Food recall

Hong Chang Corporation recall: Hokkai Frozen Half Shell Oyster

Hong Chang Corporation, of Santa Fe Springs, CA, recalled Hokkai Frozen Half Shell Oyster and 3 other products. The FDA's reason: “The product has been prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions wherby it may have become contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on June 25, 2012, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of May 22, 2013. The FDA has closed the recall: it found the company did all it reasonably could to remove or correct the product.

How serious

Class II

It could cause temporary or minor harm

Why

Other germs or toxins (botulism, hepatitis A, mold...)

Status

Terminated

Closed September 5, 2014

The recall

Company
Hong Chang Corporation (Santa Fe Springs, CA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“The product has been prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions wherby it may have become contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health.”
Where it was sold
US.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
51888

The 4 products recalled

As the FDA describes them, with the codes that tell whether a package is part of the recall.

  • F-1387-2013 Class II

    Hokkai Frozen Half Shell Oyster, 144 pcs/case.

    Codes: No codes.

  • F-1388-2013 Class II

    Hokkai Tiny Oyster Meat I.Q.F., 40x8 oz

    Codes: No codes.

    Quantity: unknown

  • F-1389-2013 Class II

    Hokkai Medium/Large Size Oyster Meat I.Q.F., 4 lbs x 6.

    Codes: No codes.

  • F-1390-2013 Class II

    Hokkai Large Size Oyster Meat I.Q.F., 1 lb x 20, 3 lbs x 8, 1 lb x 30.

    Codes: No codes.

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Source and notes

U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data) (Public domain (U.S. government work); source U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA), data as of May 22, 2013.

Each week the FDA lists the recalls it has classified in its Enforcement Report, often weeks after the company announced the recall, so a month with five weekly reports tends to count more. Each recall counts once, however many products it covers, in the month FDA first listed it. Class I means the food could cause serious harm or death, Class II temporary or minor harm, and Class III is unlikely to harm anyone. Meat, poultry and most egg products are recalled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, not the FDA, and aren't included. For what to do with a recalled product, see the FDA's recalls page.