Food recall

Gel Spice Co, Inc. recall: 1) Ground Tumeric item #73535 Net Wt 50 lbs Distributed by Gel Spice Co., Inc 48 Hook Road, Bayonne, NJ 07002 2)...

Gel Spice Co, Inc., of Bayonne, NJ, recalled 1) Ground Tumeric item #73535 Net Wt 50 lbs Distributed by Gel Spice Co., Inc 48 Hook Road, Bayonne, NJ 07002 2).... The FDA's reason: “Ground Turmeric may contain excess levels of lead.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on July 28, 2016, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of March 22, 2017. 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

Lead or other chemicals

Status

Terminated

Closed February 4, 2020

The recall

Company
Gel Spice Co, Inc. (Bayonne, NJ)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Ground Turmeric may contain excess levels of lead.”
Where it was sold
nationwide
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
74859

The product recalled

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

  • F-1612-2017 Class I

    1) Ground Tumeric item #73535 Net Wt 50 lbs Distributed by Gel Spice Co., Inc 48 Hook Road, Bayonne, NJ 07002 2) Spice Supreme Ground Turmeric Net Wt 2 oz. (56 g) Packed in the USA by Gel Spice Co., Inc. Bayonne, NJ 07002 UPC 076114364628 3)Clear Value Ground Turmeric Net Wt. .75 oz (21 g) Distributed by TopCo Associates LLC Elk Grove Village, IL 60007, UPC 036800354920 4) Market Pantry Ground Turmeric, Net Wt. 0.95 oz. Distributed by Target Corporation Minneapolis, MN 55403 Product of India UPC 085239211038 5) Spice Select Ground Turmeric, Net Wt 8 oz.(227g), Distributed By: GelSpice, Co., Inc., Bayonne, NJ 07002, UPC 076114007730 6) Lieber's Turmeric, Net Wt. 2 oz (56g), Dist by Lieber's Chocolate & Food Products Co, Maspeth, New York 11378, UPC 04342700626 7) Gel brand Ground Turmeric, Net Wt. 15 oz., (425g) Plastic Bottle, Packed by Gel Spice Co., Inc., Bayonne, NJ 07002, UPC 076114800867 8) b'gan seasonings Ground Turmeric NET WT. 16 oz 1 LB (454 g) Dist. by S. Bertram. Inc, Linden, NJ 07036 UPC 9) Freshly Ground Turmeric Net Weight 2.8oz (79g) Orient Provision & Trading Co. LTD UPC 6281063884002 10) Spice Supreme Ground Turmeric Net Wt 2 oz. (56 g) Gel Spice Co., Inc. Bayonne, NJ 07002 UPC 07611436462 11) Fresh Finds Ground Turmeric Net Wt. 3.75 oz (106g) Distributed by: Big Lots Stores, Inc. PO Box 28523 Columbus OH 43228-0523 UPC 08102601230

    Codes: 1) lot# TURM151247 2) Lot/BB Code 05/17/19 3) Lot/BB Code 04/27/19 4) Lot/BB Code 05APR2019 5) Lot/BB Code 03/18/2019 6) Lot/BB code 05/13/19 7) Lot/BB Code 04/18/2019 and 05/16/2019 8) E05P 9) 24-03-16-24-03-21 10) 05/02/2019 11) 03/08/19

    Quantity: 34,712 pounds total for all recalled products

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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 22, 2017.

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.