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Little Mermaid Brand Smoked Herring. Little Mermaid Smokehouse · reported 2013-04-24
Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.
- Reason for recall
- During an inspection by FDA, it was found that the Little Mermaid Smoked Herring and Little Mermaid Pickled Herring were uneviscerated. The firm initiated the recall due to potential for Clostridium botulinum.
- Classification
- Class I
- Recall initiated
- 2013-04-04
- Reported by the agency
- 2013-04-24
- Closed out (terminated)
- 2013-07-10
- Recalling firm
- Little Mermaid Smokehouse
North Hollywood, CA
United StatesThis 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)
- California.
- States we parsed from that text
- CA
The agency named these states. Parse method explicit_state_list, confidence high.
- Food category
- Fish & seafoodderived
Assigned by a reviewed keyword rulebook over the product description, not by the agency.
- Recall type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Recall number
- F-1316-2013
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