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True North Salmon Recall: Foreign Object; Cylindrical metal Pit (Passive Integrated Transponder) tags .

United States

TerminatedClass II

Company
True North Salmon
Product
True North Gutted Farmed Whole Atlantic Salmon, various we…
Recall date
December 7, 2015
Terminated
November 7, 2016
Source
FDA

Reason for recall

Foreign Object; Cylindrical metal Pit (Passive Integrated Transponder) tags .

  1. - Recall initiated
  2. - Reported by source
  3. - Recall terminated
Recalled products
Product description UPC Quantity Lot / code information
True North Gutted Farmed Whole Atlantic Salmon, various weights from 8 to more than 16 lbs. packaged in plastic in styrofoam container, 50 lbs/case. Product of Canada. Product Code: DHON 8¿10 50# DHDN 10¿12 5O#, DHON 14¿16 50#, DHON 16+ 5O# Not published in this source record 21,180.23 lbs Lot Code: 16139

Distribution

  • MA
  • MD
  • NJ
  • NY
  • PA
  • TX Foreign: Beijing

Official source record

Agency
FDA
Dataset
FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)
Recall number
F-1011-2016
Event ID
72803
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Company
True North Salmon
Product description
True North Gutted Farmed Whole Atlantic Salmon, various weights from 8 to more than 16 lbs. packaged in plastic in styrofoam container, 50 lbs/case. Product of Canada. Product Code: DHON 8¿10 50# DHDN 10¿12 5O#, DHON 14¿16 50#, DHON 16+ 5O#
Quantity
21,180.23 lbs
Reason
Foreign Object; Cylindrical metal Pit (Passive Integrated Transponder) tags .
Recall initiation date
December 7, 2015
Report date
September 28, 2016
Classification date
Not published in this source record
Termination date
November 7, 2016
Distribution pattern
MA, MD, NJ, NY, PA, TX Foreign: Beijing
UPC, lot, and code information
Lot Code: 16139
Voluntary or mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Initial notification method
Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
Source last updated
Not tracked separately from the Public Health Trace retrieval date below
Public Health Trace retrieval date

Responsible company: True North Salmon

Distribution map

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Distribution map
State Distributed
Massachusetts 1
Maryland 1
New Jersey 1
New York 1
Pennsylvania 1
Texas 1

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