Holiday Foods, Cheddar Cheese Puffs, 4800308, UPC 70220748003081, 100 PCS, Not Fully…
Schwan's Global Supply Chain, Inc. recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 7 May 2014 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Schwans Food Company is recalling Cheddar Cheese Puffs and Gourmet Cold Canapes Assortment manufactured by Holiday Foods, Inc that were prepared with ingredients which are being recalled by Parker Farm Inc. because of the potential of Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
The record
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- Product
- Holiday Foods, Cheddar Cheese Puffs, 4800308, UPC 70220748003081, 100 PCS, Not Fully Cooked - Cook Before Eating, Keep Frozen, For Institutional Use Only, Prepared by Holiday Food Inc, Hollywood, Florida 33020.
- UPC
- 70220748003081
- Reason for recall
- Schwans Food Company is recalling Cheddar Cheese Puffs and Gourmet Cold Canapes Assortment manufactured by Holiday Foods, Inc that were prepared with ingredients which are being recalled by Parker Farm Inc. because of the potential of Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
- Recalling firm
- Schwan's Global Supply Chain, Inc.
- Firm location
- Marshall, Minnesota, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-1887-2014
- Quantity
- 110 cases
- Distribution
- Florida, Texas, Illinois, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia. Consignee list to be provided later.
- Initiated
- 25 March 2014
- Reported by FDA
- 7 May 2014
- Terminated
- 5 August 2014
- Firm notified by
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Product codes
- 4800308
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 2 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 2 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 2. 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 2 of them.
- The recall ran for 4 months, from 25 March 2014 to termination on 5 August 2014. 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 6 weeks after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of cheese run a median of 7 months, so this one was shorter than usual for its category. Cheese dominates Listeria recalls among dairy products because soft and semi-soft varieties hold enough moisture for the organism to grow at refrigeration temperature, and because most are eaten without any further cooking step.
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.
Filed under cheese. A product can sit in more than one.
Other cheese 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 Schwan's Global Supply Chain, Inc.
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-19 | Schwan's Sea Salt Carmel Cashew Ice Cream (#206). Net Wt 56 oz. | Schwan's Global Supply Chain, Inc. | One date of production of Schwan's Sea Salt Caramel Cashew Ice Cream is being due to potential glass contamination. | Class II |
| 2014-05-07 | Holiday Foods Gourmet Cold Canapes Assortment, 4800361, UPC 70220748003616, 100 OCS. Keep Frozen, For Institutional Use Only, Defrost in Refrigerator for Approximately 3 hours Before Serving, Consume Immediately. Prepared by Holiday Foods Inc, Hollywood, Florida 33020. | Schwan's Global Supply Chain, Inc. | Schwans Food Company is recalling Cheddar Cheese Puffs and Gourmet Cold Canapes Assortment manufactured by Holiday Foods, Inc that were prepared with ingredients which are being recalled by Parker Farm Inc. because of the potential of Listeria monocytogenes contamination. | Class I |
All 3 records for Schwan's Global Supply Chain, Inc.
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21 CFR 117.135(c)(3) 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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