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Oysters, IQF Standard, packed in 5 lb polyethlene bags, further packaged as 2 bags/box and 6 bags/box, and labeled in part ***Wanchese Fish Company 2000 Northgate Commerce Parkway, Suffolk, VA 23435*** Product of S Korea*** Wanchese Fish Company · reported 2012-07-18

Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.

Reason for recall
Distributed oysters were harvested from waters in South Korea, from which products had been prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions or where it may have become contaminated with filth, or where it may have been rendered injurious to health.
Classification
Class II
Recall initiated
2012-05-09
Reported by the agency
2012-07-18
Closed out (terminated)
2013-06-14
Recalling firm
Wanchese Fish Company
Suffolk, VA
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)
Product were distributed to NY, SC, KS, PA, DE, TN, NC, FL, NJ, AL, and VA.
States we parsed from that text
AL DE FL KS NC NJ NY PA SC TN VA

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

Food category
Fish & seafoodderived

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

Recall type
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
F-1725-2012

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