Class IITerminated · reported 2019-09-18

Cracked Pepper Chicken of the Sea Wild-Caught Pink Salmon Skinless and Boneless, 2.5 oz…

Tri-Union Frozen Products, Inc. recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 18 September 2019 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Customer reported that a small percentage of pouches of Salmon to be bloated. Testing found that bloating was due to production of CO2 as a result of microbial activity of non-heat resistant non-spore forming mesophilic aerobic or facultative spoilage organisms.

The record

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Product: Cracked Pepper Chicken of the Sea Wild-Caught Pink Salmon Skinless and Boneless, 2.5 oz (70 g) pouch: Shelf Stable UPC 0 48000 01179 4 and 0 480000 11817 7 individual pouch; UPC 1 00 48000 01179 1 - Case Chicken of the Sea International El Segundo, CA Product of Thailand.
UPC: 048000011794
Reason for recall: Customer reported that a small percentage of pouches of Salmon to be bloated. Testing found that bloating was due to production of CO2 as a result of microbial activity of non-heat resistant non-spore forming mesophilic aerobic or facultative spoilage organisms.
Recalling firm: Tri-Union Frozen Products, Inc.
Firm location: El Segundo, California, United States
Classification: Class II
Status: Terminated
Recall number: F-2147-2019
Quantity: 576 cases both flavors
Distribution: West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Initiated: 9 August 2019
Reported by FDA: 18 September 2019
Terminated: 23 September 2019
Firm notified by: Letter
Product codes: 4800001179 SCB1P J5P21 4800001179 SCB1P J5T11 Expiry dates: 5/15/2021; 5/21/2021//24/2021, 5/27/2021, 5/28/2021; 6/4/2021, 6/8/2021, 6/8/2021.

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 6 weeks, from 9 August 2019 to termination on 23 September 2019. 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 fish or seafood run a median of 5 months, so this one was shorter than usual for its category. Fish and fishery products are the one food category with their own HACCP regulation in the United States, 21 CFR part 123, because the hazards are species-specific: histamine in scombroid fish, ciguatera in reef fish, and Listeria in cold-smoked products.

What this recall was for

Spoilage and mould

A spoilage recall means the food degraded before its date: mould growth, unintended fermentation, swelling or rancidity, usually traced to a seal, a formulation or a storage temperature.

A preventive controls plan covers spoilage 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 117.93: Warehousing and distribution: storage and transport under conditions that protect food against contamination and against deterioration of the food and its container.
21 CFR 117.80(b)(3): Time and temperature: holding food at temperatures that do not allow microorganisms to grow, and for no longer than the process allows.

Filed under fish and seafood, meat and poultry and spices and seasonings. A product can sit in more than one.

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.

The other 1 records of FDA event 83670
Reported	Product	Firm	Reason	Class
2019-09-18	Lemon Chive Chicken of the Sea Wild-Caught Pink Salmon Skinless and Boneless, 2.5 oz (70 g) pouch: Shelf Stable UPC 0 48000 01179 4 and 0 480000 11817 7 individual pouch; UPC 1 00 48000 01179 1 - Case Chicken of the Sea International El Segundo, CA Product of Thailand.	Tri-Union Frozen Products, Inc.	Customer reported that a small percentage of pouches of Salmon to be bloated. Testing found that bloating was due to production of CO2 as a result of microbial activity of non-heat resistant non-spore forming mesophilic aerobic or facultative spoilage organisms.	Class II

Other fish and seafood 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.

