Food recall

HEALTHY FOOD INGREDIENTS recall: Great Value Organic Ground Flax Seed

HEALTHY FOOD INGREDIENTS, of Fargo, ND, recalled Great Value Organic Ground Flax Seed. The FDA's reason: “Great Value Organic Ground Flax Seed has the potential to contain metal fragments.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on April 21, 2018, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of May 23, 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 September 27, 2018

The recall

Company
HEALTHY FOOD INGREDIENTS (Fargo, ND)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Great Value Organic Ground Flax Seed has the potential to contain metal fragments.”
Where it was sold
CA
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
79935

The product recalled

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

  • F-1473-2018 Class II

    Great Value Organic Ground Flax Seed, Net Wt. 16 oz. (1 LB) 454g. UPC 78742-14161, and Net Wt. 32 oz. (2 LB) 907g, UPC 78742-14165 Distributed by: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Bentonville, AR 72716

    Codes: APRIL 04 2019, Lot # 2T537M-030418-101.

    Quantity: 8,182 lbs. total (4543 units)

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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 May 23, 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.