Food recall

Tristar Food Wholesale Co Inc recall: Bar Guo Food Preserved Plum Candy

Tristar Food Wholesale Co Inc, of Jersey City, NJ, recalled Bar Guo Food Preserved Plum Candy. The FDA's reason: “Dried Plum Candy contains non-permitted cyclamates, undeclared benzoic acid and undeclared Yellow #5.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on October 24, 2014, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of December 17, 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 ingredient not on the label (sulfites, dyes...)

Status

Terminated

Closed February 9, 2015

The recall

Company
Tristar Food Wholesale Co Inc (Jersey City, NJ)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Dried Plum Candy contains non-permitted cyclamates, undeclared benzoic acid and undeclared Yellow #5.”
Where it was sold
NY
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
69840

The product recalled

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

  • F-0701-2015 Class II

    Bar Guo Food Preserved Plum Candy, Net Wt. 8 oz. (228g), Packaged in a Cellophane Bag, Product of China: Tristar Food Wholesale Inc., NJ

    Codes: Batch No. 2013/12/14, Best before: Jun 8, 2015

    Quantity: 20 cartons

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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 17, 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.