Food recall

Desert Premium Group, LLC recall: Trader Joe's Hatch Valley Salsa

Desert Premium Group, LLC, of Albuquerque, NM, recalled Trader Joe's Hatch Valley Salsa. The FDA's reason: “One batch of salsa had a recorded equilibrium pH of 6.65.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on October 1, 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 II

It could cause temporary or minor harm

Why

Other germs or toxins (botulism, hepatitis A, mold...)

Status

Terminated

Closed November 16, 2020

The recall

Company
Desert Premium Group, LLC (Albuquerque, NM)
Reason, in FDA's words
“One batch of salsa had a recorded equilibrium pH of 6.65.”
Where it was sold
Nationwide from 2 distribution centers in CA
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
86549

The product recalled

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

  • F-0029-2021 Class II

    Trader Joe's Hatch Valley Salsa, 12 oz. jars packed into trays of 12 and shrink-wrapped, UPC: 0053 6806, Dist. & Sold Exclusively By: Trader Joe's, Monrovia, CA 91016

    Codes: D040620 10:36:00 through D040620 13:10:00 Best if Used By 04/06/2022

    Quantity: 680 cases / 8160 12 oz. jars

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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.