Food recall

Marathon Ventures Inc recall: Macadamia Diced Nuts packaged under the following brands

Marathon Ventures Inc, of Bellevue, NE, recalled Macadamia Diced Nuts packaged under the following brands. The FDA's reason: “Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. Routine, random product sampling by FDA revealed the presence of Salmonella in a retail package of macadamia nuts packaged by the recalling firm.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on February 23, 2016, 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 I

It could cause serious harm or death

Why

Salmonella

Status

Terminated

Closed October 12, 2018

The recall

Company
Marathon Ventures Inc (Bellevue, NE)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. Routine, random product sampling by FDA revealed the presence of Salmonella in a retail package of macadamia nuts packaged by the recalling firm.”
Where it was sold
Product was distributed to CA, CO, GA, IA, IN, MN, MO, NC, NE, OR, SC, TX, UT, VA, and WI. There was no military/government/foreign distribution.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
73355

The product recalled

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

  • F-1244-2016 Class I

    Macadamia Diced Nuts packaged under the following brands: 1) Shurfine, Item no. 86635, 5 OZ (142 g) plastic bags, packed 12 bags per case, UPC 0 15400 86635 4. Distributed by Western Family Foods, Inc., Portland OR. 2) Western Family, 5 OZ (142 g) plastic bags, packed 12 per case, UPC 0 15400 16635 5. Distributed by Western Family Foods, Inc., Portland, OR. 3) HyVee, 2 OZ (57 g) plastic bags, packed 12 per case, UPC 0 75450 13287 8. Distributed by HyVee, Inc., West Des Moines, IA. 4) Market Pantry, 2.25 OZ (64 g) plastic bags, packed 12 bags per case, UPC 0 85239 52108 3. Distributed by Target Corp., Minneapolis, MN. 5) Pear's Gourmet, 16 OZ (454 g) plastic bags, UPC 0 75049 42186 4. Pear's Gourmet, Bellevue, NE 68005. 6) CWD, 5 LBS. (2.27 kg) per 1-count case, UPC 06509. Packed for and distributed by Cash-Wa Distributing Co. Kearney, North Platte, Sidney, NE. and 7) Nutpro C.C. Macadamia Nuts Style #5, 25 LBS., bulk case item no. N0609. The responsible firm is Nutpro South Africa.

    Codes: Product 1 - Shurfine) Best By: 2 SEP 2016; Product 2 - Western Family) Best By: 3 AUG 2016, 4 AUG 2016, 2 SEP 2016 Product 3 - HyVee) Best By: 10 JUL 2016 Product 4 - Market Pantry) Best By: 13 AUG 2016, 11 SEP 2016 Product 5 - Pear's Gourmet) Best By: 11 SEP 2016, 25 SEP 2016 Product 6 - CWD) lots 15204 andn 15260 Product 7 - Nutpro, bulk) lot 79818

    Quantity: 5890 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 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.