Food recall

Mitsui Foods Inc recall: Fresh Catch Smoked Baby Clams 3.53 oz

Mitsui Foods Inc, of Norwood, NJ, recalled Fresh Catch Smoked Baby Clams 3.53 oz. The FDA's reason: “A seal quality issue with the packaging may result in the food spoiling causing package swelling (bloating).” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on November 4, 2016, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of January 11, 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 II

It could cause temporary or minor harm

Why

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

Status

Terminated

Closed July 7, 2017

The recall

Company
Mitsui Foods Inc (Norwood, NJ)
Reason, in FDA's words
“A seal quality issue with the packaging may result in the food spoiling causing package swelling (bloating)”
Where it was sold
U.S
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
75874

The product recalled

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

  • F-0856-2017 Class II

    Fresh Catch Smoked Baby Clams 3.53 oz. pouch (100g) Item Number 541187381, UPC 087381043895

    Codes: Lot 508660-001 (Mitsui Foods Lot) WFSBC-160401

    Quantity: 6750 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 January 11, 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.