US Food Recall Atlas

A single recall record, as the agency published it.

Recall mapAll recalls → F-1646-2012

H.E.B Pasta Salad Ranch & Bacon, NET WT 7.5 OZ , CONT. NET 212G, UPC 4122089106 TreeHouse Foods, Inc / Bay Valley Foods · reported 2012-07-04

Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.

Reason for recall
Based on information received from Kerry Food Ingredients and Flav ours, Bay Valley Foods is voluntarily recalling approximately 74,000 cases of boxed pasta mix products manufactured by its subsidiary STP Specialty Foods, Inc. because the recalled products contained a seasoning blend manufactured by Kerry with lactic acid which may contain small metal fragments.
Classification
Class II
Recall initiated
2012-06-06
Reported by the agency
2012-07-04
Closed out (terminated)
2012-10-16
Recalling firm
TreeHouse Foods, Inc / Bay Valley Foods
Oak Brook, 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)
AL, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, MI,MN, MO, NE, NY, NC, OH, PA, SC, TN TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY
States we parsed from that text
AL CO FL GA IL IN KS KY MD MI MN MO NC NE NY OH PA SC TN TX UT VA WA WI WY

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

Food category
Grains, pasta & cereal Meat & poultry Salads & fresh-cut producederived

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

Recall type
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
F-1646-2012

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