Food recall

Ingredion Incorporated recall: Ingredion ULTRA-TEX4 Food Starch in 50lb paper bags, product code 32166102CA

Ingredion Incorporated, of Westchester, IL, recalled Ingredion ULTRA-TEX4 Food Starch in 50lb paper bags, product code 32166102CA. The FDA's reason: “Foreign material. Potential for fragments of stainless steel wire in the product. Fragments are approximately 0.19mm in diameter with varying lengths of 1mm 20mm in length.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on January 7, 2020, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of February 5, 2020. 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

Metal, plastic, glass or other objects

Status

Terminated

Closed January 23, 2023

The recall

Company
Ingredion Incorporated (Westchester, IL)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Foreign material. Potential for fragments of stainless steel wire in the product. Fragments are approximately 0.19mm in diameter with varying lengths of 1mm 20mm in length.”
Where it was sold
CA, GA, IL, MN, MO, NC, NJ, OH Australia, Columbia, Indonesia, Vietnam
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
84662

The product recalled

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

  • F-0572-2020 Class II

    Ingredion ULTRA-TEX4 Food Starch in 50lb paper bags, product code 32166102CA

    Codes: Batch: HJ7126, Expiry: 8/21/2021 Batch: HJ7127, Expiry: 8/21/2021 Batch: HJ7128, Expiry: 8/25/2021

    Quantity: 140,450 pounds

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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 February 5, 2020.

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.