Food recall

Del Monte Research Center - Walnut Creek recall: Del Monte Quality Fresh Cut Harvest Selects Fiesta Corn seasoned with Red & Green Peppers

Del Monte Research Center - Walnut Creek, of Walnut Creek, CA, recalled Del Monte Quality Fresh Cut Harvest Selects Fiesta Corn seasoned with Red & Green Peppers. The FDA's reason: “Record review found the several productions runs were processed using the incorrect thermal process, and therefore the potential for Clostridium botulinum.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on December 11, 2018, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of January 30, 2019. 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

Other germs or toxins (botulism, hepatitis A, mold...)

Status

Terminated

Closed April 17, 2019

The recall

Company
Del Monte Research Center - Walnut Creek (Walnut Creek, CA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Record review found the several productions runs were processed using the incorrect thermal process, and therefore the potential for Clostridium botulinum.”
Where it was sold
U.S. distribution to the following: AL, CA, CT FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MD, MI, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OK, PN, SC, VT, VA, WA, TX, TN, WI, AR, MO, FL, OH, MO, MN, IA, CO, AZ, AR, DE, NH, OR, UT, Foreign distribution to the following: Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, El Salvador, Haiti, Guyana, Peru, Colombia and Ecuador Uruguay, Aruba, Panama, Saint Lucia, and Suriname.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
81768

The product recalled

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

  • F-0762-2019 Class II

    Del Monte Quality Fresh Cut Harvest Selects Fiesta Corn seasoned with Red & Green Peppers. NET WT 15.25 oz. (432 g); UPC 0 24000 02770; Ingredient: Vegetables (corn, red and green peppers) water, sea salt. Distributed by Del Monte Foods, Walnut Creek, CA 94598

    Codes: Best if Used By dates: " August 14, 2021 " August 15, 2021 " August 16, 2021 " Sept 3, 2021 " Sept 4, 2021 " Sept 5, 2021 " Sept 6, 2021 " Sept 22, 2021 " Sept 23, 2021

    Quantity: 64,242 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 30, 2019.

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.