Margaritaville 4.16 ounce packages of Banana creme pie filling mix packaged in a yellow, red, and blue box wit

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Margaritaville 4.16 ounce packages of Banana creme pie filling mix packaged in a yellow, red, and blue box with white lettering. Jel Sert Co. · reported 2016-07-06

Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.

Reason for recall: There was a positive salmonella sample from another customer of the supplier that tested it. This firm uses the freeze dried bananas in their Banana creme pie filling mix.
Classification: Class I
Recall initiated: 2016-02-03
Reported by the agency: 2016-07-06
Closed out (terminated): 2018-02-26
Recalling firm: Jel Sert Co.
West Chicago, IL
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): 65 cases were used for sales samples and gifts. Of those cases (520 cartons) ~ 20 cartons are not accounted for and were most likely given to employees and or consumed. 17 other cases were used by Marketing and R&D.
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: Bakery 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-1594-2016

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