Food recall

Safeway Inc recall: Safeway Kitchens In Shell Edamame

Safeway Inc, of Pleasanton, CA, recalled Safeway Kitchens In Shell Edamame. The FDA's reason: “Product on hold pending FDA testing that found 0.015 ppm of the pesticide chlorafluazuron was inadvertently released to Safeway warehouses and a few retail stores.” The FDA classified it Class III: it is unlikely to cause harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on December 5, 2013, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of January 15, 2014. The FDA has closed the recall: it found the company did all it reasonably could to remove or correct the product.

How serious

Class III

It is unlikely to cause harm

Why

Lead or other chemicals

Status

Terminated

Closed January 8, 2014

The recall

Company
Safeway Inc (Pleasanton, CA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Product on hold pending FDA testing that found 0.015 ppm of the pesticide chlorafluazuron was inadvertently released to Safeway warehouses and a few retail stores.”
Where it was sold
Southern CA
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
67037

The product recalled

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

  • F-1383-2014 Class III

    Safeway Kitchens In Shell Edamame; Net Wt: 48 oz. (3 lb, 1.35Kg) 12 x 3 lb bags per case: Product of China: Packed in Canada Safeway, Pleasanton, CA.

    Codes: Best before May 21, 2015: Packed on November 21, 2013: UPC: 0 21130 09197 3

    Quantity: 22 cases (12 x 3 lb bags per case)

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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 January 15, 2014.

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.