Food recall

Deep Foods Inc recall: Deep Best Quality Dry Garlic Chutney (Thechaa)

Deep Foods Inc, of Union, NJ, recalled Deep Best Quality Dry Garlic Chutney (Thechaa). The FDA's reason: “Unapproved dye in product (Rhodamine B - Basic Violet 10).” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on December 27, 2012, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of March 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

Labeling, packaging or manufacturing problems

Status

Terminated

Closed August 6, 2013

The recall

Company
Deep Foods Inc (Union, NJ)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Unapproved dye in product (Rhodamine B - Basic Violet 10).”
Where it was sold
27 states (Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
64284

The product recalled

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

  • F-1051-2013 Class II

    Deep Best Quality Dry Garlic Chutney (Thechaa); Net Wt. 4 OZ.; UPC 011433111201; Deep Foods, Inc. Union, NJ 07083

    Codes: UPC 011433111201

    Quantity: 7000 units per month

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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 March 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.