Food recall

The Perfect Bite Co. recall: Southwest Style Vegetable & Quinoa Protein Blend

The Perfect Bite Co., of Glendale, CA, recalled Southwest Style Vegetable & Quinoa Protein Blend. The FDA's reason: “Customer complaint of ingredient listed in name of product (Quinoa) but product contained Farro and not quinoa. Farro is declared as an ingredient but wheat is undeclared on the label.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on October 30, 2018, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of November 28, 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

Allergen not on the label

Status

Terminated

Closed January 29, 2019

The recall

Company
The Perfect Bite Co. (Glendale, CA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Customer complaint of ingredient listed in name of product (Quinoa) but product contained Farro and not quinoa. Farro is declared as an ingredient but wheat is undeclared on the label.”
Where it was sold
MA, MD, PA
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
81474

The product recalled

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

  • F-0629-2019 Class II

    Southwest Style Vegetable & Quinoa Protein Blend; Corn, Farro, Brown Rice, Red Bell Peppers, Black Beans, Poblano peppers, Scallions in a spicy citrus chili sauce. NET WT. 10 oz. (283G) Steam Ready, cooks perfectly in the bag! Keep Frozen Ingredients: Yellow Corn, Cooked Farro (water, Farro), Cooked brown rice (water, brown rice), red bell pepper, black beans (water, black beans), poblano pepper, citrus chili sauce (lemon juice, water, canola oil, garlic powder, salt, spices, onion powder, paprika, sugar, soybean oil, xanthan gum, scallions. Distributed by Foodhold USA LLC, Landover, MD.

    Codes: R15602, R15862-Expiration: 10.2.2020

    Quantity: 2250 lbs.

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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 November 28, 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.