Food recall

Western United Fish Company, Inc. recall: Limu Poke is fresh refrigerated product, distributed in bulk kit

Western United Fish Company, Inc., of Redmond, WA, recalled Limu Poke is fresh refrigerated product, distributed in bulk kit. The FDA's reason: “Limu Poke (seaweed tuna) is recalled due to a potential for contamination with Salmonella. This product contains affected seaweed (Kahuku Ogo) which was recalled by Marine Agrifuture, LLC.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on November 5, 2016, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of January 4, 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

Salmonella

Status

Terminated

Closed December 27, 2016

The recall

Company
Western United Fish Company, Inc. (Redmond, WA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Limu Poke (seaweed tuna) is recalled due to a potential for contamination with Salmonella. This product contains affected seaweed (Kahuku Ogo) which was recalled by Marine Agrifuture, LLC.”
Where it was sold
Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Washington.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
75684

The product recalled

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

  • F-0907-2017 Class I

    Limu Poke is fresh refrigerated product, distributed in bulk kit, net wt. 4.35 lbs. Each kit includes five individually packages [tuna, onions, limu (ogo seeweed), wet sauce mix, and dry sauce mix]. Each bulk kit is labeled with Costco item #13355. Costco deli department would upack the kit, mix all five components, repack, and sell at at Costco warehouse stores.

    Codes: Packed on: November 3, 2016 and November 4, 2016. Use By: November 5, 2016 and November 6, 2016.

    Quantity: 1044 kits (4.35 lbs. per kit)

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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 January 4, 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.