Yellow Corn Tortillas in 5 lb clear flexible plastic bags with green and yellow printing. Tortilleria Provinci

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Yellow Corn Tortillas in 5 lb clear flexible plastic bags with green and yellow printing. Tortilleria Provincia 1200 B Clay Street Bowling Green, KY 42101 Tortilleria Provincia · reported 2013-03-13

Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.

Reason for recall: During an FDA inspection at the firm, it was discovered that the firm uses, FD&C Yellow #5, in the manufacture of their tortillas. However, FD&C Yellow #5 is not listed in the ingredient statement.
Classification: Class II
Recall initiated: 2011-10-19
Reported by the agency: 2013-03-13
Closed out (terminated): 2013-03-11
Recalling firm: Tortilleria Provincia
Bowling Green, KY
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 product was only distributed in the state of Kentucky.
States we parsed from that text: KY
The agency named these states. Parse method explicit_state_list, confidence high.
Food category: Bakery 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-1046-2013

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