Product Name: Walnuts 160z. Brand Name: Markets of Meijer Meijer Distribution, Inc.
Meijer Distribution, Inc recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 3 October 2012 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. The firm was notified by a produce manager at one of the store locations that some of the bags from this lot of product contain pecans in addition to walnuts. Pecans are not listed in the ingredient statement and are not called out as an allergen.
The record
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Product
Product Name: Walnuts 160z. Brand Name: Markets of Meijer Meijer Distribution, Inc. Grand Rapids, MI49544 UPC 8-8692619782-2
UPC
886926197822
Reason for recall
The firm was notified by a produce manager at one of the store locations that some of the bags from this lot of product contain pecans in addition to walnuts. Pecans are not listed in the ingredient statement and are not called out as an allergen.
Up to 199 Meijer stores located in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio may have received product from Meijer distribution centers.
Initiated
28 August 2012
Reported by FDA
3 October 2012
Terminated
27 August 2013
Firm notified by
Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
Product codes
Lot Number: 08 2150
Reading this record
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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 12 months, from 28 August 2012 to termination on 27 August 2013. 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 5 weeks after the firm began the recall.
Recalls of nuts or seeds run a median of 7 months, so this one was longer than usual for its category. Nuts and seeds carry both hazards at once: they are a major allergen in their own right, and as a low-moisture food they hold Salmonella for months without supporting its growth, which is why a nut butter recall can trace to a lot pressed a year earlier.
Filed under nuts and seeds. A product can sit in more than one.
Other nuts and seeds recalls
These are the closest records in the corpus: the same kind of food. Unlike the firm’s own records below, they come from different companies, which is what makes them a pattern rather than a history.
The firm is announcing a voluntary recall of select Meijer branded Greek and Low-fat yogurt as a precautionary measure due to the potential risk of small particles of glass.
The firm is announcing a voluntary recall of select Meijer branded Greek and Low-fat yogurt as a precautionary measure due to the potential risk of small particles of glass.
The firm is announcing a voluntary recall of select Meijer branded Greek and Low-fat yogurt as a precautionary measure due to the potential risk of small particles of glass.
The firm is announcing a voluntary recall of select Meijer branded Greek and Low-fat yogurt as a precautionary measure due to the potential risk of small particles of glass.
The firm is announcing a voluntary recall of select Meijer branded Greek and Low-fat yogurt as a precautionary measure due to the potential risk of small particles of glass.
The firm is announcing a voluntary recall of select Meijer branded Greek and Low-fat yogurt as a precautionary measure due to the potential risk of small particles of glass.
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