Food recall

KEWPIE TRADING EUROPE B.V. recall: Kewpie Deep Roasted Sesame Dressing

KEWPIE TRADING EUROPE B.V., of Amsterdam, Netherlands, recalled Kewpie Deep Roasted Sesame Dressing. The FDA's reason: “Some lots of Kewpie Roasted Sesame Dressing are being recalled because they deviated from European pesticide regulations. The product exceeded the ethylene oxide regulation of 0 05mg/kg.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on January 31, 2021, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of May 26, 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 II

It could cause temporary or minor harm

Why

Lead or other chemicals

Status

Terminated

Closed August 4, 2021

The recall

Company
KEWPIE TRADING EUROPE B.V. (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Some lots of Kewpie Roasted Sesame Dressing are being recalled because they deviated from European pesticide regulations. The product exceeded the ethylene oxide regulation of 0 05mg/kg.”
Where it was sold
Europe
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
87798

The product recalled

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

  • F-0495-2021 Class II

    Kewpie Deep Roasted Sesame Dressing; 8 oz.(263ml/243g) and 64 oz. (1893 ml/1950g) bottles (glass and plastic) Refrigerate after opening. UPC 8 oz: 8 719189 240153 UPC 64 oz. 8 719189 24160 Manufactured by Q&B Foods Inc. 15547 First St., Irwindale, CA 91706

    Codes: 8 oz lot codes: 06-03-2021 & 19-07-2021; 64 oz lot code: 06-03-2021

    Quantity: 8oz(236ml): 27,108 units. 64oz(1.8L): 3,120 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 May 26, 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.