Food recall

High Liner Foods Inc. recall: Fishery Products International (FPI) Brand

High Liner Foods Inc., of Portsmouth, NH, recalled Fishery Products International (FPI) Brand. The FDA's reason: “The product was manufactured with Korean Molluscan Shellfish which are considered adulterated as they may have been harvested from polluted waters. FDA revoked approval status for all Molluscan...” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on May 18, 2012, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of August 15, 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 II

It could cause temporary or minor harm

Why

Labeling, packaging or manufacturing problems

Status

Terminated

Closed August 6, 2012

The recall

Company
High Liner Foods Inc. (Portsmouth, NH)
Reason, in FDA's words
“The product was manufactured with Korean Molluscan Shellfish which are considered adulterated as they may have been harvested from polluted waters. FDA revoked approval status for all Molluscan shellfish shippers from South Korea as of May 1, 2012.”
Where it was sold
Nationwide
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
62717

The product recalled

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

  • F-1846-2012 Class II

    Fishery Products International (FPI) Brand : Frozen Breaded Raw Oysters, Net Wt. 10 lbs (4.54 kg) Manufactured by: High Liner Foods, Portsmouth, NH 03801 SKU#: 89695

    Codes: All lot codes from May 2010

    Quantity: 2,048 cases

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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 August 15, 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.