PRAN brand Spice Powder TURMERIC…

Date

July 30, 2014

Risk class

Class I (FDA's definition, 21 CFR 7.3(m): a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death)

Status

Terminated

Filed by

Ontime Distribution Inc.

Product

PRAN brand Spice Powder TURMERIC, Net Wt. 14.1 oz./400g, UPC 8 46656 00209 4, and Net Wt. 8.82 oz./250g, UPC 8 31730 00551 --- PRODUCT OF BANGLADESH -- Manufactured by/Fabricado por: PRAN AGRO LTD, PRAN-RFL Center, 105 Middle Badda, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh --- This product is packed in clear plastic jars with yellow plastic lids.

Reason

The product was found to contain excessive levels of lead based on sampling by New York State Department of Health, private laboratory analysis, and FDA sampling and analysis.

Distribution pattern

New York and New Jersey

Quantity

18 - 250 gram jars and 23 - 400 gram jars

Codes and lots

BEST BEFORE: 26 OCT 14 and BEST BEFORE: 15 JAN 15

Recall started

Oct. 3, 2013

Recall number

F-2224-2014

What should I do? Food recall: what to do with it

Source: FDA · Food enforcement report, recall number F-2224-2014. The agency record governs; check it and the company before acting.