Food recall

Driscoll's Inc. recall: Driscoll's Conventional Strawberries (Fresh) packed in 8x16oz clamshell and 4X32oz clamshell

Driscoll's Inc., of Watsonville, CA, recalled Driscoll's Conventional Strawberries (Fresh) packed in 8x16oz clamshell and 4X32oz clamshell. The FDA's reason: “Driscoll s identified specific lots of strawberries exceeding the United States Maximum Residual Limit (MRL) for the pesticide Etoxazole. Analytical results included residue level between 1.20 to...” The FDA classified it Class III: it is unlikely to cause harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on January 21, 2022, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of February 23, 2022. The FDA has closed the recall: it found the company did all it reasonably could to remove or correct the product.

How serious

Class III

It is unlikely to cause harm

Why

Lead or other chemicals

Status

Terminated

Closed February 16, 2022

The recall

Company
Driscoll's Inc. (Watsonville, CA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Driscoll s identified specific lots of strawberries exceeding the United States Maximum Residual Limit (MRL) for the pesticide Etoxazole. Analytical results included residue level between 1.20 to 1.28 ppm”
Where it was sold
Distributed to retail DCs in U.S. (CA, OK, MN, MO, MD); product may have been further distributed to CAN (ON)
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
89578

The product recalled

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

  • F-0737-2022 Class III

    Driscoll's Conventional Strawberries (Fresh) packed in 8x16oz clamshell and 4X32oz clamshell; 8 clamshells per case, 4 clamshells per case, respectively. Harvest date: Jan-17-2022, Jan-18-2022, Jan-19-2022.

    Codes: 14-9725-0117, 14-9725-0118, 14-9725-0119. 14-101911- 0117, 14-101911- 0118, 14-101911- 0119.

    Quantity: 8,222 crates

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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 February 23, 2022.

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.