Dried Tapioca Pearl, Net Wt. 7oz, 50 bags/carton, UPC Code 0893467803068

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Dried Tapioca Pearl, Net Wt. 7oz, 50 bags/carton, UPC Code 0893467803068 New Japan International, Inc. · reported 2014-02-26

Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.

Reason for recall: Product contains unapproved colors, 16185-Amaranth (E123)-Delisted FD&C Red #2, 45170-Rhodamine B-Basic Violet 10, 42000-Malachite Green-Basic Green 4, 4100-Auramine O-Basic Yellow 2, and undeclared colors FD&C Yellow #5 and FD&C Blue #1.
Classification: Class II
Recall initiated: 2014-01-20
Reported by the agency: 2014-02-26
Closed out (terminated): 2014-07-21
Recalling firm: New Japan International, Inc.
Commerce, 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): CA, FL, WA, VA, TX, UT, NY, MS, KS, MA
States we parsed from that text: CA FL KS MA MS NY TX UT VA WA
The agency named these states. Parse method explicit_state_list, confidence high.
Food category: Grains, pasta & cerealderived
Assigned by a reviewed keyword rulebook over the product description, not by the agency.
Recall type: Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number: F-1478-2014

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