Recalls / Class I
Class IF-1026-2013
Class I— FDA's most serious classification, issued when there is a reasonable probability that consumption of or exposure to the product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
Product
Organic Lemon Grass Tea Bag Cut (TBC), Item#410. Packing Size: 25 kgs net double craft paper bags and double polyethylene bags each inner liner and repacked product packed in corrugated cartons with polyethylene inner liner. Organic Lemon Grass Tea Bag Cut (TBC) bulk sold in original, repacked cases, and as component of blended bulk tea products.
- Type
- Food
- Affected lot / code info
- Lot#108
- Quantity
- 6,303.78 lbs
Why it was recalled
QTrade Teas & Herbs is recalling Organic Lemon Grass Tea Bag Cut (TBC) because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
Recalling firm
- Firm
- Qtrade Teas And Herb
- Notification channel
- Telephone
- Type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Address
- 16205 Distribution Way, N/A, Cerritos, California 90703-2329
Distribution
- Distribution pattern
- Nationwide in the US: CA, NY, PA, NJ, MO, MA, OH, RI, CO, NC. Worldwide in: Canada
Timeline
- Recall initiated
- 2013-02-08
- FDA classified
- 2013-02-28
- Posted by FDA
- 2013-03-06
- Terminated
- 2013-08-26
- Status
- Terminated
Source: openFDA Food Enforcement endpoint. Recall record F-1026-2013. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.