Food recall

McCormick & Company, Inc. - Flavor Manufacturing Center recall: El Guapo Chile Habanero Habanero Chili Pepper 0.5oz

McCormick & Company, Inc. - Flavor Manufacturing Center, of Hunt Valley, MD, recalled El Guapo Chile Habanero Habanero Chili Pepper 0.5oz and 1 other product. The FDA's reason: “Mojave Foods Corporation (subsidiary of McCormick) is initiating a voluntary recall of El Guapo Chile Habanero and Chili Pasilla-Ancho pouches due to unlabeled peanut allergen.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on January 11, 2019, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of May 15, 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 I

It could cause serious harm or death

Why

Labeling, packaging or manufacturing problems

Status

Terminated

Closed June 27, 2019

The recall

Company
McCormick & Company, Inc. - Flavor Manufacturing Center (Hunt Valley, MD)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Mojave Foods Corporation (subsidiary of McCormick) is initiating a voluntary recall of El Guapo Chile Habanero and Chili Pasilla-Ancho pouches due to unlabeled peanut allergen.”
Where it was sold
Product distributed to the following states: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NM, NC, OH, OK, OR, TN, TX, UT, WI
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
81938

The 2 products recalled

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

  • F-1345-2019 Class I

    El Guapo Chile Habanero Habanero Chili Pepper 0.5oz

    Codes: UPC# 044989012968; Best By Apr/05/19; Best By; Jun/21/19; Best By Jun/22/19; Best By Oct/29/19; Best By Dec/07/19; Best By Feb/05/20; Best By Feb/06/20; Best By; Jun/12/20

    Quantity: 47,044 pouches

  • F-1346-2019 Class I

    El Guapo Pasilla-Ancho Chile Pods 2oz, 7.5oz, 11oz

    Codes: 2oz: UPC# 044989010391; Best By Jun/20/20 7.5oz: UPC# 044989211088; Best By Jun/13/20; Best By Jun/14/20 11oz: UPC# 044989211149; Best By Jun/12/20

    Quantity: 2 oz, 22,848 pouches ; 7.5oz, 13,896 pouches ; 11oz, 2,064 pouches

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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 15, 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.