Food recall

Superior Foods recall: Archer Farms Corn & Black Bean Quinoa Blend with pineapple & red pepper packaged in a flexible plastic bag

Superior Foods, of Watsonville, CA, recalled Archer Farms Corn & Black Bean Quinoa Blend with pineapple & red pepper packaged in a flexible plastic bag and 1 other product. The FDA's reason: “Product contains undeclared wheat.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on August 11, 2016, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of September 14, 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

Allergen not on the label

Status

Terminated

Closed November 30, 2016

The recall

Company
Superior Foods (Watsonville, CA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Product contains undeclared wheat”
Where it was sold
OH, CA, IA, FL, TX, MD, MA
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
74969

The 2 products recalled

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

  • F-2085-2016 Class II

    Archer Farms Corn & Black Bean Quinoa Blend with pineapple & red pepper packaged in a flexible plastic bag

    Codes: 6103SFK7 through 6103SFK9

    Quantity: 2021 cases

  • F-2086-2016 Class II

    Archer Farms Quinoa 10 oz packaged in flexible plastic bag

    Codes: 6103SFK5 through 6103SFK7

    Quantity: 298 cases

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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 September 14, 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.