Food recall

Norpac Foods, Inc. (Plant #8) recall: IQF FLAV-R-PAC Cut Wax Beans, there are 12/2 lbs

Norpac Foods, Inc. (Plant #8), of Salem, OR, recalled IQF FLAV-R-PAC Cut Wax Beans, there are 12/2 lbs. The FDA's reason: “IQF FLAV-R-PAC Cut Wax Beans, 12/2 lbs. distributed to food service accounts, are recalled due to the contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on October 30, 2015, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of December 16, 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

Listeria

Status

Terminated

Closed October 7, 2016

The recall

Company
Norpac Foods, Inc. (Plant #8) (Salem, OR)
Reason, in FDA's words
“IQF FLAV-R-PAC Cut Wax Beans, 12/2 lbs. distributed to food service accounts, are recalled due to the contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.”
Where it was sold
distributed in California, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, North Dakota, Oregon, and Pennsylvania.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
72573

The product recalled

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

  • F-0350-2016 Class II

    IQF FLAV-R-PAC Cut Wax Beans, there are 12/2 lbs. bags per case. Catalog # 07570. Product was distributed to Food Service accounts. The label has Cooking Directions and Safe Handling Instructions. The UPC 0 48800 07570 5 is observed on the bag. The Item No. 10048800075702 is observed on master case. The product is labeled in part: "***CUT WAX BEANS***FLAV-R-PAC***Keep Frozen***NET WT 32 OZ (2 LB)***DISTRIBUTED BY: NORPAC FOODS, INC. 4350 SW Galewood Street, Lake Oswego, OR 97035***COOKING DIRECTIONS***Safe Handling Instructions***".

    Codes: BEST BY MAY 2017. Packed on May 18, 2015. Code: 5I5 18X8 12 HHMM Code break down as follows: 5=NORPAC, I= packed in May, 5= 2015, 18= 18th day of May, X= place holder for period code, 8 = NORPAC Plant #8, 12= production line, HHMM = military time of packaging.

    Quantity: 792 cases (12/2 lbs. bags per case)

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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 16, 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.