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Cascade International Foods, Inc Recall: Potential contamination with Hepatitis A.

United States

TerminatedClass I

Company
Cascade International Foods, Inc
Product
Fresh Organic Freezer Strawberries Mexico with calyx (caps)…
Recall date
May 25, 2023
Terminated
January 3, 2024
Source
FDA

Reason for recall

Potential contamination with Hepatitis A.

  1. - Recall initiated
  2. - Reported by source
  3. - Recall terminated
Recalled products
Product description UPC Quantity Lot / code information
Fresh Organic Freezer Strawberries Mexico with calyx (caps) removed, net wt. 18 lbs., packaged in a T60-800 Polyethylene Homopolymer picking tray. Product is imported and distributed in fresh condition by Cascade International Foods. Not published in this source record total 35,686 lbs. Lot codes: 030122-50029 030222-50029 030822-50029 030922-50029 031122-50029 The code Interpretation: 030122 (MMDDYY): Date code of when fruit was picked. 50029: Cascade's internal code for ranch identifying number. Load Shipment Numbers (Load shipment number is a sequential chronological order and is made up of the Product Lot Numbers. Load Shipment Number indicates the Cascade as the importer, number of the container imported into USA and year): CIM 125-22 CIM 129-22 CIM 130-22 CIM 144-22 CIM 146-22 CIM 147-22

Distribution

  • distributed in CA and OR.

Official source record

Agency
FDA
Dataset
FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)
Recall number
F-0984-2023
Event ID
92442
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class I
Company
Cascade International Foods, Inc
Product description
Fresh Organic Freezer Strawberries Mexico with calyx (caps) removed, net wt. 18 lbs., packaged in a T60-800 Polyethylene Homopolymer picking tray. Product is imported and distributed in fresh condition by Cascade International Foods.
Quantity
total 35,686 lbs.
Reason
Potential contamination with Hepatitis A.
Recall initiation date
May 25, 2023
Report date
June 21, 2023
Classification date
Not published in this source record
Termination date
January 3, 2024
Distribution pattern
distributed in CA and OR.
UPC, lot, and code information
Lot codes: 030122-50029 030222-50029 030822-50029 030922-50029 031122-50029 The code Interpretation: 030122 (MMDDYY): Date code of when fruit was picked. 50029: Cascade's internal code for ranch identifying number. Load Shipment Numbers (Load shipment number is a sequential chronological order and is made up of the Product Lot Numbers. Load Shipment Number indicates the Cascade as the importer, number of the container imported into USA and year): CIM 125-22 CIM 129-22 CIM 130-22 CIM 144-22 CIM 146-22 CIM 147-22
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: Cascade International Foods, Inc

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State Distributed
California 1
Oregon 1

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