Class ITerminated · reported 2012-08-29

Organic Pinenut, 25 kg, Product of China

Specialty Commodities, Inc. recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 29 August 2012 as Class I. The recall was initiated by the firm. A customer of Specialty Commodities reported that they found peanuts in a container of pine nuts.

The record

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Product: Organic Pinenut, 25 kg, Product of China
Reason for recall: A customer of Specialty Commodities reported that they found peanuts in a container of pine nuts.
Recalling firm: Specialty Commodities, Inc.
Firm location: Fargo, North Dakota, United States
Classification: Class I
Status: Terminated
Recall number: F-1990-2012
Quantity: 541 - 25kg containers
Distribution: CA, MN NJ, NY, OR, PA, SC, and Canada
Initiated: 3 August 2012
Reported by FDA: 29 August 2012
Terminated: 11 April 2016
Firm notified by: Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
Product codes: Mfg Lot No: 97638

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 3.7 years, from 3 August 2012 to termination on 11 April 2016. 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 5 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 4 weeks after the firm began the recall.
The product description on this record names no food this site can classify, so it appears on no food-type page. That is a limit of the description rather than of the recall.

Named in the distribution pattern: California, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina. Those pages count recalls by where the RECALLING FIRM sits, which is a different question from where this product went.

Other records from Specialty Commodities, Inc.

The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 5 other records name this firm.

Reported	Product	Firm	Reason	Class
2016-04-27	Almonds, dry roasted, not salted, packaged in 25 lb. cardboard cartons	Specialty Commodities, Inc.	Cashews were mixed with almonds but allergen was not declared on outside packaging.	Class II
2016-03-16	Heartland Flax Meal, Net Wt. 50 lbs.	Specialty Commodities, Inc.	Specialty Commodities, Inc. is recalling a specific lot of Flax Meal that may be contaminated with Salmonella typhimurium.	Class I
2014-09-24	Thien Minh Cashew Kernels, Net Wt. 50 lb. Product of Vietnam	Specialty Commodities, Inc.	The Cashew Pieces have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.	Class I
2013-03-06	Egyptian Parsley Flakes, Weight: 10kg Net.	Specialty Commodities, Inc.	Specialty Commodities was notified by a customer that they had found Parsley Flakes to be positive for Salmonella.	Class I
2012-10-24	Macadamia Nuts Style 2, RAW, SHELLED. DESCRIPTION OF CARTON FROM GUATEMALA: LOT 2 70 JUNE 25/12 423, 43 1 NORMAL/BIG .	Specialty Commodities, Inc.	Specialty Commodities Inc., is recalling product due to potential contamination with Salmonella.	Class I

All 6 records for Specialty Commodities, Inc.

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