Food recall

Tri-Union Frozen Products, Inc. recall: Cracked Pepper Chicken of the Sea Wild-Caught Pink Salmon Skinless and Boneless

Tri-Union Frozen Products, Inc., of El Segundo, CA, recalled Cracked Pepper Chicken of the Sea Wild-Caught Pink Salmon Skinless and Boneless and 1 other product. The FDA's reason: “Customer reported that a small percentage of pouches of Salmon to be bloated. Testing found that bloating was due to production of CO2 as a result of microbial activity of non-heat resistant...” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on August 9, 2019, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of September 18, 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 September 23, 2019

The recall

Company
Tri-Union Frozen Products, Inc. (El Segundo, CA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Customer reported that a small percentage of pouches of Salmon to be bloated. Testing found that bloating was due to production of CO2 as a result of microbial activity of non-heat resistant non-spore forming mesophilic aerobic or facultative spoilage organisms.”
Where it was sold
West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
83670

The 2 products recalled

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

  • F-2147-2019 Class II

    Cracked Pepper Chicken of the Sea Wild-Caught Pink Salmon Skinless and Boneless, 2.5 oz (70 g) pouch: Shelf Stable UPC 0 48000 01179 4 and 0 480000 11817 7 individual pouch; UPC 1 00 48000 01179 1 - Case Chicken of the Sea International El Segundo, CA Product of Thailand.

    Codes: 4800001179 SCB1P J5P21 4800001179 SCB1P J5T11 Expiry dates: 5/15/2021; 5/21/2021//24/2021, 5/27/2021, 5/28/2021; 6/4/2021, 6/8/2021, 6/8/2021.

    Quantity: 576 cases both flavors

  • F-2148-2019 Class II

    Lemon Chive Chicken of the Sea Wild-Caught Pink Salmon Skinless and Boneless, 2.5 oz (70 g) pouch: Shelf Stable UPC 0 48000 01179 4 and 0 480000 11817 7 individual pouch; UPC 1 00 48000 01179 1 - Case Chicken of the Sea International El Segundo, CA Product of Thailand.

    Codes: 4800001181 SLC1P J5M21 4800001181 SLC1P J5M21 Expiry dates: 5/15/2021; 5/21/2021//24/2021, 5/27/2021, 5/28/2021; 6/4/2021, 6/8/2021, 6/8/2021.

    Quantity: 576 cases - both flavors

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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 September 18, 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.