Tastefully Simple, Blackberry Syrup, 12 FL oz ( 360 ml), Item 763905. Ingredients: Corn…
Tastefully Simple, Inc recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 20 May 2015 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Presence of suspected mold in some units.
The record
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- Product
- Tastefully Simple, Blackberry Syrup, 12 FL oz ( 360 ml), Item 763905. Ingredients: Corn syrup, blackberries, cane sugar, lemon juice, natural flavor. Container consists of Glass, flask bottle with black boot seal over cap/neck of bottle. These multi-product items also include Blackberry Syrup: Rise ,n Shine Assortment (Item: 101019). Springtime Celebrations Collection (Item: 100873; Savor Reward Items: 100876, 100885). TS EatWell Product Pack (Item: 100872; Savor Reward Items: 100879, 100878). Seasonal Favorites Product Pack (Item: 100874; Savor Reward Items: 100880, 100881). Large Consultant Assortment - no GWP (Item: 100860). Consultant Seasonal Assortment - Large with GWP (Item: 100862).
- Reason for recall
- Presence of suspected mold in some units.
- Recalling firm
- Tastefully Simple, Inc
- Firm location
- Alexandria, Minnesota, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-2206-2015
- Quantity
- 8,888
- Distribution
- AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, IL, IN, MD, MA, MI, MN,MS,MO, NE, NH, NJ, NY,OH, PA, SC, UT, VA, WA, WI.
- Initiated
- 15 April 2015
- Reported by FDA
- 20 May 2015
- Terminated
- 26 June 2015
- Firm notified by
- Product codes
- Lot Numbers 12182015 and 02032016
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 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 15 April 2015 to termination on 26 June 2015. 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 24 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 5 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: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, Washington, 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
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 fresh produce, sauces, dips and condiments and beverages and juice. 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 Tastefully Simple, Inc
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-12-24 | Product comes in as part of Fabulous Fudge Gift Box. The Gift box contains 2 samples of the recalled product, Cookies & Cream Fudge and 2 samples of a second product not being recalled. The product comes in small plastic container with lid (3.5" x 2.5" x 21.875"). A small spoon is also present in the package. Gift Box Label: Fabulous Fudge, Tastefully Simple, Cookies & Cream Fudge, Creamy Chocolate Fudge, 4 - 2.5 oz cups newt WT 10 oz (280 g), Item #421129. Individual Package Label: tastefully simple, Cookies & Cream Fudge, Net WT 2.5 oz (70 g), Item #758604. | Tastefully Simple, Inc | Tastefully Simple is recalling various lots of Cookie & Cream Fudge(Fabulous Fudge Gift) because the product appears to have mold growing on the small chocolate cookie pieces on the top of the Cookies & Cream Fudge. | Class III |
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