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F-0409-2024Class II

Tokai Denpun USA Inc

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Recalling firm
Tokai Denpun USA Inc
Product type
Food / supplement / cosmetic
Status
Terminated
Report date
2023-11-22
Distribution
Distributed in CA, NC, NV, and TX between August 2021 and September 2021.
Firm state
WA
Product quantity
686 cases
Initiated by
Voluntary: Firm initiated
SPEQ quality domain
Environmental Monitoring
Reason for recall

Histamine, high total plate count, coliforms, and E.coli (serotype is unknown).

Product description

Takumi brand frozen tuna ground meat, raw but ready to eat, vacuum packaged units in fiber boxes, net wt. 11 lbs. per box. individual units were sold by weight at the point of sale. Product of Fiji, and imported by Tokai Denpun USA INC. Bellevue, WA. Vacuum package label is read in parts: Product of Fiji - Frozen Tuna Ground Meat, Keep Frozen.

Code / lot info

No codes printed on master cases or on vacuum original packages. The firm assigned their internal warehouse inventory system lot code for ground tuna for the first shipment as W7032594. However, upon return, the cases were assigned a new lot code W7034335 to segregate it away from the rest of the shipment in the warehouse inventory system. The second shipment internal lot code for the ground tuna is W7034472.

Data: U.S. FDA. Recall details are as reported by the FDA. The quality-domain mapping and severity are a SPEQ editorial interpretation of the recall reason, not an official FDA classification. Open the enforcement explorer →