Food recall

Wehah Farms recall: Organic Brown Rice Flour

Wehah Farms, of Richvale, CA, recalled Organic Brown Rice Flour and 1 other product. The FDA's reason: “Customer notified Lundberg Family Farms of a positive Salmonella test on Organic Brown Rice Flour.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on November 14, 2014, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of December 3, 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 I

It could cause serious harm or death

Why

Salmonella

Status

Terminated

Closed January 28, 2015

The recall

Company
Wehah Farms (Richvale, CA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Customer notified Lundberg Family Farms of a positive Salmonella test on Organic Brown Rice Flour.”
Where it was sold
CA, HI, AZ, MA, NV
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
69780

The 2 products recalled

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

  • F-0536-2015 Class I

    Organic Brown Rice Flour; 25 lb. bulk bags Organic Brown Rice Flour ( UPC # 073416 00500 6) were distributed in retail store bulk bins. Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems if consumed raw. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.

    Codes: lot # 141027 exp. 10/27/2015 lot # 141028, exp. 10/28/2015 Lot # 141029 exp. 10/29/2015 . Sold between November 4 and November 12, 2014.

    Quantity: 629 x 25 lb. bags.

  • F-0537-2015 Class I

    Eco Farm Fine Brown Rice Flour; 25 lb. bulk bags Organic Brown Rice Flour ( UPC # 073416 00500 1) were distributed in retail store bulk bins. Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems if consumed raw. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. Lundberg Family Farms, Richvale, CA

    Codes: lot # 141029 exp. 10/29/2015; Lot # 141030 exp. 10/30/2015 . Sold between November 4 and November 12, 2014.

    Quantity: 210 X 25 lb 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 December 3, 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.