Food recall

Family Dollar Stores - NC Distribution Center recall: Family Gourmet Long Grain Enriched White Rice

Family Dollar Stores - NC Distribution Center, of Matthews, NC, recalled Family Gourmet Long Grain Enriched White Rice and 1 other product. The FDA's reason: “Live insects were noted inside several unopened bags of product.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on September 8, 2015, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of May 4, 2016. 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 germs or toxins (botulism, hepatitis A, mold...)

Status

Terminated

Closed May 5, 2016

The recall

Company
Family Dollar Stores - NC Distribution Center (Matthews, NC)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Live insects were noted inside several unopened bags of product.”
Where it was sold
Nationwide - AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TX, UT, VT, VA, WV, WI, WY
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
73070

The 2 products recalled

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

  • F-1260-2016 Class II

    Family Gourmet Long Grain Enriched White Rice, 32 oz. (2 lb.) plastic bag (SKU: 1218898)

    Codes: Lot # 061HO415; Best By Date: March 02, 2017 Lot # 054HO215; Best By Date : February 23, 2017

    Quantity: 315,590 units (total rice)

  • F-1261-2016 Class II

    Family Gourmet Natural Whole Grain Brown Rice, 32 oz. (2 lb.) plastic bag (SKU: 1230394)

    Codes: Lot # 3047GP15; Best By Date: February 16, 2016 Lot # 3076GP15; Best By Date: March 17, 2016

    Quantity: 315,590 units (total rice)

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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 May 4, 2016.

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.