Product is packaged in a cardboard box and labeled in part, "SOUTHERN HOME Mozzarella…
Great American Appetizers, Inc. recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 1 October 2014 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Incorrect declaration of allergens. The ingredient label properly lists the wheat allergen but the "Contains" statement does not.
The record
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- Product
- Product is packaged in a cardboard box and labeled in part, "SOUTHERN HOME Mozzarella Sticks***CONTAINS: WHEY, MILK, EGG, SOY***DISTRIBUTED BY SOUTHERN HOME P.O.BOX 99 MAULDIN, SC 29662***" 6/case 30oz UPC 607880027150
- UPC
- 607880027150
- Reason for recall
- Incorrect declaration of allergens. The ingredient label properly lists the wheat allergen but the "Contains" statement does not.
- Recalling firm
- Great American Appetizers, Inc.
- Firm location
- Nampa, Idaho, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-2522-2014
- Quantity
- 2696 cases; 6 per case.
- Distribution
- Product was distributed to a DC in Greenville SC. It was further distributed to retail stores under the authority of Topco. owner of the product.
- Initiated
- 29 July 2014
- Reported by FDA
- 1 October 2014
- Terminated
- 10 March 2015
- Firm notified by
- Telephone
- Product codes
- Lot Codes: 14083602, 14083702, 14083602, 13356402, 14083602 and 14157402. BEST IF USED BY 9 2015; BEST IF USED BY 12 2015.
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 7 months, from 29 July 2014 to termination on 10 March 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 FDA published the enforcement report 2 months after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of cheese run a median of 7 months, so this one was about typical 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.
Filed under cheese, milk and dairy and eggs. A product can sit in more than one.
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Other records from Great American Appetizers, Inc.
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