Food recall

Smirks Ltd recall: Organic Amaranth

Smirks Ltd, of Fort Morgan, CO, recalled Organic Amaranth. The FDA's reason: “Potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on July 20, 2022, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of August 17, 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 II

It could cause temporary or minor harm

Why

Salmonella

Status

Terminated

Closed October 23, 2023

The recall

Company
Smirks Ltd (Fort Morgan, CO)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.”
Where it was sold
Distributed in CA, CO, IL, NY, and OR.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
90645

The product recalled

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

  • F-1543-2022 Class II

    Organic Amaranth, item # 4602, packaged in 25kg and supersack totes. Product is raw grain and imported from India. Store in cool, dry, dark place preferably below 15 Celsius.

    Codes: Lot 2112A1 Expiration: June 2023

    Quantity: 960 - 25 kg bags and 20 - Metric Ton totes

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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 August 17, 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.