Chicken of the Sea 5-Ounce Chunk Light Tuna in Oil. Sold in single cans. 24 cans per case. UPC 48000 00195

Recall map → All recalls → F-1275-2013

Chicken of the Sea 5-Ounce Chunk Light Tuna in Oil. Sold in single cans. 24 cans per case. UPC 48000 00195 Product labeling reads in part:"Chicken of the Sea CHUNK LIGHT TUNA IN OILNET WT. 5 OZ (142g)Send product comments toChicken of the Sea Intl.,P.O. Box 85568, San Diego, CA 92186-5568". Tri-Union Seafoods, L.L.C dba Chicken of the Sea. · reported 2013-04-10

Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.

Reason for recall: Tri-Union Seafoods LLC is voluntarily recalling a limited amount of Chicken of the Sea brand 5-ounce cans of chunk white albacore tuna in water and Chicken of the Sea brand 5-ounce cans chunk light tuna in oil, because the seams on the lids of the cans do not meet the standard for seam quality.
Classification: Class II
Recall initiated: 2013-03-04
Reported by the agency: 2013-04-10
Closed out (terminated): 2014-09-25
Recalling firm: Tri-Union Seafoods, L.L.C dba Chicken of the Sea.
San Diego, 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): US states nationwide.
States we parsed from that text: AK AL AR AZ CA CO CT DC DE FL GA HI IA ID IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MO MS MT NC ND NE NH NJ NM NV NY OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VA VT WA WI WV WYour expansion
The agency wrote a broader phrase; these state names are ours, not theirs. Parse method nationwide, confidence high.
Food category: Fish & seafood Meat & poultryderived
Assigned by a reviewed keyword rulebook over the product description, not by the agency.
Recall type: Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number: F-1275-2013

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