Food recall

Heartland Products, Inc. recall: Heartland Flax 14 Mesh Brown RCM Flax Certified Organic

Heartland Products, Inc., of Valley City, ND, recalled Heartland Flax 14 Mesh Brown RCM Flax Certified Organic. The FDA's reason: “Heartland Products Inc., has initiated a recall due to potential contamination with Salmonella involving Milled Flax.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on January 14, 2016, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of March 9, 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 I

It could cause serious harm or death

Why

Salmonella

Status

Terminated

Closed August 18, 2016

The recall

Company
Heartland Products, Inc. (Valley City, ND)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Heartland Products Inc., has initiated a recall due to potential contamination with Salmonella involving Milled Flax.”
Where it was sold
US: ND, WA, CA, RI, SD, IL. OUS: CANADA
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
73119

The product recalled

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

  • F-0710-2016 Class I

    Heartland Flax 14 Mesh Brown RCM Flax Certified Organic, Net WT 50 lbs. Product packaged in 50 lb Food Grade Plastic bags.

    Codes: Lot 2T330-040515-101

    Quantity: 43,950 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 March 9, 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.