Food recall

Sinco recall: archer farms Greek-Inspired Spinach & Feta Cheese ARTISAN PIZZA

Sinco, of Belmont, MA, recalled archer farms Greek-Inspired Spinach & Feta Cheese ARTISAN PIZZA. The FDA's reason: “Consumer found a small piece of gray plastic in the pizza.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on April 22, 2016, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of June 1, 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

Metal, plastic, glass or other objects

Status

Terminated

Closed June 28, 2016

The recall

Company
Sinco (Belmont, MA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Consumer found a small piece of gray plastic in the pizza.”
Where it was sold
Directly to: MN, VT, product was further distributed to Target Stores Nationwide.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
73956

The product recalled

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

  • F-1398-2016 Class II

    archer farms Greek-Inspired Spinach & Feta Cheese ARTISAN PIZZA, NET WT 14.9 OZ (425g). UPC Code: 0-85239-30714-4. Pizza is frozen.

    Codes: BEST BY OCT 15, 2016 Batch Code: 5288 A2

    Quantity: 13,152 pizzas

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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 June 1, 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.