Food recall

Pure Ground Ingredients recall: Pure Ground Ingredients Organic Fennel Seed, Ground 35 lb

Pure Ground Ingredients, of Minden, NV, recalled Pure Ground Ingredients Organic Fennel Seed, Ground 35 lb and 1 other product. The FDA's reason: “Product tested and found to be positive for Salmonella.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on June 28, 2019, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of July 24, 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 May 28, 2021

The recall

Company
Pure Ground Ingredients (Minden, NV)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Product tested and found to be positive for Salmonella”
Where it was sold
CA, NC, WI
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
83244

The 2 products recalled

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

  • F-1559-2019 Class I

    Pure Ground Ingredients Organic Fennel Seed, Ground 35 lb. bags Item # FENO-GR Processed and Packaged by: Pure Ground Ingredients 2535 Business Parkway Minden, NV 89423

    Codes: FENO-5041847Z-GR-126F (ground/powder); Expiration Date: June 2021

    Quantity: 1820 lbs total - both cuts.

  • F-1560-2019 Class I

    Pure Ground Ingredients Organic Fennel Seed, Tea bag Cut 40 lb. bags; Item # FENO-TC Processed and Packaged by: Pure Ground Ingredients 2535 Business Parkway Minden, NV 89423

    Codes: Incoming lot 01-465; FENO-5041847Z-TC-126F (tea cut) Expiration Date: June 2021

    Quantity: 1820 lbs. total - both cuts

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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 July 24, 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.