Food recall

KAREEM MART INC recall: Tahina Sesame Paste packaged in 1lb and 2lb plastic jars and 10kg metal containers

KAREEM MART INC, of Garden City, MI, recalled Tahina Sesame Paste packaged in 1lb and 2lb plastic jars and 10kg metal containers. The FDA's reason: “Product tested positive for Salmonella.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on February 25, 2021, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of March 24, 2021. 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 September 1, 2021

The recall

Company
KAREEM MART INC (Garden City, MI)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Product tested positive for Salmonella.”
Where it was sold
The products covered by this recall may have been distributed to a distributor and retail stores in the following states: Illinois, Montana, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
87438

The product recalled

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

  • F-0341-2021 Class I

    Tahina Sesame Paste packaged in 1lb and 2lb plastic jars and 10kg metal containers; UPC CODES 6215000382207

    Codes: Lot 1, DATE OF EXPIRATION 07-01-2022, numbers in firm systems are KH100P045, KH100P090, KH100M100

    Quantity: 1800 of the 1lb units; 450 of the 2lb units; and 100 of the 10kg units

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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 March 24, 2021.

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.