Food recall

JR Simplot Company recall: Simplot Traditional Reduced Sodium Tater Gems , formed frozen potatoes

JR Simplot Company, of Boise, ID, recalled Simplot Traditional Reduced Sodium Tater Gems , formed frozen potatoes. The FDA's reason: “Plastic fragments. Pieces of semi-rigid plastic embedded in the recalled Tater Gems product.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on November 18, 2025, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of December 17, 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 January 9, 2026

The recall

Company
JR Simplot Company (Boise, ID)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Plastic fragments. Pieces of semi-rigid plastic embedded in the recalled Tater Gems product.”
Where it was sold
Distributed in AR, CT, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MI, MN, MS, NC ND, OH, OK, TN, TX, VA and WI.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
98018

The product recalled

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

  • H-0245-2026 Class II

    Simplot Traditional Reduced Sodium Tater Gems , formed frozen potatoes, 6/5lb bags per case, foodservice item, master case UPC 100 71179 00418 9. Distributed by Simplot Global Food, LLC, P.O. Box 9386, Boise, ID 83707

    Codes: Lot Code: 087 FEB 16 25 1 Lot Interpretation: 087 - Production Facility FEB - Production Month 16 - Production Date 25 - Production Year 1 Line of Production

    Quantity: 7053 cases (6/5lb. bags 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 December 17, 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.