Popcorn, Peanuts, Seeds & Related Snacks · barcode 00034952572728

Roasted & Unsalted Sunflower Kernels, Roasted & Unsalted

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 ROASTED/UNSALTED SUNFLOWER KERNEL 16 OZ, 1 LB (454 g), UPC 034952820881, Item # 699009. 10/11/16, 11/22/16, 12/30/16, 1/25/17, 2/22/16, 6/15/16, 9/16/16, 3/3/16, 5/17/16, 7/7/16, 4/20/16, 8/4/16. BULK - ROASTED/UNSALTED SUNFLOWER KERNELS 50#, 404129 EILLIEN'S 14 OZ (397 g), ROASTED /UNSALTED SUNFLOWER KERNEL, UPC 034952563658, Item # 304287. 12/30/16, 1/25/17, 2/28/16, 4/29/16, 5/24/16, 7/7/16, 8/24/16. EILLIEN'S R/N/S SUNFLOWER KERN 12 OZ (240 g), UPC 034952571134, Item # 128587. 12/17/16. Item # 800315: 9/22/16, 10/19/16, 11/22/16, 12/15/16, 12/30/16, 1/5/17, 1/20/17, 1/25/17, 1/27/17, 2/4/17, 5/18/16, 2/28/16, 3/24/16, 5/20/16, 2/7/16, 3/23/16, 5/13/16, 4/1/16, 8/30/16, 3/3/16, 4/6/16, 6/1/16, 6/28/16, 2/20/16, 6/22/16, 9/21/16, 5/5/16, 6/8/16, 8/20/16, 8/5/16, 7/17/16, 7/20/16. EILLIEN'S R/N/S SUNFLOWER KERN 7 OZ (198 g), UPC 034952575798, Item # 800107. 1/13/17, 1/14/17, 2/9/17, 3/5/16, 6/22/16, 2/8/16. EILLIEN'S ROASTED UNSALTED SUNFLOWER KERN TRAY 13 OZ (369 g), UPC 034952572728, Item # 204347. 7/7/16, 7/26/16, 8/22/16, 9/9/16, 9/30/16, 10/21/16, 11/9/16, 3/10/16, 1/15/16, 2/13/16, 11/21/15, 6/14/16, 1/20/16, 12/9/15, 4/19/16, 12/29/15, 12/29/15, 11/6/15, 12/18/15, 5/17/16. MILL'S FLEET FARM ROASTED UNSALTED SUNFLOWER KERNEL 16 OZ (1 LB), UPC 034952363838, Item # 600353. 10/26/16, 12/1/16, 1/25/17, 5/18/16, 2/7/16; 4/2/16, 7/9/16, 9/14/16, 2/20/16, 5/10/16, 8/20/16. PIGGLY WIGGLY ROASTED UNSALTED SUNFLOWER KERNELS 13 OZ (369 G), UPC 034952574166, Item # 669796. 10/5/16, 10/26/16, 11/22/16, 12/8/16, 12/31/16, 1/12/17, 2/9/17, 2/13/16, 2/28/16, 4/2/16, 6/24/16, 9/4/16, 3/9/16, 4/24/16. ROYAL POUCH BAG ROASTED UNSALTED SUNFLOWER KERNELS 11 OZ (312 G), UPC 034952571349, Item # 119586. 11/2/16, 11/24/16, 12/28/16, 1/20/17,2/12/17, 5/20/16, 2/15/16, 9/2/16, 4/6/16, 8/6/16, 5/5/16, 7/12/16, 9/18/16, 2/6/16, 3/10/16, 3/18/16. 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-2309-2016

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.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-05-25. Labels change; check the package.

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