Hy-Vee Spring Pasta Salad packaged in the following containers: 1) plastic tubs with…
D & D Foods, Inc. recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 15 August 2018 as Class I. The recall was initiated by the firm. Outbreak of Salmonella Sandiego and Salmonella enterica subspecies IIIb illness potentially associated with pasta salad.
The record
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- Product
- Hy-Vee Spring Pasta Salad packaged in the following containers: 1) plastic tubs with lids, Net Wt 16 OZ (454 g); 2) plastic tubs with lids, Net Wt 48 OZ (3 LB) 1.36 kg; 3) 4/8 lb cases Net Wt 32.00 LBS (14.51 KG); 4) 8 lb cases Net WT. 8.00 LBS (3.63 KG); 5) 11 lb Spring Salad Kit, 11.00 LBS (4.99 KG); and 6) clear plastic unlabeled deli containers.
- Reason for recall
- Outbreak of Salmonella Sandiego and Salmonella enterica subspecies IIIb illness potentially associated with pasta salad.
- Recalling firm
- D & D Foods, Inc.
- Firm location
- Omaha, Nebraska, United States
- Classification
- Class I
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-1930-2018
- Quantity
- 562,898 lbs
- Distribution
- To Hy-Vee retail stores in IA, IL, KS, MN, MO, NE, SD, and WI.
- Initiated
- 16 July 2018
- Reported by FDA
- 15 August 2018
- Terminated
- 14 September 2018
- Firm notified by
- Product codes
- Expiration date between June 22, 2018 and August 3, 2018
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 2 months, from 16 July 2018 to termination on 14 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 7 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: Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, 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
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.
Filed under fresh produce, grains, flour and pasta and prepared meals and sandwiches. 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 D & D Foods, Inc.
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 7 other records name this firm.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-11-07 | Hy-Vee Spinach, Tomato, Mozzarella Twice Baked Potatoes, Net Wt. 5 oz wrapped in clear plastic. | D & D Foods, Inc. | The firm received a recall notice for fire roasted tomatoes and mushrooms because they may potentially be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella. The firm further manufactured products from those raw materials. | Class II |
| 2017-08-30 | Hy-Vee, Cheese Pizza, 16'' Thin Crust, UPC 288942 611991, Net Wt. 29 oz (1 lb 13 oz) 1.81 lb (822 g), West Des Moines, IA | D & D Foods, Inc. | Product contains soy lecithin, but soy is not declared on the product's Contains statement and soy lecithin is not declared on the ingredient list | Class II |
| 2017-08-30 | Hy-Vee, Cheese Pizza, 12'' Thin Crust, UPC 288914 908999, Net Wt. 17 oz (1 lb 1 oz) 1.06 lb (482 g), West Des Moines, IA | D & D Foods, Inc. | Product contains soy lecithin, but soy is not declared on the product's Contains statement and soy lecithin is not declared on the ingredient list | Class II |
| 2017-08-30 | Hy-Vee, Cheese Pizza, 12'' Traditional Crust, UPC 288900 908996, Net Wt. 26 oz (1 lb 10 oz) 1.62 lb (737 g), West Des Moines, IA | D & D Foods, Inc. | Product contains soy lecithin, but soy is not declared on the product's Contains statement and soy lecithin is not declared on the ingredient list | Class II |
| 2017-08-30 | Hy-Vee, Cheese Pizza, 16'' Traditional Crust, UPC 288928 611991, Net Wt. 47 oz (2 lb 15 oz) 2.94 lb (1.332 kg), West Des Moines, IA | D & D Foods, Inc. | Product contains soy lecithin, but soy is not declared on the product's Contains statement and soy lecithin is not declared on the ingredient list | Class II |
| 2015-08-19 | Dijon Mustard Potato Salad, NET WT 3 LB (1.36 kg) | D & D Foods, Inc. | Cups of macaroni salad are in tubs which declare the product to be potato salad and fail to disclose the presence of milk and wheat allergens. | Class I |
| 2015-05-20 | D&D Foods, Inc. Summer Fresh Pasta 31830, packaged in 8-lb. plastic buckets. The firm name on the label is D&D Foods, Inc., Omaha, NE. | D & D Foods, Inc. | Product has the potential to be contaminated Listeria monocytogenes. | Class I |
All 8 records for D & D Foods, Inc.
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