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Event 84444

1 recalled-product record grouped only because every row carries this exact official event ID.

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Event summary

Timeline bucket: December 04, 2019
Product types: Food
Classifications: Class III
Statuses: Terminated
Recalling firm wording: CHICKEN OF THE SEA

Dossier provenance

Source snapshots represented here

openFDA Food Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.

Enforcement coverage uses report dates; product initiation dates can precede those bounds. Device-enrichment coverage uses FDA event_date_initiated.

How coverage and grouping work

Device root-cause evidence is not applicable to this event. No grouped product has the official product type device; this is not an unavailable-enrichment finding.

Complete imported group

Every recalled product in this event

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food · product 1 of 1

Chicken of the Sea Sardines in Water; Net Wt. 3.75 oz. (106g) UPC 0 48000 00707 0 18 Individual items per case Ingredient: Sardines, water, salt. Distributed by Chicken of the Sea International, San Diego, CA Product of Poland.

F-0444-2020

Recall number: F-0444-2020
Initiated: December 04, 2019
Classification: Class III
Status: Terminated
Recalling firm: CHICKEN OF THE SEA
Quantity: 2,862 cases (51,516 cans) received - believed that mislabeled amount is 125 cases (2260 cans) of incorrectly labeled product.

App-derived interpretation

Labeling or packaging reason.labeling_packaging · v1.0.0

incorrectly labeled

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Reason for recall

It was discovered that one batch of sardines were incorrectly labeled - Sardines in Water instead of Sardines in Tomato sauce.

Code information

Batch number 0001373785-12; Can Marking: 9009XL000 Best If Used by: Jan-09-22; 0001373785-12, PL 22151118 WE

Distribution pattern

OR, CA, WA, NV, UT, CO, AZ, ID, TN.