Organic Lemon Grass Tea Bag Cut (TBC), Item#410. Packing Size: 25 kgs net double craft paper bags and doub

Recall map → All recalls → F-1026-2013

Organic Lemon Grass Tea Bag Cut (TBC), Item#410. Packing Size: 25 kgs net double craft paper bags and double polyethylene bags each inner liner and repacked product packed in corrugated cartons with polyethylene inner liner. Organic Lemon Grass Tea Bag Cut (TBC) bulk sold in original, repacked cases, and as component of blended bulk tea products. Qtrade Teas And Herb · reported 2013-03-06

Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.

Reason for recall: QTrade Teas & Herbs is recalling Organic Lemon Grass Tea Bag Cut (TBC) because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
Classification: Class I
Recall initiated: 2013-02-08
Reported by the agency: 2013-03-06
Closed out (terminated): 2013-08-26
Recalling firm: Qtrade Teas And Herb
Cerritos, 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): Nationwide in the US: CA, NY, PA, NJ, MO, MA, OH, RI, CO, NC. Worldwide in: Canada
States we parsed from that text: CA CO MA MO NC NJ NY OH PA RI
The agency named these states. Parse method explicit_state_list, confidence high.
Food category: Beverages Produce (fruit & vegetables)derived
Assigned by a reviewed keyword rulebook over the product description, not by the agency.
Recall type: Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number: F-1026-2013

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