Approximately 36,000 pounds of yellow walking fish was recalled because of purity concerns, federal authorities announced this week.
The frozen packages of the fish were “produced without the benefit of federal inspection,” according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.
The items were shipped to retail stores and wholesale locations across California.
The service discovered the issue after conducting follow-up surveillance on Crab House Trading Corp., a Los Angeles-based company.
Anyone with the product should throw it out or return it to where they purchased it for a refund.
If anyone has adverse reactions to the fish they should contact a doctor. As of May 15, there were no reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of the product.
The health risk was classified as “high.”
The classification means “this is a health hazard situation where there is a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death,” according to the service.
The product was described as follows:
“Various weight vacuum-sealed packages containing frozen ‘TRIPLE PEARL HEADLESS-CLEANED YELLOW WALKING FISH CA TRE VANG LAM SACH – CAT DAU’ and may have best before dates of 20210203 or 20201225 or no date at all represented on the label.”
Consumers with questions about the recall can contact Jose Benitez, office manager, Crab House Trading Corp., at (213) 627-6398.
Recall Issued for Salads With Undeclared Allergen
A recall has been issued for Ceasar salads that contain an allergen that wasn’t declared on the label, federal authorities said.
The salads were produced by Taylor Farms Texas, based in Texas.
They contained anchovies, a known allergen, but didn’t list anchovies on the label, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.
The ready-to-eat salads, which included chicken, were distributed in Texas.
The problem was found by a worker at a retail store when the products were being unpacked to be placed on the retail store shelves.
Approximately 1,079 pounds of the products were recalled. They were produced on May 8.
The product was described as follows: 9.75 oz. clear plastic packages containing “H.E.B. SHAKE, RATTLE & BOWL CAESAR SALAD with CHICKEN” and a “BEST BY” date of MAY 18, 2019, represented on the label.
The product beats the establishment number “EST. P-34733” inside the USDA mark of inspection.
There haven’t been any reports of people getting sick after eating the salad and anyone who thinks they got sick from eating the product should contact a doctor.
Anyone with questions about the recall can contact Kelsey Adams, quality analyst at Taylor Farms at (214) 565-4847.
Another Product Recalled
The recall came about a week after approximately 1,589 pounds of chicken products were recalled for the same issue, an undeclared allergen, in this case soy.
The ready-to-eat chicken Thai-style meatballs were produced by Santa Fe Importers, based in California, and produced and packaged on April 24.
All the items bear the establishment number “EST. P-4118” inside the USDA mark of inspection.
The product was shipped to a distribution center in California and packed to be sold at Lemonade restaurants.
“Santa Fe Importers, Inc. notified FSIS of the problem after the company learned that the bread crumbs used to make the meatballs contained soy lecithin,” the Food Safety and Inspection Service stated.
“There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about an injury or illness should contact a healthcare provider.”
The product was described as follows:
Anyone who bought the meatballs should throw them out or return them for a refund.
Consumers and members of the media with questions about the recall were told to contact Jorge Endara, general manager of Santa Fe Importers, Inc., at (562) 437-7775 or at [email protected].
