Food recall

Ventura Foods, LLC recall: Gordon Choice Asian Sesame Ginger Dressing, Net Contents/Contenido Neto 128 FL OZ

Ventura Foods, LLC, of Chambersburg, PA, recalled Gordon Choice Asian Sesame Ginger Dressing, Net Contents/Contenido Neto 128 FL OZ. The FDA's reason: “A blue plastic bag was inadvertently introduced into product stream. During the manufacturing process, the blue plastic bag was torn into many pieces and ended up in the finished product. While...” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on February 19, 2018, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of April 11, 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 II

It could cause temporary or minor harm

Why

Metal, plastic, glass or other objects

Status

Terminated

Closed October 1, 2018

The recall

Company
Ventura Foods, LLC (Chambersburg, PA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“A blue plastic bag was inadvertently introduced into product stream. During the manufacturing process, the blue plastic bag was torn into many pieces and ended up in the finished product. While many pieces of the blue plastic bag have been recovered, there is no evidence that all pieces are accounted for.”
Where it was sold
NJ
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
79313

The product recalled

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

  • F-0988-2018 Class II

    Gordon Choice Asian Sesame Ginger Dressing, Net Contents/Contenido Neto 128 FL OZ; For Distribution Exclusively By Gordon Food Service Wyoming, MI 49509

    Codes: On jug: B29717; on carton: B01018

    Quantity: 144 cases, 4 jugs per case

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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 April 11, 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.