Food recall

Soom Foods recall: Soom Chocolate Sweet Tahini Halva Spread 30 ml ( 1oz )Squeeze Pack

Soom Foods, of Philadelphia, PA, recalled Soom Chocolate Sweet Tahini Halva Spread 30 ml ( 1oz )Squeeze Pack. The FDA's reason: “Soom Foods is recalling its 1oz Chocolate Sweet Tahini Halva Spread squeeze packs (Code: 67333D)because our contracted manufacturer, Xela Pack, discovered Salmonella in a sample.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on February 13, 2019, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of April 3, 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

Salmonella

Status

Terminated

Closed June 27, 2019

The recall

Company
Soom Foods (Philadelphia, PA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Soom Foods is recalling its 1oz Chocolate Sweet Tahini Halva Spread squeeze packs (Code: 67333D)because our contracted manufacturer, Xela Pack, discovered Salmonella in a sample.”
Where it was sold
These Soom Chocolate Sweet Tahini squeeze packets were distributed throughout the United States, primarily as samples shared with consumers, distributors and sales reps. A very limited amount was sold on soomfoods.com and via Amazon.com. Those listings have since been removed from both platforms.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
82189

The product recalled

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

  • F-1192-2019 Class I

    Soom Chocolate Sweet Tahini Halva Spread 30 ml ( 1oz )Squeeze Pack

    Codes: 67333D

    Quantity: 9369 1oz Squeeze Packs

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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 April 3, 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.