Aaron's Gourmet Smoked Fish Recall: Potential for Clostridium botulinum. Products were produced and sold without licensure and regulatory oversight.
United States
TerminatedClass II
- Company
- Aaron's Gourmet Smoked Fish
- Product
- Aaron's Gourmet Smoked Fish (King, Sockeye, or Steelhead) pa…
- Recall date
- February 4, 2021
- Terminated
- February 26, 2021
- Source
- FDA
Reason for recall
Potential for Clostridium botulinum. Products were produced and sold without licensure and regulatory oversight.
- - Recall initiated
- - Reported by source
- - Recall terminated
| Product description | UPC | Quantity | Lot / code information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron's Gourmet Smoked Fish (King, Sockeye, or Steelhead) packaged in glass jars or in vacuum plastic bags. The label on GLASS JAR is read in parts: "***AARON'S GOURMET SMOKED FISH ***Portland Oregon (503) 372-9849 ***Quinault Tribal Seafoods ***Traditional Native American Smoked Wild Salmon***Sockeye***Fully Cooked Ready To Eat ***PERISHABLE *** Keep refrigerated at or below 38F ***".***Salmon, brown sugar, salt, spices, and natural hardwood smoke*** . The label on VACUUM BAG is read in parts: "***AARON'S GOURMET SMOKED FISH ***Portland Oregon (503) 372-9849 ***Quinault Tribal Seafoods ***Traditional Native American Smoked Wild Salmon ***King***Fully Cooked Ready To Eat *** PERISHABLE *** Keep refrigerated at or below 38F ***". | Not published in this source record | 13 cases (12 jars per case); 90 bags | Sell By 2022 |
Distribution
- Distributed in OR only.
Official source record
- Agency
- FDA
- Dataset
- FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)
- Recall number
- F-0317-2021
- Event ID
- 87354
- Status
- Terminated
- Classification
- Class II
- Company
- Aaron's Gourmet Smoked Fish
- Product description
- Aaron's Gourmet Smoked Fish (King, Sockeye, or Steelhead) packaged in glass jars or in vacuum plastic bags. The label on GLASS JAR is read in parts: "***AARON'S GOURMET SMOKED FISH ***Portland Oregon (503) 372-9849 ***Quinault Tribal Seafoods ***Traditional Native American Smoked Wild Salmon***Sockeye***Fully Cooked Ready To Eat ***PERISHABLE *** Keep refrigerated at or below 38F ***".***Salmon, brown sugar, salt, spices, and natural hardwood smoke*** . The label on VACUUM BAG is read in parts: "***AARON'S GOURMET SMOKED FISH ***Portland Oregon (503) 372-9849 ***Quinault Tribal Seafoods ***Traditional Native American Smoked Wild Salmon ***King***Fully Cooked Ready To Eat *** PERISHABLE *** Keep refrigerated at or below 38F ***".
- Quantity
- 13 cases (12 jars per case); 90 bags
- Reason
- Potential for Clostridium botulinum. Products were produced and sold without licensure and regulatory oversight.
- Recall initiation date
- February 4, 2021
- Report date
- March 3, 2021
- Classification date
- Not published in this source record
- Termination date
- February 26, 2021
- Distribution pattern
- Distributed in OR only.
- UPC, lot, and code information
- Sell By 2022
- Voluntary or mandated
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Initial notification method
- Other
- Source last updated
- Not tracked separately from the Public Health Trace retrieval date below
- Public Health Trace retrieval date
Responsible company: Aaron's Gourmet Smoked Fish
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| State | Distributed |
|---|---|
| Oregon | 1 |
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