Food recall

Wismettac Asian Foods, Inc. recall: Marutomo Dashi Soup Base

Wismettac Asian Foods, Inc., of Santa Fe Springs, CA, recalled Marutomo Dashi Soup Base. The FDA's reason: “Undeclared allergens; wheat and soy.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on July 22, 2022, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of August 24, 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 I

It could cause serious harm or death

Why

Allergen not on the label

Status

Terminated

Closed August 15, 2023

The recall

Company
Wismettac Asian Foods, Inc. (Santa Fe Springs, CA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Undeclared allergens; wheat and soy.”
Where it was sold
U.S. distribution to the following: CA and NV. No foreign distribution.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
90666

The product recalled

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

  • F-1555-2022 Class I

    Marutomo Dashi Soup Base, Item # #37402 Ingredients: Dried Shaved Skipjack Tuna, Fish Extract (Dried Skipjack Tuna, Salt, Sea Bream Bone, Yeast Extract), Kelp Extract (Kelp Extract, Sorbitol, Maltitol, Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate (Cassava), Salt, Ethyl Alcohol, Kelp Product of Japan Distributed by Wismettac Asian Foods, Inc. Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 UPC 0 74410 37402 0 NET WT. 17.63 OZ (1.1 LB) 500g

    Codes: All Best Before dates distributed between July 1, 2021 through July 22, 2022.

    Quantity: 1,025 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 August 24, 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.