Soom Foods Tahini: Soom Sesame Premium Tahini, Single Source Origin, 100 % Roasted and Pressed Sesame Seeds

Recall map → All recalls → F-0781-2019

Soom Foods Tahini: Soom Sesame Premium Tahini, Single Source Origin, 100 % Roasted and Pressed Sesame Seeds, 11 oz. (6/case or 24/case) Soom Foods · reported 2019-02-13

Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.

Reason for recall: Soom Foods is recalling its tahini and chocolate tahini halva spread because their manufacturer, Achdut LTD. is recalling its Tahini products of all packages and sizes produced in the following dates: April 7th to May 21st 2018, due to a possible contamination of Salmonella.
Classification: Class I
Recall initiated: 2018-11-26
Reported by the agency: 2019-02-13
Closed out (terminated): 2019-06-27
Recalling firm: Soom Foods
Philadelphia, PA
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): The Soom Tahini products were distributed throughout the United States, through distributors, retailers, subscription box companies and via Amazon .com.
States we parsed from that text: could not be parsed
No state list could be read from the agency's text. Absence here is not evidence the product stayed put.
Food category: Nuts, seeds & nut buttersderived
Assigned by a reviewed keyword rulebook over the product description, not by the agency.
Recall type: Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number: F-0781-2019

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