Food recall

Bumble Bee International recall: Brunswick and Bumble Bee Brand 5oz Chunk Light Tuna in Water.

Bumble Bee International, of San Diego, CA, recalled Brunswick and Bumble Bee Brand 5oz Chunk Light Tuna in Water. and 2 other products. The FDA's reason: “Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, has issued a voluntary recall on specific codes of 5-ounce Chunk White Albacore and Chunk Light Tuna products. The recall has been issued because the products do not meet the...” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on March 1, 2013, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of April 10, 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

Other germs or toxins (botulism, hepatitis A, mold...)

Status

Terminated

Closed October 22, 2013

The recall

Company
Bumble Bee International (San Diego, CA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, has issued a voluntary recall on specific codes of 5-ounce Chunk White Albacore and Chunk Light Tuna products. The recall has been issued because the products do not meet the companys standards for seal tightness.”
Where it was sold
US states nationwide.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
64536

The 3 products recalled

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

  • F-1288-2013 Class II

    Brunswick and Bumble Bee Brand 5oz Chunk Light Tuna in Water.

    Codes: Lot Code & Best By Date 3014SAECLP 1/14/2016 3015SA1CLP 1/15/2016 3015SA2CLP 1/15/2016 3015SA3CLP 1/15/2016 3015SA4CLP 1/15/2016 3015SA5CLP 1/15/2016 3015SAACLP 1/15/2016 3015SABCLP 1/15/2016 3015SACCLP 1/15/2016 3015SADCLP 1/15/2016 3015SAECLP 1/15/2016 3016SB1CLP 1/16/2016 3016SB2CLP 1/16/2016 3016SB3CLP 1/16/2016 3016SB4CLP 1/16/2016 3016SBACLP 1/16/2016 3016SBBCLP 1/16/2016 3016SBCCLP 1/16/2016 3016SBDCLP 1/16/2016 3016SBECLP 1/16/2016 3017SB1CLP 1/17/2016 3017SB3CLP 1/17/2016 3017SB4CLP 1/17/2016 3017SB5CLP 1/17/2016 3017SB6CLP 1/17/2016 3017SBACLP 1/17/2016 3017SBBCLP 1/17/2016 3017SBCCLP 1/17/2016 3017SBDCLP 1/17/2016 3017SBECLP 1/17/2016 3018SB1CLP 1/18/2016 3018SB2CLP 1/18/2016 3018SB4CLP 1/18/2016 3018SB5CLP 1/18/2016 3018SBACLP 1/18/2016 3018SBBCLP 1/18/2016 3018SBCCLP 1/18/2016 3018SBDCLP 1/18/2016 3018SBECLP 1/18/2016

    Quantity: 37,482 cases

  • F-1289-2013 Class II

    Bumble Bee Brand 5oz Chunk Light Tuna in Vegetable Oil

    Codes: Lot Code & Best By Date 3016SA1CLH 1/16/2018 3016SA5CLH 1/16/2018 3016SAACLH 1/16/2018 3016SABCLH 1/16/2018 3016SACCLH 1/16/2018 3016SADCLH 1/16/2018 3016SAECLH 1/16/2018 3016SAFCLH 1/16/2018 3016SAFCLH 1/18/2018

    Quantity: 9940 cases

  • F-1290-2013 Class II

    Bumble Bee Brand 5oz Chunk White Albacore in Water

    Codes: Lot Code & Best By Date 3016SA2CKP 1/16/2016 3016SA3CKP 1/16/2016 3016SA4CKP 1/16/2016 3017SA1CKP 1/17/2016 3017SA2CKP 1/17/2016 3017SA3CKP 1/17/2016 3017SA4CKP 1/17/2016 3017SA5CKP 1/17/2016 3017SADCKP 1/17/2016 3017SAECKP 1/17/2016 3017SAFCKP 1/17/2016 3017SABCKP 1/17/2016 3017SAACKP 1/17/2016 3017SACCKP 1/17/2016 3017SB2.CKP 1/17/2016

    Quantity: 6692 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 April 10, 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.