Food recall

J .R. Simplot Company recall: TRADER JOE S TRADER POTATO TOTS is frozen potatoes, SKU # 94904, retail bag has net wt

J .R. Simplot Company, of Moses Lake, WA, recalled TRADER JOE S TRADER POTATO TOTS is frozen potatoes, SKU # 94904, retail bag has net wt. The FDA's reason: “Product was recalled due to small pieces of plastic or rubber material.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on September 29, 2020, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of October 21, 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 November 12, 2020

The recall

Company
J .R. Simplot Company (Moses Lake, WA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Product was recalled due to small pieces of plastic or rubber material.”
Where it was sold
distributed in CA, CT, FL, IL, PA, TX and WA.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
86517

The product recalled

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

  • F-0014-2021 Class II

    TRADER JOE S TRADER POTATO TOTS is frozen potatoes, SKU # 94904, retail bag has net wt. 2 lbs. Product is packaged in plastic bag. TRADER JOE S TRADER POTATO TOTS, master case is labeled as 0094 9040, frozen potatoes. There are 18/2 lbs. bags per case. The retail label is read in parts: "***SKU# 94904 *** TRADER JOE'S TRADER JOE POTATO TOTS ***KEEP FROZEN *** DIST. & SOLD EXCLUSIVELY BY: TRADER JOE'S MONROVIA, CA***".

    Codes: 420 114 20 31

    Quantity: 3,696 cases (18/2 lbs. bags per case)

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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 21, 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.