Food recall

H & C Food Inc. recall: Fish Balls

H & C Food Inc., of Brooklyn, NY, recalled Fish Balls and 1 other product. The FDA's reason: “Product contains undeclared allergens egg and crustacean.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on September 4, 2018, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of September 19, 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 I

It could cause serious harm or death

Why

Allergen not on the label

Status

Terminated

Closed November 14, 2019

The recall

Company
H & C Food Inc. (Brooklyn, NY)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Product contains undeclared allergens egg and crustacean.”
Where it was sold
NY
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
80948

The 2 products recalled

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

  • F-0003-2019 Class I

    Fish Balls, packaged in a red and white plastic bag with gold font, NET WT: 14OZ (400g), UPC: 6 953006 4 50093. Keep Frozen.

    Codes: Product is not coded.

    Quantity: Unknown

  • F-0004-2019 Class I

    Fuzhou Fish Balls, packaged in a blue and white package bag, in two sizes: Net WT: 14 OZ (400g), UPC: 6 953640 05000 and Net WT:4.5 lbs. (2043g), UPC: 6 953640 050017. Keep Frozen.

    Codes: Product is not coded.

    Quantity: N/A

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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 September 19, 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.