El Matador Mexican Style Salted Tortilla Chips 16oz (454 g) bags &32 oz (908 g) bags

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El Matador Mexican Style Salted Tortilla Chips 16oz (454 g) bags &32 oz (908 g) bags Garden Fresh Salsa, Inc. · reported 2012-12-26

Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.

Reason for recall: Beginning 11/01/2012 Garden Fresh Gourmet recalled El Matador & Garden Fresh Gourmet Salted Tortilla Chips because quality standards of ingredients used in the products were not met.
Classification: Class III
Recall initiated: 2012-11-01
Reported by the agency: 2012-12-26
Closed out (terminated): 2013-02-07
Recalling firm: Garden Fresh Salsa, Inc.
Ferndale, MI
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): Michigan, Indiana, New Jersey,
States we parsed from that text: IN MI NJ
The agency named these states. Parse method explicit_state_list, confidence high.
Food category: Bakery Snack foodsderived
Assigned by a reviewed keyword rulebook over the product description, not by the agency.
Recall type: Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number: F-0828-2013

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