Food recall

McCain Foods USA recall: Publix brand

McCain Foods USA, of Lisle, IL, recalled Publix brand. The FDA's reason: “Publix brand Southern Style Diced Hash Brown Potatoes, net wt. 32 oz. package, is recalled because the firm received consumer complaints that foreign material was found in product.” The FDA classified it Class III: it is unlikely to cause harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on December 4, 2017, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of January 17, 2018. The FDA has closed the recall: it found the company did all it reasonably could to remove or correct the product.

How serious

Class III

It is unlikely to cause harm

Why

Metal, plastic, glass or other objects

Status

Terminated

Closed February 28, 2018

The recall

Company
McCain Foods USA (Lisle, IL)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Publix brand Southern Style Diced Hash Brown Potatoes, net wt. 32 oz. package, is recalled because the firm received consumer complaints that foreign material was found in product.”
Where it was sold
distributed in FL
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
78689

The product recalled

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

  • F-0534-2018 Class III

    Publix brand, item # 41596, Southern Style Diced Hash Brown Potatoes, Net wt. 32 oz. Retail's UPC # 0 41415 00549 5. The label is read in parts: "***Publix Southern Style DICED HASH BROWN POTATOES***DISTRIBUTED BY PUBLIX SUPERMARKETS, INC. LAKELAND, FL 33802***".

    Codes: B170322 is shown on package. batch # 1002167476

    Quantity: 1463 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 17, 2018.

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.