Native Texan HATCH GREEN CHILE QUESO SALSA, NET WT. 16 OZ (1 LB) 453g; DISTRIBUTED BY…
Creative Foodworks, Inc recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 3 September 2014 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Undeclared Wheat due to a supplier's inadvertent use of a wheat product instead of whey in preparing the cheese pre-mix for the recalling firm.
The record
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- Product
- Native Texan HATCH GREEN CHILE QUESO SALSA, NET WT. 16 OZ (1 LB) 453g; DISTRIBUTED BY Native Texan Food Co. Box 50583, Austin 78763 www.NATIVETEXAN1836.com
- Reason for recall
- Undeclared Wheat due to a supplier's inadvertent use of a wheat product instead of whey in preparing the cheese pre-mix for the recalling firm.
- Recalling firm
- Creative Foodworks, Inc
- Firm location
- San Antonio, Texas, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-2376-2014
- Quantity
- 9270 jars 1,545 cases of 6/16 oz jars)
- Distribution
- TX, GA
- Initiated
- 25 February 2014
- Reported by FDA
- 3 September 2014
- Terminated
- 4 December 2014
- Firm notified by
- Product codes
- Lot # 225afd3A, Exp Date 8/13/2015; 225afd3B, Exp Date 8/13/2015; 262afd3A, Exp Date 9/19/2015; 262afd3B,Exp Date 9/19/2015; 290afd3A,Exp Date 10/17/2015; 006afd4A, Exp Date 1/6/2016
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 5 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 5 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 5. All 5 of them are listed on this page.
- The recall ran for 9 months, from 25 February 2014 to termination on 4 December 2014. 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 6 months after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of cheese run a median of 7 months, so this one was longer than usual for its category. Cheese dominates Listeria recalls among dairy products because soft and semi-soft varieties hold enough moisture for the organism to grow at refrigeration temperature, and because most are eaten without any further cooking step.
Named in the distribution pattern: Texas, Georgia. 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
Undeclared allergens
An undeclared allergen recall means a food contained one of the major allergens and the label did not say so, either because the wrong label was applied or because an ingredient carried an allergen nobody traced.
A preventive controls plan covers an undeclared allergen 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 117.135(c)(2)
- Food allergen controls: the written preventive controls that keep an allergen out of a food it does not belong in, and that get the allergens present onto the label.
- 21 CFR 101.4
- Ingredient declaration: every ingredient listed by its common name, in descending order of predominance, on the label of a packaged food.
- 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.
The allergens named in this record: milk, wheat.
Filed under cheese and sauces, dips and condiments. A product can sit in more than one.
Every product in this recall
The FDA opened 5 enforcement records for this one recall, one per product code. This page carries all of them; the 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-09-03 | CRAZY JERRY"S DA BIG CHEESE; NET WT. 16 OZ. ( 1 LB.) 454g; Prepared for Crazy Jerry's Inc. P.O. Box 891 Roswell, GA 30077 | Creative Foodworks, Inc | Undeclared Wheat due to a supplier's inadvertent use of a wheat product instead of whey in preparing the cheese pre-mix for the recalling firm. | Class II |
| 2014-09-03 | SILVER STAR; TEX-MEX QUESO; CHIPOTLE QUESO; Medium Dip; NET WT. 16 OZ; (453g); Brought To You By: Silver Star Salsas; Box 50583; Austin, TX 78763 | Creative Foodworks, Inc | Undeclared Wheat due to a supplier's inadvertent use of a wheat product instead of whey in preparing the cheese pre-mix for the recalling firm. | Class II |
| 2014-09-03 | NATIVE TEXAN QUESO; NACHO; Medium; NATIVE TEXAN FOOD Co.; NET WT 16oz 453g 1LB.; NATIVE TEXAN FOOD CO. box 50583, Austin TX 78763 www.NativeTexan1836.com | Creative Foodworks, Inc | Undeclared Wheat due to a supplier's inadvertent use of a wheat product instead of whey in preparing the cheese pre-mix for the recalling firm. | Class II |
| 2014-09-03 | Central Market HATCH GREEN CHILE QUESO SALSA, NET WT. 16 OZ (1 LB) 454g; DISTRIBUTED BY H-E-B CENTRAL MARKET, AUSTIN, TX 78735 | Creative Foodworks, Inc | Undeclared Wheat due to a supplier's inadvertent use of a wheat product instead of whey in preparing the cheese pre-mix for the recalling firm. | Class II |
Other cheese 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 Creative Foodworks, Inc
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 56 other records name this firm.
All 57 records for Creative Foodworks, Inc
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21 CFR 117.135(c)(2) is the clause behind this recall, and it is one somebody has to produce evidence for at their next audit. Krolda maps supplier documents to the clause they satisfy in FSSC 22000, IFS Food and 21 CFR 117, and routes the corrective action when the evidence is missing.
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