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MBF-202 Carrageenan Ingredients Solutions Inc. · reported 2020-09-16

Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.

Reason for recall
On August 28, 2020, the firm's customer discovered colored fibers up to 1/4 " in length after sifting a lot of finished carrageenan intended for use as an ingredient in a finished food product. The fibers were identified by the recalling firm as 'tie tie' a fibrous rope used for seaweed production that was present in the seaweed ingredient used to manufacture carrageenan. One August 28, 2020 the firm recalled the finished carrageenan.
Classification
Class II
Recall initiated
2020-08-27
Reported by the agency
2020-09-16
Closed out (terminated)
2021-04-28
Recalling firm
Ingredients Solutions Inc.
Waldo, ME
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)
IA, KS, WI, KY
States we parsed from that text
IA KS KY WI

The agency named these states. Parse method explicit_state_list, confidence high.

Food category
uncategorised

Assigned by a reviewed keyword rulebook over the product description, not by the agency.

Recall type
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
F-1435-2020

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