Food recall

Oregon Potato Company recall: IQF 1/4" Yellow Onion Dice, frozen

Oregon Potato Company, of Pasco, WA, recalled IQF 1/4" Yellow Onion Dice, frozen and 8 other products. The FDA's reason: “IQF 1/4" Frozen Yellow Onion Dice is voluntarily recalled because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on April 6, 2016, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of August 24, 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

Listeria

Status

Terminated

Closed January 26, 2018

The recall

Company
Oregon Potato Company (Pasco, WA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“IQF 1/4" Frozen Yellow Onion Dice is voluntarily recalled because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.”
Where it was sold
AZ, CA, CO, GA, IN, KY, LA, MA, MI, NJ, OH, OR, TN, TX, UT, WA, WI, and in CANADA and IRELAND
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
73785

The 9 products recalled

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

  • F-1938-2016 Class I

    IQF 1/4" Yellow Onion Dice, frozen, item numbers: 103364, 103381, and 104831, bulk cases, net wt. 45 lbs.; 11244CH Onion Dice 1/4, frozen, item number 103381, bulk cases, net wt. 45 lbs. Onion, Diced 1/4" IQF 45#CS, item number 104155, bulk cases, net wt. 45 lbs.

    Codes: Lot numbers: 6078; 6082; 161A068; 161A075; 161A076; 161A086; 161B068; 161B071; 161B074; 161B075; 161B076; 161B085; 161B086.

    Quantity: 325,620 lbs.

  • F-1939-2016 Class I

    IQF 3/8" Yellow Onion Strip, Frozen, Item number 103331, bulk tote, net wt. 1150 lbs. IQF 3/8" Yellow Onion Strip, Frozen, item number 103368, bulk case, net wt. 40 lbs. Onion, Strips 3/8" 103369 40#, item number 103369, bulk case, net wt. 40 lbs. IQF 3/8" Yellow ORGANIC Onion Strip, Item number 103356, bulk tote, net wt. 1150 lbs.

    Codes: LOT numbers: 161A073; 161A080; 161A084; 161A085; 161B068; 161B073; 161B080; 161B084; 163A089.

    Quantity: 477,030 lbs.

  • F-1940-2016 Class I

    IQF 3/8" Un-Blanched Yellow Onion Dice, Frozen, item number 103349, bulk cases, net wt. 45 lbs.

    Codes: LOT numbers: 161A068; 161A079; 161B078.

    Quantity: 70,200 lbs.

  • F-1941-2016 Class I

    IQF 3/4" Yellow Onion Dice, Frozen, item number 101430, bulk tote, net wt. 1200 lbs.

    Codes: LOT number: 161A079

    Quantity: 42,000 lbs.

  • F-1942-2016 Class I

    IQF 1/4" Frozen WHITE Onion Dice, item number 103342, bulk cases, net wt. 45 lbs.

    Codes: LOT number: 161A078 and 161B077.

    Quantity: 25,200 lbs.

  • F-1943-2016 Class I

    3/8" White Onion Dice- FRESH, item number 105197, bulk tote, net wt. 1250 lbs.

    Codes: LOT numbers: 161A077; 161B076; 161B077;

    Quantity: 160,134 lbs.

  • F-1944-2016 Class I

    3/8" White Onion Strip-FRESH, item number 105196, bulk totes, net wt. 1200 lbs.

    Codes: LOT number: 161B077

    Quantity: 51,988 lbs.

  • F-1945-2016 Class I

    IQF 1/4 x 1/4 Yellow Onion Dice, item number 102654, bulk cases, net wt. 40 lbs. Onion 1/4 x1/4 Dice, Item number 103205, bulk cases, net wt. 45 lbs.

    Codes: LOT numbers: 161A075; 161A076; 161B068; 161B075; 161B076.

    Quantity: 160,465 lbs.

  • F-1946-2016 Class I

    705000 IQF 3/8" Dice Yellow Onion, item number 101472, bulk tote, net wt. 1250 lbs. IQF 3/8" Yellow Onion Dice, item number 103330, 103341, bulk cases, net wt. 20 lbs. IQF 3/8" Yellow Onion Dice, item numbers 101578, 104147, and 104193, bulk cases, net wt. 45 lbs. IQF 3/8" Yellow Onion Dice, item number 101578, bulk container

    Codes: LOT numbers: 161A070, 161A071, 161A072, 161A073, 161A074, 161A075, 161A076, 161A079, 161A080, 161A081, 161A082, 161A083, 161A084, 161A089, 161B069, 161B070, 161B071, 161B072, 161B074, 161B079, 161B081, 161B083, 161B088.

    Quantity: 999,825 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 August 24, 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.