Food recall

Penzeys LTD recall: Vietnamese Cinnamon Extra Fancy, product code 43200, Penzeys Spices, Wauwatosa, WI 53222

Penzeys LTD, of Wauwatosa, WI, recalled Vietnamese Cinnamon Extra Fancy, product code 43200, Penzeys Spices, Wauwatosa, WI 53222. The FDA's reason: “Penzeys received a complaint from a customer who found pieces of glass in bulk Vietnamese Cinnamon.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on January 9, 2013, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of February 13, 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

Metal, plastic, glass or other objects

Status

Terminated

Closed February 21, 2013

The recall

Company
Penzeys LTD (Wauwatosa, WI)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Penzeys received a complaint from a customer who found pieces of glass in bulk Vietnamese Cinnamon.”
Where it was sold
MN, WI, CT, OH.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
64227

The product recalled

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

  • F-0978-2013 Class II

    Vietnamese Cinnamon Extra Fancy, product code 43200, Penzeys Spices, Wauwatosa, WI 53222. to be completed

    Codes: 1454800

    Quantity: 47 lbs.

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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 February 13, 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.