Food recall

Hines Nut Co recall: Roasted and Salted In Shell Pistachio Nuts, repackaged into 48 ounce red topped gift jars labeled "Orchard Fresh HINES"

Hines Nut Co, of Dallas, TX, recalled Roasted and Salted In Shell Pistachio Nuts, repackaged into 48 ounce red topped gift jars labeled "Orchard Fresh HINES". The FDA's reason: “The product recall is being initiated because the product has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on June 11, 2013, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of July 17, 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 I

It could cause serious harm or death

Why

Salmonella

Status

Terminated

Closed December 15, 2014

The recall

Company
Hines Nut Co (Dallas, TX)
Reason, in FDA's words
“The product recall is being initiated because the product has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.”
Where it was sold
AR, MN, PA, and TX
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
65448

The product recalled

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

  • F-1658-2013 Class I

    Roasted and Salted In Shell Pistachio Nuts, repackaged into 48 ounce red topped gift jars labeled "Orchard Fresh HINES"; 16 ounce trays labeled "Natural Pistachios, Roasted and Salted"; and 16 ounce bags labeled "Hines Natural Pistachios".

    Codes: No lot number appears on the gift jars; the trays and 1 pound bags have a Hines Nut Company lot number "04396" or "4396".

    Quantity: 4,000 lbs

Get new charts weekly

One email a week with the newest charts and their key numbers. No account needed.

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 July 17, 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.