FDA Food Recalls

Recalls / Class I

Class IF-2370-2015

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

Frontier Natural Products Co-Op Organic Mama Garlic packaged in a cardboard canister with paper label Net Wt. 5 oz (141 g), UPC 0 89836 18506 8. The responsible name on the package is Frontier Norway, IA.

Type
Food
Affected lot / code info
lot 4290 use by Oct 2017
Quantity
1374 canisters

Why it was recalled

Product may be contaminated with Salmonella.

Recalling firm

Firm
Frontier Natural Products Co-op
Notification channel
Press Release
Type
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Address
3021 78th St, N/A, Norway, Iowa 52318-9520

Distribution

Distribution pattern
Product was distributed nationwide, as well as to Puerto Rico and The Virgin Islands. Foreign distribution was made to Canada. There was also military distribution.

Timeline

Recall initiated
2015-03-16
FDA classified
2015-06-02
Posted by FDA
2015-06-10
Terminated
2017-03-30
Status
Terminated

Source: openFDA Food Enforcement endpoint. Recall record F-2370-2015. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.