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McCain Foods USA Recall: Publix brand Southern Style Diced Hash Brown Potatoes, net wt. 32 oz. package, is recalled because the firm received consumer complaints that foreign material was found in product.

United States

TerminatedClass III

Company
McCain Foods USA
Product
Publix brand, item # 41596, Southern Style Diced Hash Brown…
Recall date
December 4, 2017
Terminated
February 28, 2018
Source
FDA

Reason for recall

Publix brand Southern Style Diced Hash Brown Potatoes, net wt. 32 oz. package, is recalled because the firm received consumer complaints that foreign material was found in product.

  1. - Recall initiated
  2. - Reported by source
  3. - Recall terminated
Recalled products
Product description UPC Quantity Lot / code information
Publix brand, item # 41596, Southern Style Diced Hash Brown Potatoes, Net wt. 32 oz. Retail's UPC # 0 41415 00549 5. The label is read in parts: "***Publix Southern Style DICED HASH BROWN POTATOES***DISTRIBUTED BY PUBLIX SUPERMARKETS, INC. LAKELAND, FL 33802***". Not published in this source record 1463 cases B170322 is shown on package. batch # 1002167476

Distribution

  • distributed in FL

Official source record

Agency
FDA
Dataset
FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)
Recall number
F-0534-2018
Event ID
78689
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class III
Company
McCain Foods USA
Product description
Publix brand, item # 41596, Southern Style Diced Hash Brown Potatoes, Net wt. 32 oz. Retail's UPC # 0 41415 00549 5. The label is read in parts: "***Publix Southern Style DICED HASH BROWN POTATOES***DISTRIBUTED BY PUBLIX SUPERMARKETS, INC. LAKELAND, FL 33802***".
Quantity
1463 cases
Reason
Publix brand Southern Style Diced Hash Brown Potatoes, net wt. 32 oz. package, is recalled because the firm received consumer complaints that foreign material was found in product.
Recall initiation date
December 4, 2017
Report date
January 17, 2018
Classification date
Not published in this source record
Termination date
February 28, 2018
Distribution pattern
distributed in FL
UPC, lot, and code information
B170322 is shown on package. batch # 1002167476
Voluntary or mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Initial notification method
Telephone
Source last updated
Not tracked separately from the Public Health Trace retrieval date below
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Responsible company: McCain Foods USA

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