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FDA recalls · F-0841-2019

Bornstein Seafoods Inc recall

  • Food5-pound cans of unpasteurized, ready-to-eat, Dungeness crab meat, packaged in reduced oxygen metal cans that were shipped with Fresh-Check B Time Temperature Indicator (TTIs). Product was shipped frozen. The label is read in parts: "***BORNSTEIN SEAFOODS ***WILD Dungeness CRAB MEAT***INGREDIENTS: CRAB MEAT WITH SALT ADDED ***NET WT 5 LB***HANDLING INSTRUCTIONS: To protect the delicate flavor and texture of this crab meat, we recommend the following handling practices***KEEP REFRIGERATED: 33-38 degrees F, after opening, cover remaining product during storage***PACKED BY BORNSTEIN SEAFOODS INC. ASTORIA, OR 97103***".
  • Reason5-pound cans of unpasteurized, reduced oxygen packaged (ROP), ready-to-eat, Dungeness crab meat are recalled because the incorrect Time Temperature Indicator (TTI) was applied to the cans. The TTI would not indicate the temperature abuse. If the product was temperature abused, it would create the potential hazard of Clostridium botulinum growth and toxin formation.
  • ClassClass I: most serious: the food could cause serious health problems or death
  • StatusClosed by FDA, ended 2019-07-05
  • DatesFirm started it 2018-12-21. In FDA's enforcement report 2019-02-13.
  • Sold inCA and OR
  • AmountTotal 1715 lbs.
  • CodesLot A11739 and A11759. Lot #A11739 dated 11/08/18 with a stamped manufacturing code of A18312C on the can. Lot #A11759 dated 11/20/18 with a stamped manufacturing code of A18324C on the can.
  • FirmBornstein Seafoods Inc, Bellingham, WA · Voluntary: Firm initiated

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From FDA's enforcement report, via openFDA (CC0): raw data for this recall. FDA's own Enforcement Report search finds it by its number, F-0841-2019. Class meanings: FDA.