Food recall

QST Ingredients and Packaging recall: Reduced Sodium Roast Beef Rub (Serv-Rite) NET WT

QST Ingredients and Packaging, of Rancho Cucamonga, CA, recalled Reduced Sodium Roast Beef Rub (Serv-Rite) NET WT and 3 other products. The FDA's reason: “Product may contain small metal fragments due to contaminated onion powder ingredient used in manufacturing.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on August 7, 2025, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of August 20, 2025. 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 April 7, 2026

The recall

Company
QST Ingredients and Packaging (Rancho Cucamonga, CA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Product may contain small metal fragments due to contaminated onion powder ingredient used in manufacturing.”
Where it was sold
Product was distributed to 4 different customers who either use recalled finished product for ingredient in further processing or repack for retail sales. 4 customers are located in Southern California with the remaining customer in Texas.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
97426

The 4 products recalled

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

  • H-0495-2025 Class II

    Reduced Sodium Roast Beef Rub (Serv-Rite) NET WT: 50 lb UPC (QST# 6313)

    Codes: Lot numbers: 092251, 112251, 133251, 160251, 181251

    Quantity: 7,950 pounds total

  • H-0496-2025 Class II

    BBQ Riblet Seasoning (Cargill Meat)(PPM) NET WT: 50 lb UPC (QST# 5275)

    Codes: Lot Numbers: 059251, 079251, 154251, 170251, 170252

    Quantity: 11,050 pounds total

  • H-0497-2025 Class II

    Lemon Pepper Seasoning (Tarantino) NET WT: 50 lb UPC (QST# 6402)

    Codes: Lot Number: 118251

    Quantity: 731 pounds total

  • H-0498-2025 Class II

    Cajun Seasoning (Taratino) NET WT: 50 lb Usage: 13.80 LBS for 300 LBS of Meat UPC (QST# 4546)

    Codes: Lot# 118251

    Quantity: 731 pounds total

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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 20, 2025.

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.