Buckhead Tuna
Reason The Firm was notified by NJ Department of Health of two samples collected from tuna with reported high levels of scombrotoxin.
Yellowfin Tuna Ground Meat recall
Recalled by Taiwan Seafood & Fish Corporation · Los Angeles, CA, United States
Class II — Moderate risk. May cause temporary or reversible harm; serious harm unlikely.
Why it was recalled
Taiwan Seafood & Fish Corp initiated a recall of the ground Yellowfin tuna due to high levels of histamine.
Some of these cause harm only with repeated exposure (lead in spices, for example), others act within hours (histamine poisoning from spoiled fish). All chemical contamination recalls.
What was recalled
Yellowfin Tuna Ground Meat, 22 lbs./case, 5500 lbs Two boxes per case, 11 one pound packages per box, 22 one pound packages per case
Quantity: 250 cases (5500 lbs.)
Food: Seafood & fish
Lot codes, dates and UPCs
A recall covers only these codes. Compare them with the lot number, best-by date or UPC printed on your package.
6037
Where it was sold
California Massachusetts New York
FDA's distribution note: US: NY, CA, MA,
Check the codes, then return or discard. Class II means eating it may cause temporary or reversible health problems. If your package matches the recalled codes, do not eat it - return it to the store or throw it away. FDA lists this recall as terminated: the company has finished removing the product, so it should no longer be on shelves - but it can still be in a freezer or pantry.
- Recalling firm
- Taiwan Seafood & Fish Corporation
- Initiated by
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Recall initiated
- Oct 3, 2016
- In FDA report of
- Dec 14, 2016
- Terminated
- Dec 8, 2016
- FDA recall number
- F-0678-2017 · event 75797
- Official record
- FDA enforcement report search
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