion products were distributed to restaurant/food service in FL only.
- Initiated
- 25 July 2012
- Reported by FDA
- 15 August 2012
- Terminated
- 26 November 2013
- Firm notified by
- Telephone
- Product codes
- Item # 512514
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 is one of 15 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 15 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 15. 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 15 of them.
- The recall ran for 16 months, from 25 July 2012 to termination on 26 November 2013. 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 fresh produce run a median of 7 months, so this one was longer 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.
What this recall was for
Listeria monocytogenes
Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium that grows at refrigeration temperature, which is why it dominates recalls of ready-to-eat foods that are never cooked again before they are eaten.
A preventive controls plan covers Listeria 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)(3)
- Sanitation controls: the controls on cleaning food-contact surfaces and on preventing cross-contact and cross-contamination from insanitary objects, people and equipment.
- 21 CFR 117.165(a)(3)
- Environmental monitoring: testing the processing environment for an environmental pathogen, required when a ready-to-eat food is exposed to the environment before packaging.
- 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.
Unapproved ingredients
An unapproved ingredient recall means a product contained a substance not permitted in food, most often an undisclosed pharmaceutical active found in a dietary supplement.
A preventive controls plan covers an unapproved ingredient 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 111
- Dietary supplement CGMP: the identity, purity, strength and composition specifications a supplement manufacturer sets and verifies for every component and finished batch.
- 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.
Filed under fresh produce. 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 FreshPoint Central Florida
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 22 other records name this firm.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-11-14 | Mixes, Salsa Mango Bucket, Ready To Eat Product, 1 Gal; & Salsa Mango packaged in 5-lb Trays with 2 trays per case. | FreshPoint Central Florida | Coast Citrus Distributors, Inc. and its divisions Coast Tropical and Olympic Fruit & Vegetables are conducting a voluntary product recall of Kent's brand & Keitt's brand mangoes packed at Agricola Daniella due to salmonella associated with mangoes from this producer. | Class I |
| 2012-11-14 | Fruit Mango Whole Peeled, Ready-To-Eat Product, 2, 5-LB Trays per case | FreshPoint Central Florida | Coast Citrus Distributors, Inc. and its divisions Coast Tropical and Olympic Fruit & Vegetables are conducting a voluntary product recall of Kent's brand & Keitt's brand mangoes packed at Agricola Daniella due to salmonella associated with mangoes from this producer. | Class I |
| 2012-11-14 | Fruit Mango Peeled & Halved, Ready-To-Eat Product, 2, 2.5-lb trays per case | FreshPoint Central Florida | Coast Citrus Distributors, Inc. and its divisions Coast Tropical and Olympic Fruit & Vegetables are conducting a voluntary product recall of Kent's brand & Keitt's brand mangoes packed at Agricola Daniella due to salmonella associated with mangoes from this producer. | Class I |
| 2012-11-14 | Mixes, Salsa Mango Papaya, Ready-To-Eat Product, 2, 5-lb trays per case | FreshPoint Central Florida | Coast Citrus Distributors, Inc. and its divisions Coast Tropical and Olympic Fruit & Vegetables are conducting a voluntary product recall of Kent's brand & Keitt's brand mangoes packed at Agricola Daniella due to salmonella associated with mangoes from this producer. | Class I |
| 2012-11-14 | Fruit Mango Peeled & Diced 1/4, Ready-To-Eat Product, 2, 5-LB Trays per case | FreshPoint Central Florida | Coast Citrus Distributors, Inc. and its divisions Coast Tropical and Olympic Fruit & Vegetables are conducting a voluntary product recall of Kent's brand & Keitt's brand mangoes packed at Agricola Daniella due to salmonella associated with mangoes from this producer. | Class I |
| 2012-11-14 | Fruit Mango Peeled & Diced 1/2, Ready To Eat Product, 2, 5-LB Trays per case | FreshPoint Central Florida | Coast Citrus Distributors, Inc. and its divisions Coast Tropical and Olympic Fruit & Vegetables are conducting a voluntary product recall of Kent's brand & Keitt's brand mangoes packed at Agricola Daniella due to salmonella associated with mangoes from this producer. | Class I |
| 2012-11-14 | Mixes Salsa/Mango Pineapple, Ready To Eat Product, 2, 5-lb Trays per case | FreshPoint Central Florida | Coast Citrus Distributors, Inc. and its divisions Coast Tropical and Olympic Fruit & Vegetables are conducting a voluntary product recall of Kent's brand & Keitt's brand mangoes packed at Agricola Daniella due to salmonella associated with mangoes from this producer. | Class I |
| 2012-11-14 | Fruit Mango Peeled and Sliced, Ready To Eat Product, 2, 5-lb Trays per case | FreshPoint Central Florida | Coast Citrus Distributors, Inc. and its divisions Coast Tropical and Olympic Fruit & Vegetables are conducting a voluntary product recall of Kent's brand & Keitt's brand mangoes packed at Agricola Daniella due to salmonella associated with mangoes from this producer. | Class I |
| 2012-08-15 | MIX w/yellow onions used as an ingredient. Product may be labeled in part: 1) "***Pico De Gallo 3/8" Cut***Ready To Eat Product***2/5 LB***", "***FP CENTRAL FL. FRESHCUTS MIXES, FC PICO DE GALLO 3/8#***2/5#***RT # FC***", Item # 511511 MIXES, FC PICO DE GALLO 3/8" 2) "***FP CENTRAL FL. FRESHCUTS MIXES, FC T.G.I. PICO 3/8" SMALL PACK***4/2.5LB***RT # FC***", Item # 481603 MIXES, FC T.G.I. PICO 3/8" SMA | FreshPoint Central Florida | FreshPoint Central Florida is recalling multiple onion products and mixes. The products were prepared using onions sourced from Gills Onions LLC which may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes. | Class I |
| 2012-08-15 | MIX w/yellow onions used as an ingredient. Product may be labeled in part: "***FP CENTRAL FL. FRESHCUTS***MIXES, FC SHEPPARD PIE MIX RR***2/5#***RT # FC***" Item # 481273 MIXES, FC SHEPPARD PIE MIX RR | FreshPoint Central Florida | FreshPoint Central Florida is recalling multiple onion products and mixes. The products were prepared using onions sourced from Gills Onions LLC which may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes. | Class I |
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