Food recall

American Spoon Foods, Inc. recall: American Spoon Food Sour Cherry Marmalade

American Spoon Foods, Inc., of Petoskey, MI, recalled American Spoon Food Sour Cherry Marmalade. The FDA's reason: “Product may have mold in jar.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on July 21, 2014, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of August 27, 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 November 14, 2014

The recall

Company
American Spoon Foods, Inc. (Petoskey, MI)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Product may have mold in jar.”
Where it was sold
AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI AND WV.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
68872

The product recalled

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

  • F-2343-2014 Class II

    American Spoon Food Sour Cherry Marmalade, 9.5 oz in glass jars with metal lid e. Total package size (e.g. 12 packages per case): 12 jars per case

    Codes: Catalog #: MARM-CH, Lots:408400040001 - 408400040431, Best flavor date: 03/2016 and Lots: 408400050001 - 408400050459, Best flavor date: 03/2016

    Quantity: 682 jars

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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 August 27, 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.