Buckhead Tuna
Reason The Firm was notified by NJ Department of Health of two samples collected from tuna with reported high levels of scombrotoxin.
JSF Ground Tuna recall
Recalled by Japanese Specialty Food Distributors Ltd, Co. · Brookfield, CT, United States
Class II — Moderate risk. May cause temporary or reversible harm; serious harm unlikely.
Why it was recalled
Product associated with scombroid illness.
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
JSF Ground Tuna - IQF - Origin: Indonesia - 2/11LB, frozen
Quantity: 961 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.
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Where it was sold
Connecticut Georgia New Jersey New York Texas
FDA's distribution note: Product was distributed directly to CT, NY, NJ, TX, and GA
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
- Japanese Specialty Food Distributors Ltd, Co.
- Initiated by
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Recall initiated
- Jul 21, 2014
- In FDA report of
- Sep 24, 2014
- Terminated
- Apr 24, 2015
- FDA recall number
- F-2443-2014 · event 68861
- Official record
- FDA enforcement report search
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