Food recall

Camerican International recall: Smoked Oysters In cottonseed oil sold under the following brand names

Camerican International, of Paramus, NJ, recalled Smoked Oysters In cottonseed oil sold under the following brand names and 2 other products. The FDA's reason: “Inspectional evidence and sample analyses as well as reports of food borne illness outbreaks due to norovirus have led FDA to believe that Korean molluscan shellfish and products containing KMS as...” The FDA classified it Class III: it is unlikely to cause harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on May 29, 2012, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of June 27, 2012. The FDA has closed the recall: it found the company did all it reasonably could to remove or correct the product.

How serious

Class III

It is unlikely to cause harm

Why

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

Status

Terminated

Closed June 21, 2013

The recall

Company
Camerican International (Paramus, NJ)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Inspectional evidence and sample analyses as well as reports of food borne illness outbreaks due to norovirus have led FDA to believe that Korean molluscan shellfish and products containing KMS as ingredients are adulterated under Section 40(a)(4) in that they were prepared and held under insanitary conditions, whereby they may have become contaminated with filth or whereby they may have been rend”
Where it was sold
Nationwide
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
62285

The 3 products recalled

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

  • F-1454-2012 Class III

    Smoked Oysters In cottonseed oil sold under the following brand names: 1) Fredmeyer Smoked Oysters In cottonseed oil Net Wt 3.75 oz (106 g) Distributed by Inter-American Products, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202, Product of Korea; 2) Ralph's Smoked Oysters In Cottonseed Oil Distributed by Inter-American Products Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 Product of Korea; 3) Kroger Smoked Oysters In cottonseed oil , Distributed by the Kroger Co., Cincinnati, OH 45202, Product of Korea

    Codes: All lots and UPCs Best by date 2013

    Quantity: 1) 4600 units; 2) 7112 units; 3) 63,884 units

  • F-1455-2012 Class III

    Whole Oysters in Water under the following brand names: 1) Ralph's Whole Oysters in Water, Net Wt. 8 OZ (226 g) Distributed by Inter-American Products, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202, Product of Korea; 2) Kroger Whole Oysters in Water Net Wt. 8 OZ (226g) Distributed by the Kroger Co., Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

    Codes: All lots and UPCs

    Quantity: 1) 2709 units; 2) 17,715 units

  • F-1456-2012 Class III

    Northern Catch Fancy Whole Oysters Net Wt. 8 OZ (227g) Distributed by the Aldi Inc., Batavia, IL 60510 Product of Korea

    Codes: OBYL MY7 0427, OBYL MY7 0503, OBYL MY7 0507, OBYL MY7 0512, OBYL MY7 0515, OBYL MY7 0518, OBYL MY7 0519, OBYL MY7 0521, OBYL MY7 0524, OBYL MY39 0505, OBYL MY39 0506, OBYL MY39 0511, OBYL MY39 0513, OBYL SY7 0422, OBYL SY7 0429, OBYL SY7 0521, OBYL SY7 0524, OBYL SY7 0525, OBYL SY39 0510, OBYL SY39 0512, OBYL TY7 0426, OBYL TY7 0427, OBYL TY7 0501, OBYL TY7 0521

    Quantity: 95000 units

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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 June 27, 2012.

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.