Food recall

Orca Bay Foods LLC recall: Trader Joe's brand Gluten Free Battered Halibut, SKU 00503822

Orca Bay Foods LLC, of Seattle, WA, recalled Trader Joe's brand Gluten Free Battered Halibut, SKU 00503822. The FDA's reason: “Undeclared Wheat and Milk.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on October 23, 2020, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of November 25, 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

Allergen not on the label

Status

Terminated

Closed June 28, 2021

The recall

Company
Orca Bay Foods LLC (Seattle, WA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Undeclared Wheat and Milk.”
Where it was sold
Distributed in Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, and Wisconsin.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
86654

The product recalled

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

  • F-0117-2021 Class I

    Trader Joe's brand Gluten Free Battered Halibut, SKU 00503822. Product of USA. Frozen product is packed in plastic bag and sold in retail carton box (10 oz. box). Each master case contains 20/10 oz. boxes. RETAIL BOX'S label is read in parts: '***TRADER JOE'S BATTERED HALIBUT GLUTEN FREE ***INGREDIENTS: HALIBUT, WATER, YELLOW CORN FLOUR, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, RICE FLOUR, SALT, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, LEAVENING (SODIUM BECARNONATE, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE), XANTHAN GYUM,, GUAR GUM, CANOLA OIL*** CONTAINS HALIBUT *** WILD CAUGHT PRODUCT OF USA ***KEEP FROZEN***00503822". MASTER CASE label is correctly declared as ""***Trader Joe's Lightly Battered Halibut ***ALLERGENS: HALIBUT (FISH), WHEAT, MILK***SKU 00269803***".

    Codes: Retail box: 537312620 Best If Used By Nov 5, 2021 The code 537312620 is interpreted as: 5373: last for digits of Work Order # 126:Julian Date 20: Year 2020

    Quantity: 356 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 November 25, 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.