Food recall

Cascade International Foods, Inc recall: Fresh Organic Freezer Strawberries Mexico with calyx (caps) removed

Cascade International Foods, Inc, of Hillsboro, OR, recalled Fresh Organic Freezer Strawberries Mexico with calyx (caps) removed. The FDA's reason: “Potential contamination with Hepatitis A.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on May 25, 2023, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of June 21, 2023. 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

Other germs or toxins (botulism, hepatitis A, mold...)

Status

Terminated

Closed January 3, 2024

The recall

Company
Cascade International Foods, Inc (Hillsboro, OR)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Potential contamination with Hepatitis A.”
Where it was sold
distributed in CA and OR.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
92442

The product recalled

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

  • F-0984-2023 Class I

    Fresh Organic Freezer Strawberries Mexico with calyx (caps) removed, net wt. 18 lbs., packaged in a T60-800 Polyethylene Homopolymer picking tray. Product is imported and distributed in fresh condition by Cascade International Foods.

    Codes: Lot codes: 030122-50029 030222-50029 030822-50029 030922-50029 031122-50029 The code Interpretation: 030122 (MMDDYY): Date code of when fruit was picked. 50029: Cascade's internal code for ranch identifying number. Load Shipment Numbers (Load shipment number is a sequential chronological order and is made up of the Product Lot Numbers. Load Shipment Number indicates the Cascade as the importer, number of the container imported into USA and year): CIM 125-22 CIM 129-22 CIM 130-22 CIM 144-22 CIM 146-22 CIM 147-22

    Quantity: total 35,686 lbs.

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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 21, 2023.

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.