Lehi Valley Trading Co. recall: Licorice Sticks sold under the following brand names

The recall

Company

Lehi Valley Trading Co. (Mesa, AZ)

Reason, in FDA's words

“We were notified by American Licorice Co. through email that levels for lead above those allowed by the FDA were found during testing. We have voluntarily recalled our entire product purchased from them for the required time range.”

Where it was sold

US States: AZ, NJ, NM, NJ, TX, LA, CA, WI, WA, VT, GA, and FL. No international distribution.

Recall began

September 6, 2012, by the company

FDA classified it

October 16, 2012

First in an FDA Enforcement Report

October 24, 2012

FDA event number

63206

The product recalled

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

• F-0120-2013 Class II

  Licorice Sticks sold under the following brand names: 1) Orange Patch Country Store Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 12 oz. Packaged in plastic bag; 2) Desert Delite Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 12 oz. Packaged in plastic bag; 3) 17th Street Market Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 12 oz. Packaged in plastic bag; 4) Flagstaff Farmers Market Farm Fresh Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 16 oz. Packaged in plastic bag; 5) Farmers Market Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 8 oz., Packaged in plastic bag; 6) AJ's Fine Foods Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 16 oz. Packaged in plastic bag; 7) Schneph Farms Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 8 oz. Packaged in plastic bag; 8) Carlo's Produce Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 16 oz. Packaged in plastic bag; 9) Emery's Berry Patch Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 16 oz. Packaged in plastic bag; 10) Ben Becnel's Fruit Outlet Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 8 oz. Packaged in plastic bag; 11) The Country Store Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 12 oz. Packaged in plastic bag; 12) Woody's SmokehouseLicorice Sticks, New Wt, 8 oz and 12 oz. Packaged in plastic bag; 13) Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site Licorice Sticks, 8 oz; 14) El Rancho Marketplace Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 16 oz. Packaged in plastic bag; 15) Jacob Lake Inn Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 8 oz. Packaged in plastic bag; 16) S&T Enterprises Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 1 lb, Packaged in plastic bag; 17) Arizona Snack Company Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 12 oz, Packaged in plastic bag; 18) Upchurch Candy Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 1 lb, Packaged in plastic bag; 19) Power Road Farmers Market Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 1 lb, Packaged in plastic bag; 20) Mountain Top Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 8 oz, Packaged in plastic bag; 21) Linn's Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 12 oz, Packaged in plastic bag; 22) Rosabella's Garden Bakery Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 4 oz, Packaged in plastic bag; 23) DiiIorio Farms & Roadside Market Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 8 oz, Packaged in plastic bag; 24) Foster's Product and Corn Maze Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 12 oz, Packaged in plastic bag; 25) Carleton Farm ProduceLicorice Sticks, New Wt, 8 oz and 12 oz, Packaged in plastic bag; 26) High Valley Orchard Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 16 oz, Packaged in plastic bag; 27) Murray Farms Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 1 lb, Packaged in plastic bag; 28) Venison World.Com Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 8 oz, Packaged in plastic bag; 29) Panorama Orchards, Inc. Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 8 oz, Packaged in plastic bag; 30) Jay Country Store Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 1 lb, Packaged in plastic bag; 31) Klicker's Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 16 oz, Packaged in plastic bag; 32) Rosie's Farm Market Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 8 oz, Packaged in plastic bag; 33) Stowe Mercantile Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 16 oz, Packaged in plastic bag; 34) Venice Gourmet Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 16 oz, Packaged in plastic bag; 35) Ragged Point Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 4 oz, Packaged in plastic bag; 36) Rawhide at Wild Horse Pass Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 8 oz, Packaged in plastic bag; 37) Petty's Meat Market Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 8 oz, Packaged in plastic bag; 38) Fly High with Pax Snax Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 12 oz, Packaged in plastic bag; 39) Bulk Foods Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 12 oz, Packaged in plastic bag; 40) Guantanamo Bay Gourmet Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 12 oz, Packaged in plastic bag; 41) Newport Harbor Gourmet Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 12 oz, Packaged in plastic bag; 42) Omni Resort Amelia Island Plantation Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 8 oz, Packaged in plastic bag; 43) The Big Easy Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 12 oz, Packaged in plastic bag; 44) Baker's Bay Associates Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 1 lb, Packaged in plastic bag; 45) Arizona Beagle Rescue Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 8 oz, Packaged in plastic bag; 46) Thomas Family Farm Licorice Sticks, New Wt, 4 oz, Packaged in plastic bag;

  Codes: 1) Lot 0080245 and 0082378; 2) Lot 0080004; 3) Lot 0078721, 0085067, and 0081239; 4) 0079221, 0087572, 0084904, 0085398, 0086739, 0087046, 0084165, 0080870, 0080624, and 0082512; 5) Lot 0081294 and 0084453; 6) Lot 0086594, 0085743, 0083970, and 0078875; 7) Lot 0082198; 8) Lot 0085611; 9) Lot 0084498 and 0087230; 10) Lot 0079267l; 11) Lot 0086428, 0084609, 0083481; 0080971, and 0082505; 12) Lot 0087053, 0085253, 0082141,12 oz lots: 0082104, 0087463, 0085694, 0081038, 0084133; 13) Lot 0082299, 0082831, and 0086308; 14) Lot 0086200; 15) Lot 0083767; 16) Lot 0079247, 0079882, 0079656, 0080974, 0080424, 0080162, 0082436, 0081929, 0082184, 0081669, 0081406; 17) Lot 0081455, 0087359, and 0085778; 18) Lot 0084625; 19) Lot 0080277 and 0085536; 20) Lot 0081641; 21) Lot 0087089, 0085763, and 0083603; 22) Lot 0081624; 23) Lot 0084818; 24) Lot 0083720 and 0085577; 25) Lot 0084051, 0084446636, and 0082785; 26) Lot 0082692; 27) Lot 0083835; 28) Lot 0082977; 29) Lot 0087130; 30) Lot 0081515 and...

  Quantity: Amounts distributed are listed in code information.

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 October 24, 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.