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Asian Best, Tamarind Candy Net Weight: 4 oz. Units Per Carton: 72 units Eastland Food Corporation · reported 2018-05-16
Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.
- Reason for recall
- Eastland Food Corporation out an abundance of caution has decided to initiate a product recall of all Asian Best, Tamarind Candy ( UPC: 083737158008 ) and Tamarind Candy Hot Flavor ( UPC: 083737158022 ) due to elevated levels of lead (0.15 ppm) when compared against FDA s action level of 0.1 ppm.
- Classification
- Class II
- Recall initiated
- 2018-04-18
- Reported by the agency
- 2018-05-16
- Closed out (terminated)
- 2019-06-05
- Recalling firm
- Eastland Food Corporation
Jessup, MD
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)
- Product Distributed thru our the nation.
- States we parsed from that text
- could not be parsed
No state list could be read from the agency's text. Absence here is not evidence the product stayed put.
- Food category
- Candy & chocolatederived
Assigned by a reviewed keyword rulebook over the product description, not by the agency.
- Recall type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Recall number
- F-1409-2018
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