Cargill Sea Salt Tablets; Net Wt. 50 lbs. (22.7 kg) cardboard case. 40 grain salt tablets; Ingredients: S

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Cargill Sea Salt Tablets; Net Wt. 50 lbs. (22.7 kg) cardboard case. 40 grain salt tablets; Ingredients: Salt Cargill Incorporated Minneapolis, MN 55440 Cargill Salt · reported 2017-10-18

Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.

Reason for recall: Equipment malfunction resulted in the inclusion of very small metallic fragments and particulate matter in some lots of salt tablets.
Classification: Class III
Recall initiated: 2017-09-18
Reported by the agency: 2017-10-18
Closed out (terminated): 2017-12-15
Recalling firm: Cargill Salt
Newark, CA
United States
This is the firm that issued the recall — commonly a distributor or processor. It is not the origin of contamination.
Distribution (the agency's own words): one distributor and two customers, all in WA state
States we parsed from that text: WA
The agency named these states. Parse method explicit_state_list, confidence high.
Food category: Dietary supplements Grains, pasta & cerealderived
Assigned by a reviewed keyword rulebook over the product description, not by the agency.
Recall type: Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number: F-0018-2018

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