Food recall

Quaker Foods and Snacks North America recall: Self-Rising White Cornmeal Mix sold under the Aunt Jemima brand and packaged in a paper bag with a net weight...

Quaker Foods and Snacks North America, of Chicago, IL, recalled Self-Rising White Cornmeal Mix sold under the Aunt Jemima brand and packaged in a paper bag with a net weight... and 3 other products. The FDA's reason: “Some Aunt Jemima and Quaker brand Self-Rising Corn Meal Mix, Buttermilk Self-Rising Corn Meal Mix, and Quick Grits have levels of aflatoxin above the legal limit.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on October 29, 2013, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of January 1, 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 II

It could cause temporary or minor harm

Why

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

Status

Terminated

Closed April 4, 2017

The recall

Company
Quaker Foods and Snacks North America (Chicago, IL)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Some Aunt Jemima and Quaker brand Self-Rising Corn Meal Mix, Buttermilk Self-Rising Corn Meal Mix, and Quick Grits have levels of aflatoxin above the legal limit.”
Where it was sold
US: Nationwide (AL, AR, CA, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, WI, WV, WY)
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
67116

The 4 products recalled

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

  • F-1252-2014 Class II

    Self-Rising White Cornmeal Mix sold under the Aunt Jemima brand and packaged in a paper bag with a net weight respectively of 32 oz. (2 lb.) 907 g. or 5 lb. (2.26 kg.).

    Codes: 1) Aunt Jemima; Self-Rising White Corn Meal Mix net weight 32 oz. (2 lb.) 907 g.; UPC: 30000 55700; Best Before Date: February 15, 2014 and March 11, 2014; Cases of 12 bags labeled with UPC: 30000 05570; 2) Aunt Jemima Self-Rising White Corn Meal Mix net weight 5 lb. (2.26 kg.); UPC: 30000 55809; Best Before Dates: February 15, 2014 and February 16, 2014; Cases of 8 bags labeled with UPC: 30000 05588

    Quantity: 15,334 cases (157,356 bags)

  • F-1253-2014 Class II

    White quick grits and grits packaged in a paper bag sold under the Aunt Jemima or Quaker brand and packaged in a paper bag with a net weight respectively of 36.8 oz. (2 lb. 4 oz.) 1.04 kg., 5 lb. (80 oz.) 2.26 kg., or a club pack of three 5 lb. bags bundled together.

    Codes: 1) Aunt Jemima; Quick Grits net weight 36.8 oz. (2 lb. 4 oz.) 1.04 kg.; UPC: 30000 042601; Best Before Date: April 18, 2014; Cases of 8 bags labeled with UPC: 30000 04260. 2) Quaker; Grits net weight 36.8 oz. (2 lb. 4 oz.) 1.04 kg.; UPC: 30000 043680; Best Before Date: May 13, 2014; Cases of 8 bags labeled with UPC: 30000 04360. 3) Quaker; Quick Grits net weight 5 lb. (80 oz.) 2.26 kg.; UPC: 30000 43707; Best Before Dates: April 6, 2014 and May 17, 2014; Cases of 8 bags labeled with UPC: 30000 04378. 4) Quaker; Club Pack of 3 Quick Grits bags each with a net weight 5 lb. (80 oz.) 2.26 kg. and bundled together; UPC: 30000 43537; Best Before Dates: April 6, 2014, April 7, 2014, and May 17, 2014; Cases of 1 club pack labeled with UPC: 30000 44053.

    Quantity: 13,671 cases (108,956 units)

  • F-1254-2014 Class II

    White Corn Meal sold under the Aunt Jemima brand and packaged in a paper bag with a net weight of 80 oz. (5 lb.) 2.26 kg.

    Codes: Quaker; White Corn Meal; net weight 80 oz. (5 lb.) 2.26 kg.; UPC: 30000 037102; Best Before Date: April 6, 2014; Cases of 8 bags labeled with UPC: 30000 03718

    Quantity: 1,908 cases (15,264 bags)

  • F-1255-2014 Class II

    Buttermilk Self-Rising White Cornmeal Mix sold under the Aunt Jemima brand and packaged in a paper bag with a net weight of 32 oz. (2 lb.) 907 g.

    Codes: Aunt Jemima; Self-Rising White Corn Meal Mix net weight 32 oz. (2 lb.) 907 g.; UPC: 30000 54505; Best Before Date: April 8, 2014; Cases of 12 bags labeled with UPC: 30000 05450

    Quantity: 4,553 cases (54,636 bags)

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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 1, 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.