Frozen Yellowfin tuna cubes, random; Individually vacuum packed; 15 lb. case.
Hilo Fish Company Inc recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 14 June 2017 as Class I. The recall was initiated by the firm. Independent lab testing found positive results for Hepatitis A in tuna products.
The record
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- Product
- Frozen Yellowfin tuna cubes, random; Individually vacuum packed; 15 lb. case. Product of the Philippines; Brand - Krimson Product; UPC 10664183002946 Ingredient: - Frozen Tuna and tasteless smoke - to promote color retention. Imported by Hilo Fish Company Inc., Honolulu, HI.
- UPC
- 10664183002946
- Reason for recall
- Independent lab testing found positive results for Hepatitis A in tuna products.
- Recalling firm
- Hilo Fish Company Inc
- Firm location
- Hilo, Hawaii, United States
- Classification
- Class I
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-2329-2017
- Quantity
- 199 cases , 15 x 1 lb. packages per case.
- Distribution
- CA, , TX,
- Initiated
- 17 May 2017
- Reported by FDA
- 14 June 2017
- Terminated
- 28 September 2017
- Firm notified by
- Letter
- Product codes
- Production date code: 705342, Lot number: 173448; Expiration dates: 2019-04-01
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 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 4 months, from 17 May 2017 to termination on 28 September 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 2 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 4 weeks after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of fish or seafood run a median of 5 months, so this one was about typical 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.
Named in the distribution pattern: California, Texas. 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
Viral and parasitic contamination
Hepatitis A, norovirus and Cyclospora recalls trace back to a person or to water rather than to the process: an infected food handler, or produce irrigated or washed with contaminated water.
A preventive controls plan covers viral or parasitic contamination 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 117.10
- Personnel: the hygiene practices, and the exclusion of anyone with an illness or open lesion that could contaminate food, that a facility must require.
- 21 CFR 112
- Produce safety: the agricultural water, worker health and hygiene standards for farms growing produce eaten raw.
- 21 CFR 117 subpart G
- Supply-chain programme: the approval and verification a receiving facility runs on a supplier when the hazard is controlled before the ingredient arrives.
Filed under fish and seafood. 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.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-14 | Tuna Steaks, 8 oz. individually vacuum packed bags; Krimson Brand, Product of Vietnam; 10 lb. cases; Ingredients: frozen tuna and tasteless smoke to promote color retention. UPC: 10664183000751 | Hilo Fish Company Inc | Independent lab testing found positive results for Hepatitis A in tuna products. | Class I |
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.
Other records from Hilo Fish Company Inc
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-14 | Tuna Steaks, 8 oz. individually vacuum packed bags; Krimson Brand, Product of Vietnam; 10 lb. cases; Ingredients: frozen tuna and tasteless smoke to promote color retention. UPC: 10664183000751 | Hilo Fish Company Inc | Independent lab testing found positive results for Hepatitis A in tuna products. | Class I |
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