Reported	Product	Firm	Reason	Class
2025-10-22	Bona Fish	Vicky IT Inc.	Fish is un-eviscerated (may be contaminated with Clostridia botulinum), is contaminated with mold, and contains filth (insect larvae)	Class I
2024-09-11	Item 71117.02008, Reser's American Classics Scalloped Potatoes, refrigerated product, net wt. 12oz. There are 6 packs per case.	Reser's Fine Foods, Inc.	Product may become spoiled due to temperature abuse. The temperature abuse was the result of a malfunctioning refrigeration unit on trailer #184.	Class II
2024-09-11	Item 71117.14378, Baked Scalloped Potatoes Special Request, refrigerated product, net wt. 2.5lb. There are 8 packs per case.	Reser's Fine Foods, Inc.	Product may become spoiled due to temperature abuse. The temperature abuse was the result of a malfunctioning refrigeration unit on trailer #184.	Class II
2020-10-28	Solid White Albacore Tuna in Water; Sold under brand names of Bumble Bee and Kirkland Signature: Bumble Bee NET WT 8-7 oz. (198g) Total 56 oz. (3 lbs 8 oz) 1.59 kg); DR WT 8-5.2 oz. (144g_ total 40..8 oz (2 lb 9 oz) (1.15 kg); For Case UPC 86600-23061, the 8 Pack film UPC is 8660023061, can label UPC is 86600-23059 Kirkland Signature NET WT 8-7 oz. (198g) Total 56 oz. (3 lbs 8 oz) 1.59 kg); DR WT 8-5,4 oz (153g) Total 43.2 oz. (2.7 lbs.) (1.22 kg); For Case UPC 9661933523, the 8-Pack film label UPC is UPC 96619-33523, can label UPC is 96619-97781	Bumble Bee Foods, LLC	During labeling, swollen cans of tuna were found. Two UPC codes for product distributed to one customer did not show signs of swelling but was produced on the same shift as cans that did.	Class II
2019-09-18	Lemon Chive Chicken of the Sea Wild-Caught Pink Salmon Skinless and Boneless, 2.5 oz (70 g) pouch: Shelf Stable UPC 0 48000 01179 4 and 0 480000 11817 7 individual pouch; UPC 1 00 48000 01179 1 - Case Chicken of the Sea International El Segundo, CA Product of Thailand.	Tri-Union Frozen Products, Inc.	Customer reported that a small percentage of pouches of Salmon to be bloated. Testing found that bloating was due to production of CO2 as a result of microbial activity of non-heat resistant non-spore forming mesophilic aerobic or facultative spoilage organisms.	Class II
2018-05-09	AF CRAB CAKE 7OZ CRAB CAKES; UPC: 85239064658 Target item number: 270-6-465	Target Corporation	Shipping container from CA to HI was not held at proper temperature which could cause food items to be contaminated with spoilage organisms or pathogens	Class II
2018-05-09	Sea Cuisine Pan Sear Teriyaki Sesame Salmon - 9 oz UPC: 35493014678 Target item number: 210-7-14	Target Corporation	Shipping container from CA to HI was not held at proper temperature which could cause food items to be contaminated with spoilage organisms or pathogens	Class II
2018-05-09	Gorton's Simply Bake Shrimp Scampi - 8.2oz UPC: 44400125604 Target item number: 210-7-80	Target Corporation	Shipping container from CA to HI was not held at proper temperature which could cause food items to be contaminated with spoilage organisms or pathogens	Class II

Other records from Tri-Union Frozen Products, Inc.

The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event.

Reported	Product	Firm	Reason	Class
2022-12-28	King Oscar Anchovies Flat Fillet in Olive Oil 2 oz. can 18 cans per carton UPC number: 3480060061 Ingredients: Anchovies, Olive Oil, Salt. Packed in Peru Distributed by: Tri-Union Seafoods, LLC, El Segundo, CA 90245 USA	Tri-Union Frozen Products Inc	Anchovies found to have elevated levels of histamine	Class II
2019-09-18	Lemon Chive Chicken of the Sea Wild-Caught Pink Salmon Skinless and Boneless, 2.5 oz (70 g) pouch: Shelf Stable UPC 0 48000 01179 4 and 0 480000 11817 7 individual pouch; UPC 1 00 48000 01179 1 - Case Chicken of the Sea International El Segundo, CA Product of Thailand.	Tri-Union Frozen Products, Inc.	Customer reported that a small percentage of pouches of Salmon to be bloated. Testing found that bloating was due to production of CO2 as a result of microbial activity of non-heat resistant non-spore forming mesophilic aerobic or facultative spoilage organisms.	Class II

All 3 records for Tri-Union Frozen Products, Inc.

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