Food recall

A L Kauffman & Sons Co. DBA Kauffman's Fruit Farm and Market recall: Kauffman's Fruit Farm & Market Sweet Apple Cider

A L Kauffman & Sons Co. DBA Kauffman's Fruit Farm and Market, of Bird In Hand, PA, recalled Kauffman's Fruit Farm & Market Sweet Apple Cider. The FDA's reason: “Product contains elevated levels of patulin.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on May 6, 2021, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of June 2, 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 March 10, 2022

The recall

Company
A L Kauffman & Sons Co. DBA Kauffman's Fruit Farm and Market (Bird In Hand, PA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Product contains elevated levels of patulin.”
Where it was sold
Distributed to retailers distributors, and direct accounts PA, MD, TN and NJ.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
87881

The product recalled

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

  • F-0566-2021 Class II

    Kauffman's Fruit Farm & Market Sweet Apple Cider; Keep Refrigerated; Packaged in plastic bottles with screw-cap lids in the following sizes: 12-once: 25 bottles per case. 1/2-gallon: 9 bottles per case 1-gallon: 4 bottles per case. 350-gallon tote 250-gallon tote

    Codes: Best By: 5/10/21 (9)

    Quantity: 1,740.5 gallons

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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 June 2, 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.