Food recall

Wismettac Asian Foods, INC recall: Shirakiku brand Black Fungus (Kikurage)

Wismettac Asian Foods, INC, of Santa Fe Springs, CA, recalled Shirakiku brand Black Fungus (Kikurage). The FDA's reason: “California Department of Public Health sampled and tested Shirakiku brand Black Fungus and found it contain Salmonella ssp. serogroup B.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on September 21, 2020, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of October 28, 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 I

It could cause serious harm or death

Why

Salmonella

Status

Terminated

Closed November 3, 2020

The recall

Company
Wismettac Asian Foods, INC (Santa Fe Springs, CA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“California Department of Public Health sampled and tested Shirakiku brand Black Fungus and found it contain Salmonella ssp. serogroup B.”
Where it was sold
AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, HI. IA, IL, IN, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NV, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI and Canada
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
86469

The product recalled

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

  • F-0027-2021 Class I

    Shirakiku brand Black Fungus (Kikurage); 5 lb. bag, 6 x 5 lb. bags per case Item # 60403; UPC 0 74410 60403 5 Ingredients: Back Fungus, Contains: Sulfites Product of China Distributed by Wismettac Asian Foods, Inc. Santa Fe Springs, CA, 90670

    Codes: There are not lot codes on the product, just best before dates. All dates are included in the recall.

    Quantity: 16,453 bags

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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 28, 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.