Oysters IQF Select
Reason Distributed oysters were harvested from waters in South Korea, from which products had been prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions or where it may have become contaminated with filth, or where it may have…
Oysters IQF Standard recall
Recalled by Wanchese Fish Company · Suffolk, VA, United States
Class II — Moderate risk. May cause temporary or reversible harm; serious harm unlikely.
Why it was recalled
Distributed oysters were harvested from waters in South Korea, from which products had been prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions or where it may have become contaminated with filth, or where it may have been rendered injurious to health.
These are failures of the safety steps that keep food safe - cooking, pasteurising, keeping cold, sealing - even when no contaminant has yet been found. All processing & sanitation problems recalls.
What was recalled
Oysters, IQF Standard, packed in 5 lb polyethlene bags, further packaged as 2 bags/box and 6 bags/box, and labeled in part ***Wanchese Fish Company 2000 Northgate Commerce Parkway, Suffolk, VA 23435*** Product of S Korea***
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.
Batch codes: 29780 29737 27982 27988 27591 27592 27593 27594 27595 27173
Where it was sold
Alabama Delaware Florida Kansas North Carolina New Jersey New York Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Virginia
FDA's distribution note: Product were distributed to NY, SC, KS, PA, DE, TN, NC, FL, NJ, AL, and VA.
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
- Wanchese Fish Company
- Initiated by
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Recall initiated
- May 9, 2012
- In FDA report of
- Jul 18, 2012
- Terminated
- Jun 14, 2013
- FDA recall number
- F-1725-2012 · event 62338
- Official record
- FDA enforcement report search
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FDA files each product of one recall action separately; these share the same FDA event.
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