US Food Recall Atlas

A single recall record, as the agency published it.

Recall mapAll recalls → F-1444-2014

Condies Food fine shred lettuce, and 1/4 shred lettuce; 5 lbs bags, 4 bags per case Condies Foods, Inc · reported 2014-02-05

Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.

Reason for recall
A piece of hard brittle plastic was found inside a bag of 41890 Lettuce Shred Fine. The bag of lettuce had the following code date: Use Thru 1/7. Upon receipt of a picture of the plastic, it was determined that the plastic had originated from an instrument used by Condies Foods for quality control purposes. It is believed that there is a possibility that additional pieces may be within other bags
Classification
Class II
Recall initiated
2014-01-02
Reported by the agency
2014-02-05
Closed out (terminated)
2014-04-17
Recalling firm
Condies Foods, Inc
Kearns, UT
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)
5 Distributors within UT
States we parsed from that text
UT

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

Food category
Produce (fruit & vegetables)derived

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

Recall type
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
F-1444-2014

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