Polar Whole Boiled Oysters, 8 oz. net weight, 12 cans/carton.

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Polar Whole Boiled Oysters, 8 oz. net weight, 12 cans/carton. Milky Way Intl Trading Corp · reported 2012-06-20

Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.

Reason for recall: MW Polar is recalling Polar Whole Boiled Oysters from Korea because the product has been prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health.
Classification: Class III
Recall initiated: 2012-05-30
Reported by the agency: 2012-06-20
Closed out (terminated): 2013-05-24
Recalling firm: Milky Way Intl Trading Corp
Norwalk, 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: CT, IL, TN, NC, MI, OH, and AR.
States we parsed from that text: AR CT IL MI NC OH TN
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-1422-2012

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