Food recall

Michael Foods, Inc. recall: Crystal Farms Simply Potatoes Shredded Hash Browns packaged as individual plastic bags Net Wt

Michael Foods, Inc., of Minnetonka, MN, recalled Crystal Farms Simply Potatoes Shredded Hash Browns packaged as individual plastic bags Net Wt. The FDA's reason: “Product may contain small slivers of shredded golf ball.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on June 30, 2015, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of August 26, 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 II

It could cause temporary or minor harm

Why

See FDA's words below

Status

Terminated

Closed March 28, 2017

The recall

Company
Michael Foods, Inc. (Minnetonka, MN)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Product may contain small slivers of shredded golf ball.”
Where it was sold
Product was distributed Nationwide. No foreign, military, or government distribution was made.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
71610

The product recalled

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

  • F-2975-2015 Class II

    Crystal Farms Simply Potatoes Shredded Hash Browns packaged as individual plastic bags Net Wt. 20 oz (1 lb 4 oz) 567 g; UPC 0 20169 22233 4. The 20 oz containers are packed 12 per case (15 lbs total weight); UPC 2 00 20169 22233 8. Distributed by Crystal Farms, Minnetonka, MN.

    Codes: Lot 5153 Use By: Aug 23 2015

    Quantity: 3,349 cases

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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 26, 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.