Food recall

Hometown Food Company recall: Arrowhead Mills Organic Yellow Popcorn

Hometown Food Company, of Chicago, IL, recalled Arrowhead Mills Organic Yellow Popcorn. The FDA's reason: “Potential for foreign material (glass) in finished product.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on August 28, 2020, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of September 16, 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 December 15, 2020

The recall

Company
Hometown Food Company (Chicago, IL)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Potential for foreign material (glass) in finished product.”
Where it was sold
PA
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
86350

The product recalled

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

  • F-1433-2020 Class II

    Arrowhead Mills Organic Yellow Popcorn, 28oz bag, UPC: 0 7433347665 8, 6 retail bags per wholesale case, case item code 1 7433347665 9

    Codes: Lot numbers 0 210 and 0 211; Best if Used By dates JUL 28 2021 and JUL 29 2021

    Quantity: 178 cases

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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 16, 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.