PRAN brand Spice Powder TURMERIC, Net Wt. 14.1 oz./400g, UPC 8 46656 00209 4, and Net Wt. 8.82 oz./250g, UPC 8

Recall map → All recalls → F-2224-2014

PRAN brand Spice Powder TURMERIC, Net Wt. 14.1 oz./400g, UPC 8 46656 00209 4, and Net Wt. 8.82 oz./250g, UPC 8 31730 00551 --- PRODUCT OF BANGLADESH -- Manufactured by/Fabricado por: PRAN AGRO LTD, PRAN-RFL Center, 105 Middle Badda, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh --- This product is packed in clear plastic jars with yellow plastic lids. Ontime Distribution Inc. · reported 2014-07-30

Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.

Reason for recall: The product was found to contain excessive levels of lead based on sampling by New York State Department of Health, private laboratory analysis, and FDA sampling and analysis.
Classification: Class I
Recall initiated: 2013-10-03
Reported by the agency: 2014-07-30
Closed out (terminated): 2018-06-01
Recalling firm: Ontime Distribution Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
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): New York and New Jersey
States we parsed from that text: NJ NY
The agency named these states. Parse method explicit_state_list, confidence high.
Food category: Sauces, condiments & spicesderived
Assigned by a reviewed keyword rulebook over the product description, not by the agency.
Recall type: Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number: F-2224-2014

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