Recalls / Class II

Class IIF-1544-2020

Product

Microwave popcorn packaged in the following ways: 1) Full Circle Organic Microwave Popcorn Salted, 3-2.9 oz (82 g) bags, Net Wt. 8.7 oz (247 g), Distributed by Topco Associates LLC, Elk Grove Villiage, IL, UPC 36800-40611 2) Sprouts Farmers Market, Organic Salted Microwave Popcorn, 3-2.9 oz (82 g) bags, Net Wt. 8.7 oz (247 g), Manufactured Exclusively For Sprouts Farmers Market Phoenix AZ UPC 46670-31918 3) Life Smart Organic Microwave Popping Corn Original, 3 bags x 82 g 246 g, Imported For Metro Brands Montreal Quebec, UPC 59749-97320; 4) Nature's Promise, Organic Microwave Popcorn Slightly Salted, 3-2.9 oz (82 g) bags, Net Wt. 8.7 oz (247 g), Distributed by Foodhold USA, LLC Landover, MD UPC 88267-05575

Type

Food

Affected lot / code info

Full Circle: AUG1821N2, JUL1621N2, JUL1721N2, JUL2021N2, JUL3121N2; Sprouts: JUL1721N2; Lifesmart: BB/MA 20210716N2 Nature's Promise:AUG0121N2, AUG1821N2, JUL1821N2, JUL2021N2, JUL2321N2, JUL2721N2, JUL3121N2;

Quantity

FC: 1,890/12/3/2.9 oz/bags/boxes/cases; Sprouts: 401/12/3/2.9 oz/bags/boxes/cases; Lifesmart: 71/12/3/82 g/bags/boxes/cases; NP: 4,721 cases

Why it was recalled

Popcorn ingredient was recalled due to foreign matter: tempered glass between 3 mm and 7 mm in size

Recalling firm

Firm

Gilster-Mary Lee Corp.

Notification channel

Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit

Type

Voluntary: Firm initiated

Address

1037 State St, N/A, Chester, Illinois 62233-1657

Distribution

Distribution pattern

Distributed to grocery stores in the following US States: AZ, CA, CT, FL, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NY, OH, PA, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, and WI and Canada

Timeline

Recall initiated

2020-09-09

FDA classified

2020-09-23

Posted by FDA

2020-09-30

Terminated

2020-12-08

Status

Terminated

Source: openFDA Food Enforcement endpoint. Recall record F-1544-2020. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.