Food recall

Choi's Kimchi LLC recall: Chois Kimchi Company Gluten Free Gochujang Red Chili Paste

Choi's Kimchi LLC, of Portland, OR, recalled Chois Kimchi Company Gluten Free Gochujang Red Chili Paste. The FDA's reason: “Salmonella.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on October 3, 2024, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of October 30, 2024. 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

Salmonella

Status

Terminated

Closed October 29, 2024

The recall

Company
Choi's Kimchi LLC (Portland, OR)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Salmonella.”
Where it was sold
Distributed in Oregon and Washington.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
95492

The product recalled

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

  • F-0055-2025 Class I

    Chois Kimchi Company Gluten Free Gochujang Red Chili Paste, packaged 16oz plastic pouch with spout, keep refrigerated. UP 8 58878 00330 8. Made By Chois Kimchi, LLC Portland, OR 97230.

    Codes: LOT CODE: 081525. Best By: 08/15/25.

    Quantity: 11 cases (6 pouches per case)

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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 October 30, 2024.

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.