Food recall

Greenland Trading Corp recall: Al Rasheed Sardine Item #4017 Label not available - NYSDAM sampling.

Greenland Trading Corp, of Paterson, NJ, recalled Al Rasheed Sardine Item #4017 Label not available - NYSDAM sampling.. The FDA's reason: “Greenland Trading Corporation is recalling Al Rasheed Sardines due to potential C. botulinum contamination.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on June 20, 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

Other germs or toxins (botulism, hepatitis A, mold...)

Status

Terminated

Closed September 21, 2016

The recall

Company
Greenland Trading Corp (Paterson, NJ)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Greenland Trading Corporation is recalling Al Rasheed Sardines due to potential C. botulinum contamination.”
Where it was sold
CA, FL, MA, NJ, NY, PA and TN
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
74491

The product recalled

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

  • F-1924-2016 Class I

    Al Rasheed Sardine Item #4017 Label not available - NYSDAM sampling.

    Codes: 03/2017

    Quantity: 106 cases (24 packages each)

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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.