Sym-Pac International Inc Recall: Notified by customer of reports of illness after consuming tuna steaks, found high levels of histamines.
United States
TerminatedClass II
- Company
- Sym-Pac International Inc
- Product
- Tidal Seafood Yellowfin Tuna Round Steaks; Frozen Thunnus A…
- Recall date
- September 19, 2019
- Terminated
- January 8, 2020
- Source
- FDA
Reason for recall
Notified by customer of reports of illness after consuming tuna steaks, found high levels of histamines.
- - Recall initiated
- - Reported by source
- - Recall terminated
| Product description | UPC | Quantity | Lot / code information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tidal Seafood Yellowfin Tuna Round Steaks; Frozen Thunnus Albacares; Net Wt.: 20 lbs. 6-8 oz. individually vacuumed packed steaks distributed Globally by: Global Protein Group, Irvine, CA | Not published in this source record | 2000 x 20 lb. cases | Production code of 01/04/2019 |
Distribution
- One customer in CA
Official source record
- Agency
- FDA
- Dataset
- FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)
- Recall number
- F-0462-2020
- Event ID
- 84507
- Status
- Terminated
- Classification
- Class II
- Company
- Sym-Pac International Inc
- Product description
- Tidal Seafood Yellowfin Tuna Round Steaks; Frozen Thunnus Albacares; Net Wt.: 20 lbs. 6-8 oz. individually vacuumed packed steaks distributed Globally by: Global Protein Group, Irvine, CA
- Quantity
- 2000 x 20 lb. cases
- Reason
- Notified by customer of reports of illness after consuming tuna steaks, found high levels of histamines.
- Recall initiation date
- September 19, 2019
- Report date
- January 15, 2020
- Classification date
- Not published in this source record
- Termination date
- January 8, 2020
- Distribution pattern
- One customer in CA
- UPC, lot, and code information
- Production code of 01/04/2019
- Voluntary or mandated
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Initial notification method
- Telephone
- Source last updated
- Not tracked separately from the Public Health Trace retrieval date below
- Public Health Trace retrieval date
Responsible company: Sym-Pac International Inc
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| State | Distributed |
|---|---|
| California | 1 |
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