Popcorn, Peanuts, Seeds & Related Snacks · barcode 00034952571103

Sunflower Kernels

Eillien's · Eillien's Candies Inc.

FDA recalls

• 2016-09-28 · Class I · Terminated Eillien's Candies was notified by Sunopta, an ingredient supplier that the sunflower kernels may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. In turn Eillien's in recalling a number of products manufactured with Roasted Salted Sunflower Kernels and / or Roasted Unsalted Sunflower Kernels. There have been no reported illnesses to date.Eillien's Candies, Inc.: BLAIN'S FARM & FLEET SUNFLOWER KERNEL 2 OZ (57 g), UPC 034952818949, Item # 670547. 10/5/16, 11/25/16, 3/3/16, 5/6/16, 7/23/16, 3/10/16. BLAIN'S FARM & FLEET SUNFLOWER KERNELS 16 OZ , 1 lb(454 g), UPC 034952813661, Item # 637413. 10/4/16, 10/18/16, 10/19/16, 11/22/16, 12/1/16, 12/30/16, 1/13/17, 1/18/17, 1/20/17, 2/4/17, 2/22/16, 9/1/16, 2/28/16, 6/15/16, 6/15/16, 8/9/16, 7/6/16, 9/14/16, 5/24/16, 2/20/16, 4/20/16, 5/5/16, 7/19/16, 3/29/16. EILLIEN'S 10 OZ (284 g) SUNFLOWER KERNELS, UPC 034952131581, Item 202358. 9/29/16, 11/10/16, 12/9/16, 1/4/17, 2/5/17, 6/21/16, 2/15/16, 3/19/16, 4/9/16, 4/15/16, 5/13/16, 5/27/16, 9/2/16. EILLIEN'S 12 OZ (340 g) SUNFLOWER KERNELS, UPC 034952571103, Item # 128884. 10/28/16, 6/3/16, 9/16/16. Item # 800323: 9/22/16, 10/4/16, 10/19/16, 10/27/16, 11/22/16, 12/1/16, 12/15/16, 12/30/16, 1/5/17, 1/20/17, 1/25/17, 2/4/17, 5/18/16, 5/18/16, 9/1/16, 2/28/16, 3/24/16, 3/24/16, 3/30/16, 5/20/16, 2/7/16, 8/30/16, 3/3/16, 4/6/16, 6/1/16, 2/20/16, 6/22/16, 6/22/16, 8/3/16, 5/5/16, 6/8/16, 6/29/16, 7/19/16, 8/5/16, 8/21/16, 7/20/16, EILLIEN'S 14 OZ (397 g), SUNFLOWER KERNELS, UPC 034952563481, Item # 304907. 9/29/16, 10/4/16, 10/4/16, 10/27/16, 12/1/16, 12/15/16, 1/25/17, 2/13/16, 9/1/16, 2/28/16, 3/30/16, 7/14/16, 6/11/16, 4/30/16, 3/3/16, 5/24/16, 2/20/16, 4/20/16, 4/28/16, 6/22/16, 6/22/16, 7/23/16, 8/3/16. Item #: 1/13/17, 2/15/16. EILLIEN'S SUNFLOWER KERNEL TRAY 13 OZ (369 g), UPC 034952572711, Item # 204339. 6/29/16, 7/18/16, 8/10/16, 8/23/16, 9/9/16, 9/30/16, 9/30/16,10/19/16,11/9/16, 11/10/16,4/16/16,1/29/16,3/11/16,1/15/16,1/1/16,11/21/15, 6/16/16, 1/20/16,12/9/15, 6/9/16, 11/8/15, 5/17/16, 5/17/16, 4/8/16. EILLIEN'S SUNFLOWER KERNELS 4 OZ (113 g), UPC 034952006094, Item # 200188. 10/20/16, 10/26/16, 12/3/16, 12/31/16, 1/27/17, 2/9/17, 2/16/17, 7/16/16, 2/5/16, 5/11/16, 2/7/16, 3/4/16, 3/17/16, 3/23/16, 4/2/16, 4/14/16, 5/19/16, 5/28/16, 6/11/16, 6/24/16, 7/6/16, 7/9/16, 9/4/16. HOLIDAY SNACKTIME SUNFLOWER KERNEL 12 OZ (340 g), UPC 041282995349. 11/17/16, 11/18/16, 12/10/16, 12/28/16, 12/30/16, 12/31/16, 12/31/16, 1/25/17, 2/22/16, 2/28/16, 3/17/16, 4/15/16, 2/12/16, 9/14/16, 3/26/16, 3/3/16, 5/24/16, 2/20/16, 7/12/16, 2/8/16. MILL'S FLEET FARM SUNFLOWER KERNELS 16 OZ , 1 lb(454 g), UPC 034952363821, Item # 600346. 10/11/16, 10/11/16, 12/1/16, 12/8/16, 12/15/16, 12/15/16, 12/30/16, 1/6/17, 2/16/17, 5/18/16, 9/1/16, 8/9/16, 8/9/16, 4/2/16, 2/15/16, 3/5/16, 3/26/16, 2/20/16, 5/5/16, 5/7/16, 6/8/16, 6/29/16, 7/19/16. MILL'S FLEET FARM SUNFLOWER KERNELS 6.75OZ (191 g), UPC 034952365511, Item # 609563. 11/17/16, 1/20/17, 2/16/17, 4/1/16, 4/30/16, 6/17/16, 8/13/16. URGE SUNFLOWER KERNELS 5 OZ (142 g), UPC 039779010484, Item # 618124. 10/11/16, 10/18/16, 12/2/16, 1/12/17, 2/22/16, 2/22/16, 7/16/16, 3/17/16, 6/17/16, 5/1/16, 6/3/16, 7/7/16, 2/29/16, 7/29/16, 6/8/16, 8/20/16, 2/8/16, 2/6/16, 5/3/16, 7/22/16, 8/25/16. Item #117739, 760 CT 12 OZ SUNFLOWER KERNEL, UPC 34952136166. 1/20/17, 1/25/17, 1/27/17, 2/4/17. FDA record F-2311-2016

