Food recall

Specialty Commodities, Inc. recall: Organic Pinenut

Specialty Commodities, Inc., of Fargo, ND, recalled Organic Pinenut. The FDA's reason: “A customer of Specialty Commodities reported that they found peanuts in a container of pine nuts.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on August 3, 2012, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of August 29, 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 I

It could cause serious harm or death

Why

See FDA's words below

Status

Terminated

Closed April 11, 2016

The recall

Company
Specialty Commodities, Inc. (Fargo, ND)
Reason, in FDA's words
“A customer of Specialty Commodities reported that they found peanuts in a container of pine nuts.”
Where it was sold
CA, MN NJ, NY, OR, PA, SC, and Canada
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
62782

The product recalled

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

  • F-1990-2012 Class I

    Organic Pinenut, 25 kg, Product of China

    Codes: Mfg Lot No: 97638

    Quantity: 541 - 25kg containers

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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 29, 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.