QST Ingredients and Packaging Recall: Product may contain small metal fragments due to contaminated onion powder ingredient used in manufacturing.

🇺🇸 United States

1. August 7, 2025 - Recall initiated
2. August 20, 2025 - Reported by source
3. April 7, 2026 - Recall terminated

Official source record

Agency

FDA

Dataset

FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)

Recall number

H-0495-2025

Event ID

97426

Status

Terminated

Classification

Class II

Company

QST Ingredients and Packaging

Product description

Reduced Sodium Roast Beef Rub (Serv-Rite) NET WT: 50 lb UPC (QST# 6313)

Quantity

7,950 pounds total

Reason

Product may contain small metal fragments due to contaminated onion powder ingredient used in manufacturing.

Recall initiation date

August 7, 2025

Report date

August 20, 2025

Classification date

Not published in this source record

Termination date

April 7, 2026

Distribution pattern

Product was distributed to 4 different customers who either use recalled finished product for ingredient in further processing or repack for retail sales. 4 customers are located in Southern California with the remaining customer in Texas.

UPC, lot, and code information

Lot numbers: 092251, 112251, 133251, 160251, 181251

Voluntary or mandated

Voluntary: Firm initiated

Initial notification method

Letter

Source last updated

Not tracked separately from the Public Health Trace retrieval date below

Public Health Trace retrieval date

July 18, 2026 ET

Other products recalled under this same event

This recall shares FDA event ID 97426 with 3 other product entries in Public Health Trace.

Responsible company: QST Ingredients and Packaging

Other recalls from QST Ingredients and Packaging

Where this information comes from

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No separate FDA public notice was found for this enforcement record. The information below comes from FDA's Recall Enterprise System through openFDA.

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Technical source data

View raw source data -- the machine-readable record this page's information was built from.

Retrieved by Public Health Trace: July 18, 2026 ET

Frequently asked questions

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