Typical for popcorn, peanuts, seeds & related snacks

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.

• Cadmium: typically 116 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 120 g (4.2 oz) a day; an adult at about 550 g (19 oz).
  One serving (1 teaspoon):

  3% of a toddler's daily limit

  under 1% of a adult's daily limit
• Lead, Mercury, Arsenic (total), Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

• Lead in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
• Lead in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 1 of 3, average 2.17, highest 6.5 ppb (2018-2020)
• Lead in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 0 of 3, all below 5 ppb (2018-2020)
• Cadmium in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 3 of 3, average 40.7, highest 45 ppb (2018-2020)
• Cadmium in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 3 of 3, average 6.03, highest 6.2 ppb (2018-2020)
• Cadmium in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 3 of 3, average 333, highest 400 ppb (2018-2020)
• Mercury in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
• Mercury in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
• Mercury in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 1 of 3, average 0.43, highest 1.3 ppb (2018-2020)
• Arsenic (total) in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 2 of 3, average 3.3, highest 5 ppb (2018-2020)
• Arsenic (total) in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
• Arsenic (total) in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 1 of 3, average 2.17, highest 6.5 ppb (2018-2020)
• Perchlorate in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 2 of 20, average 0.15, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
• Perchlorate in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 3 of 20, average 0.45, highest 5 ppb (2008-2012)
• Perchlorate in Sunflower seeds (shelled), roasted, salted: found in 7 of 20, average 0.56, highest 4 ppb (2008-2012)

"Typically" is FDA's middle sample. Daily amounts use the long-run average and each chemical's daily limit (EPA reference dose, or FDA's level for lead) for a 33-lb toddler and a 154-lb adult. ppb = micrograms per kilogram of food. Source: FDA Total Diet Study.

Not tested

No published results for this product cover: Metals, Perchlorate, Phthalates (plastic softeners), Phthalate substitutes, Bisphenols. That means nobody has published a test, not that these are absent.

Ingredients (from the label)

SUNFLOWER KERNELS, SUNFLOWER OIL, SALT.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2022-12-22. Labels change; check the package.

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