Food recall

Wismettac Asian Foods, INC recall: Shirakiku Buckwheat Noodles Yamaimo Soba With Concentration Soup Base

Wismettac Asian Foods, INC, of Santa Fe Springs, CA, recalled Shirakiku Buckwheat Noodles Yamaimo Soba With Concentration Soup Base. The FDA's reason: “Product label identifies bonito, but product dipping sauce actually contains skipjack tuna, yellowfin tuna, and bluefin tuna as well as does not state the general allergen name of fish.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on September 18, 2019, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of October 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 ingredient not on the label (sulfites, dyes...)

Status

Terminated

Closed December 20, 2019

The recall

Company
Wismettac Asian Foods, INC (Santa Fe Springs, CA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Product label identifies bonito, but product dipping sauce actually contains skipjack tuna, yellowfin tuna, and bluefin tuna as well as does not state the general allergen name of fish.”
Where it was sold
U.S. distribution to the following: AK, AZ, CA, CO, IL, KS, MA, MI, MN, MO, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, WA No foreign distribution.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
83870

The product recalled

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

  • F-0059-2020 Class II

    Shirakiku Buckwheat Noodles Yamaimo Soba With Concentration Soup Base, 435G SK, UPC 074410455200 Distributed by Wismettac Asian Foods, Inc. Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670

    Codes: All Codes

    Quantity: 7,789 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 October 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.