Lemongrass Satay, Net: 9oz (265gr), 12units/case and 1/2 gallon, 6 units/case
TP Food Processing Inc. recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 3 May 2017 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. TP Food Processing, Inc. is recalling Lemongrass Satay and Shrimp Satay because the acidified sauces were not properly produced making them susceptible to contamination with Clostridium botulinum.
The record
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- Product
- Lemongrass Satay, Net: 9oz (265gr), 12units/case and 1/2 gallon, 6 units/case
- Reason for recall
- TP Food Processing, Inc. is recalling Lemongrass Satay and Shrimp Satay because the acidified sauces were not properly produced making them susceptible to contamination with Clostridium botulinum.
- Recalling firm
- TP Food Processing Inc.
- Firm location
- Westminster, California, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-2096-2017
- Quantity
- 4,140 units
- Distribution
- CA
- Initiated
- 15 April 2017
- Reported by FDA
- 3 May 2017
- Terminated
- 26 July 2017
- Firm notified by
- Press Release
- Product codes
- Lemongrass Satay 9oz Lot # 0612515 BBF Dec. 17 Lot# 027516 BBF Jul. 18 Lot #0411516 BBF Nov. 18 Lot# 0712516 BBF Dec. 18 Lemongrass Satay 1/2 Gallon Lot# 027516 BBF July. 18
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. All 2 of them are listed on this page.
- The recall ran for 3 months, from 15 April 2017 to termination on 26 July 2017. 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 1 state, and the FDA published the enforcement report 3 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.
What this recall was for
Clostridium botulinum
Clostridium botulinum recalls are recalls of the process, not of a test result: the organism produces its toxin without oxygen, so a low-acid food in a sealed container that missed its scheduled process is recalled whether or not toxin was ever found.
A preventive controls plan covers a botulism risk 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 113
- Thermally processed low-acid foods in hermetically sealed containers: the scheduled process, its establishment by a competent authority, and the records proving every container received it.
- 21 CFR 108.35
- Emergency permit control: the registration and process filing a low-acid canned food processor must hold before it may operate.
Every product in this recall
The FDA opened 2 enforcement records for this one recall, one per product code. This page carries all of them; the 1 below each have their own page with that product’s lot codes and distribution, and search engines are pointed here for the recall as a whole.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-03 | Shrimp Satay Hot Dry Shrimp-Chili Sauce, Net: 6 and 9oz , 12 units/case | TP Food Processing Inc. | TP Food Processing, Inc. is recalling Lemongrass Satay and Shrimp Satay because the acidified sauces were not properly produced making them susceptible to contamination with Clostridium botulinum. | Class II |
Other records from TP Food Processing Inc.
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-03 | Shrimp Satay Hot Dry Shrimp-Chili Sauce, Net: 6 and 9oz , 12 units/case | TP Food Processing Inc. | TP Food Processing, Inc. is recalling Lemongrass Satay and Shrimp Satay because the acidified sauces were not properly produced making them susceptible to contamination with Clostridium botulinum. | Class II |
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