Class IITerminated · reported 2019-09-25

Ore Ida Spud Bites, packaged in 5lb. plain poly foodservice bags, six bags per case…

McCain Foods USA recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 25 September 2019 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. presence of hard foreign material

The record

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Product: Ore Ida Spud Bites, packaged in 5lb. plain poly foodservice bags, six bags per case, frozen, Case UPC: 1 00 72714 00093 2. SKU: OIF00093A
UPC: 10072714000932
Reason for recall: presence of hard foreign material
Recalling firm: McCain Foods USA
Firm location: Oakbrook Ter, Illinois, United States
Classification: Class II
Status: Terminated
Recall number: F-2231-2019
Quantity: 2,830 cases
Distribution: Foodservice wholesalers and restaurant distribution centers in KS, IN, MS, OH, PA, VA, and PR.
Initiated: 4 September 2019
Reported by FDA: 25 September 2019
Terminated: 30 April 2020
Firm notified by: Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
Product codes: Log Code F190523 with batch number 1003130740 and Log code F190524 with batch number 1003131560.

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 8 months, from 4 September 2019 to termination on 30 April 2020. 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 6 states, 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.

Named in the distribution pattern: Indiana, Mississippi, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Puerto Rico. 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

Foreign material

A foreign material recall means something that is not food was found in food: metal, plastic, glass, wood or insect matter, usually shed by equipment during processing.

A preventive controls plan covers foreign material 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 117.40: Equipment and utensils: plant equipment designed and maintained so it cannot contaminate food with lubricants, fuel, metal fragments or contaminated water.
21 CFR 117.80(c): Manufacturing operations: the measures that protect food from contamination during processing, including the effective ones against metal and other extraneous material.
21 CFR 117.150: Corrective actions: what a facility does when a preventive control was not properly implemented, including identifying and correcting the problem and evaluating the food for safety.

Other records from McCain Foods USA

The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 71 other records name this firm.

Reported	Product	Firm	Reason	Class
2018-10-31	Fire-Roasted Home-Style Green Pepper Strips;: Sold in 20 lb. containers. Brand Name: Jon-Lin¿	McCain Foods USA	During an internal audit at the manufacturing location, it was discovered that finished product had been released on numerous occasions after receiving presumptive positive test results for Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella; confirmation was not conducted.	Class II
2018-10-31	Fire-Roasted 1/2" Diced Onions; Sold in 25 lb. containers. Brand Name:Jon-Lin¿	McCain Foods USA	During an internal audit at the manufacturing location, it was discovered that finished product had been released on numerous occasions after receiving presumptive positive test results for Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella; confirmation was not conducted.	Class II
2018-10-31	Fire Roasted 1/4" Diced Poblanos; Sold in 25 lb. containers. Brand Name: Jon-Lin¿ NatureSmart¿	McCain Foods USA	During an internal audit at the manufacturing location, it was discovered that finished product had been released on numerous occasions after receiving presumptive positive test results for Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella; confirmation was not conducted.	Class II
2018-10-31	Fire Roasted 1/2" Diced Onion/Pepper Blend; Sold in 25 lb. containers. Brand Name: Jon-Lin¿	McCain Foods USA	During an internal audit at the manufacturing location, it was discovered that finished product had been released on numerous occasions after receiving presumptive positive test results for Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella; confirmation was not conducted.	Class II
2018-10-31	Saut¿ed Green Pepper Strips: Sold in 25 lb. containers. Brand Name: Jon-Lin¿	McCain Foods USA	During an internal audit at the manufacturing location, it was discovered that finished product had been released on numerous occasions after receiving presumptive positive test results for Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella; confirmation was not conducted.	Class II
2018-10-31	Saut¿ed Organic Onion Strips; Sold in 25 lb. containers. Brand Name:Jon-Lin¿ NatureSmart¿	McCain Foods USA	During an internal audit at the manufacturing location, it was discovered that finished product had been released on numerous occasions after receiving presumptive positive test results for Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella; confirmation was not conducted.	Class II
2018-10-31	Fire-Roasted Corn & Black Bean Blend; Sold in 2 lb. containers. Brand Name: Jon-Lin¿ NatureSmart¿	McCain Foods USA	During an internal audit at the manufacturing location, it was discovered that finished product had been released on numerous occasions after receiving presumptive positive test results for Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella; confirmation was not conducted.	Class II
2018-10-31	Fire-Roasted Rubio's Fresno Chili ; Sold in 2 lb. containers. Brand Name: Chef Sensations¿	McCain Foods USA	During an internal audit at the manufacturing location, it was discovered that finished product had been released on numerous occasions after receiving presumptive positive test results for Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella; confirmation was not conducted.	Class II
2018-10-31	Fire-Roasted Bell Peppers and Onions Sold in 14 oz. package. Brand Name:Trader Joe's none	McCain Foods USA	During an internal audit at the manufacturing location, it was discovered that finished product had been released on numerous occasions after receiving presumptive positive test results for Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella; confirmation was not conducted.	Class II
2018-10-31	Roasted Vegetable Blend: Sold in 2 lb. . packages. Brand Name: GFGB	McCain Foods USA	During an internal audit at the manufacturing location, it was discovered that finished product had been released on numerous occasions after receiving presumptive positive test results for Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella; confirmation was not conducted.	Class II

All 72 records for McCain Foods USA

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