Food recall

California Ranch Food Company, Inc. recall: Trader Joe's Fully Cooked Falafel Heat & Eat NET WT

California Ranch Food Company, Inc., of Vernon, CA, recalled Trader Joe's Fully Cooked Falafel Heat & Eat NET WT. The FDA's reason: “Foreign object; rocks.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on July 28, 2023, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of August 23, 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 II

It could cause temporary or minor harm

Why

Metal, plastic, glass or other objects

Status

Terminated

Closed March 20, 2025

The recall

Company
California Ranch Food Company, Inc. (Vernon, CA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Foreign object; rocks.”
Where it was sold
U.S. distribution to the following: CT, TX, IL No foreign distribution.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
92780

The product recalled

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

  • F-1402-2023 Class II

    Trader Joe's Fully Cooked Falafel Heat & Eat NET WT. 12 OZ (340g) Distributed and Sold Exclusively By: Trader Joe's Monrovia, CA 91016 UPC 0093 9355

    Codes: 07223-1, 07223-2, 07523-1, 07523-2, 08123-1, 08123-2, 09323-1, 09323-2, 09423-1, 09423-2, 09523-1, 09523-2, 09623-1, 09623-2, 11423-1, 11423-2, 11523-1, 11523-2, 11723-1, 11723-2, 11823-1, 12123-1, 12123-2, 13023-1, 13023-2, 14023-1, 14023-2, 14223-1, 14223-2, 14423-1, 14423-2, 15323-1, 16323-1, 16323-2, 16623-1, 16623-2, 17023-1, 17023-2, 17123-1, 19223-2, 19423-1 and 19423-2

    Quantity: 21034 cases

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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 23, 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.