Bitterman and Sons Recall: Parmigiano Reggiano (Parmesan) cheese is declared, but milk is not listed on label.
United States
TerminatedClass II
- Company
- Bitterman and Sons
- Product
- Parmesan Truffle Salt. The product is packaged in glass tast…
- Recall date
- March 1, 2017
- Terminated
- May 16, 2017
- Source
- FDA
Reason for recall
Parmigiano Reggiano (Parmesan) cheese is declared, but milk is not listed on label.
- - Recall initiated
- - Reported by source
- - Recall terminated
| Product description | UPC | Quantity | Lot / code information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parmesan Truffle Salt. The product is packaged in glass taster cork jars (0.9 oz.) with cork top lid, glass small jars (1.8 oz.) with glass lids, and glass large jars (6.1 oz.) with glass lids. Sold as single items. The label is read in parts: "***Parmesan Truffle Salt*** INGREDIENTS: SEA SALT, TRUFFLE, PARMIGIANO REGGIANO CHEESE ***PRODUCT OF ITALY***PACKAGED BY BITTERMAN SALT CO. PORTLAND, OR***" | Not published in this source record | 500 taster cork jars (0.9 oz.); 192 small jars (1.8 oz.), and 78 large jars (6.1 oz.). | None |
Distribution
- distributed in AK
- CA
- CT
- FL
- IL
- IN
- KS
- MO
- NV
- NY
- OR
- TX
- UT
- VA
- and WA.
Official source record
- Agency
- FDA
- Dataset
- FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)
- Recall number
- F-1733-2017
- Event ID
- 76640
- Status
- Terminated
- Classification
- Class II
- Company
- Bitterman and Sons
- Product description
- Parmesan Truffle Salt. The product is packaged in glass taster cork jars (0.9 oz.) with cork top lid, glass small jars (1.8 oz.) with glass lids, and glass large jars (6.1 oz.) with glass lids. Sold as single items. The label is read in parts: "***Parmesan Truffle Salt*** INGREDIENTS: SEA SALT, TRUFFLE, PARMIGIANO REGGIANO CHEESE ***PRODUCT OF ITALY***PACKAGED BY BITTERMAN SALT CO. PORTLAND, OR***"
- Quantity
- 500 taster cork jars (0.9 oz.); 192 small jars (1.8 oz.), and 78 large jars (6.1 oz.).
- Reason
- Parmigiano Reggiano (Parmesan) cheese is declared, but milk is not listed on label.
- Recall initiation date
- March 1, 2017
- Report date
- April 5, 2017
- Classification date
- Not published in this source record
- Termination date
- May 16, 2017
- Distribution pattern
- distributed in AK, CA, CT, FL, IL, IN, KS, MO, NV, NY, OR, TX, UT, VA, and WA.
- UPC, lot, and code information
- None
- 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: Bitterman and Sons
A map highlighting the states named in the source's distribution description.
Shading reflects state-level totals only, as published by the source. It does not imply county-level or point-level precision.
| State | Distributed |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 1 |
| California | 1 |
| Connecticut | 1 |
| Florida | 1 |
| Illinois | 1 |
| Indiana | 1 |
| Kansas | 1 |
| Missouri | 1 |
| Nevada | 1 |
| New York | 1 |
| Oregon | 1 |
| Texas | 1 |
| Utah | 1 |
| Virginia | 1 |
| Washington | 1 |
States shown are extracted from the source's free-text distribution description above; a narrative description (e.g. "distributed nationwide") may not list individual states to extract.
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