FDA Recall United States Terminated Historical recordClass II
The Perfect Bite Co.
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The Perfect Bite Co. Recall: Customer complaint of ingredient listed in name of product (Quinoa) but product contained Farro and not quinoa. Farro is declared as an ingredient but wheat is undeclared on the label.
United States
TerminatedClass II
- Company
- The Perfect Bite Co.
- Product
- Southwest Style Vegetable & Quinoa Protein Blend; Corn, Far…
- Recall date
- October 30, 2018
- Terminated
- January 29, 2019
- Source
- FDA
Reason for recall
Customer complaint of ingredient listed in name of product (Quinoa) but product contained Farro and not quinoa. Farro is declared as an ingredient but wheat is undeclared on the label.
- - Recall initiated
- - Reported by source
- - Recall terminated
| Product description | UPC | Quantity | Lot / code information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Style Vegetable & Quinoa Protein Blend; Corn, Farro, Brown Rice, Red Bell Peppers, Black Beans, Poblano peppers, Scallions in a spicy citrus chili sauce. NET WT. 10 oz. (283G) Steam Ready, cooks perfectly in the bag! Keep Frozen Ingredients: Yellow Corn, Cooked Farro (water, Farro), Cooked brown rice (water, brown rice), red bell pepper, black beans (water, black beans), poblano pepper, citrus chili sauce (lemon juice, water, canola oil, garlic powder, salt, spices, onion powder, paprika, sugar, soybean oil, xanthan gum, scallions. Distributed by Foodhold USA LLC, Landover, MD. | Not published in this source record | 2250 lbs. | R15602, R15862-Expiration: 10.2.2020 |
Distribution
- MA
- MD
- PA
Official source record
- Agency
- FDA
- Dataset
- FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)
- Recall number
- F-0629-2019
- Event ID
- 81474
- Status
- Terminated
- Classification
- Class II
- Company
- The Perfect Bite Co.
- Product description
- Southwest Style Vegetable & Quinoa Protein Blend; Corn, Farro, Brown Rice, Red Bell Peppers, Black Beans, Poblano peppers, Scallions in a spicy citrus chili sauce. NET WT. 10 oz. (283G) Steam Ready, cooks perfectly in the bag! Keep Frozen Ingredients: Yellow Corn, Cooked Farro (water, Farro), Cooked brown rice (water, brown rice), red bell pepper, black beans (water, black beans), poblano pepper, citrus chili sauce (lemon juice, water, canola oil, garlic powder, salt, spices, onion powder, paprika, sugar, soybean oil, xanthan gum, scallions. Distributed by Foodhold USA LLC, Landover, MD.
- Quantity
- 2250 lbs.
- Reason
- Customer complaint of ingredient listed in name of product (Quinoa) but product contained Farro and not quinoa. Farro is declared as an ingredient but wheat is undeclared on the label.
- Recall initiation date
- October 30, 2018
- Report date
- November 28, 2018
- Classification date
- Not published in this source record
- Termination date
- January 29, 2019
- Distribution pattern
- MA, MD, PA
- UPC, lot, and code information
- R15602, R15862-Expiration: 10.2.2020
- Voluntary or mandated
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Initial notification method
- Letter
- Source last updated
- Not tracked separately from the Public Health Trace retrieval date below
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| State | Distributed |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 1 |
| Maryland | 1 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 |
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