Food recall

Schiff Foods Products recall: Ground Cumin Seeds, ETO Treated

Schiff Foods Products, of Totowa, NJ, recalled Ground Cumin Seeds, ETO Treated. The FDA's reason: “Cumin may be contaminated with peanut protein.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on December 24, 2014, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of February 18, 2015. 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

See FDA's words below

Status

Terminated

Closed July 7, 2017

The recall

Company
Schiff Foods Products (Totowa, NJ)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Cumin may be contaminated with peanut protein.”
Where it was sold
CA, FL, LA, MD, MI, MO, NJ, NY, PA, TN, VA & WI
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
70114

The product recalled

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

  • F-1031-2015 Class I

    Ground Cumin Seeds, ETO Treated, 50 lbs packaged in 50 lb brown paper bags

    Codes: 2927E, 2808E, 2915E, 2686E, 2927I, 2686I, 2948E, 2948I

    Quantity: 231,350 lbs

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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 February 18, 2015.

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.