FDA Food Recalls

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.