Buckhead Tuna
Reason The Firm was notified by NJ Department of Health of two samples collected from tuna with reported high levels of scombrotoxin.
HeartLight Seafood brand Frozen Yellowfin Tuna Ground Meat recall
Recalled by Heartlight Seafood LLC · Pembroke Pines, FL, United States
Class II — Moderate risk. May cause temporary or reversible harm; serious harm unlikely.
Why it was recalled
Product may have high histamine levels and may be unfit for human consumption.
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
HeartLight Seafood brand Frozen Yellowfin Tuna Ground Meat (Thunnus albacares), IQF packed in a master carton of 10 x 1 lbs HDPE bags
Quantity: 42,000 lbs/ 4,200 cases
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.
Lot numbers: 155080514161, 156080514161, and 157608051461; Raw material lot numbers: 1415505, 1415605, and 14157605
Where it was sold
California New Jersey New York
FDA's distribution note: CA, NY, and NJ
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
- Heartlight Seafood LLC
- Initiated by
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Recall initiated
- Nov 11, 2014
- In FDA report of
- Dec 17, 2014
- Terminated
- Sep 30, 2016
- FDA recall number
- F-0707-2015 · event 69749
- Official record
- FDA enforcement report search
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