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Sundried Tomato Organic Polenta, Ancient Harvest brand, Pre-cooked ready-to-heat, 12/18 oz packages, UPC# 6-59201-10202-2 Sundried Tomato Organic Polenta, Frieda's brand, Pre-cooked just heat & serve, 12/16 oz packages, UPC# 0-37842-04156-4 Sundried Tomato Polenta, Zerto brand, Pre-cooked ready to heat & serve, 12/24 oz packages, UPC# 0-71270-35073-7 Sun Dried Tomato Organic Polenta, Italissima brand, Ready to heat and serve, 12/16 oz packages, UPC# 7-78518-00762-9 Ingredients: Water, Organic Yellow Corn Meal, Organic Sun-Dried Tomatoes, Organic Dehydrated Garlic, Salt, Tartaric Acid, Ascorbic Acid, Beta Carotene

F-0123-2018

October 13, 2017

Class III

Product summary

Firm
San Gennaro Foods, Inc
Event
Event 78290
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class III
Quantity
Ancient Harvest=3580 cases; Frieda's=559; Zerto=123; Italissima=80
Official record key
food-enforcement:F-0123-2018

Official wording

Reason: Date coding ink was being printed directly on the food contact surface of packaging, allowing the ink to be in direct contact with the product. The ink is not approved for food use.

Code information: Ancient Harvest code: 070218 Frieda's codes: 011018, 030518, 053118. Zerto code: MAY032018. Italissima codes: 17DE25, 18MR22, 18JN20.

Distribution pattern: CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, MD, ME, MI, NJ, NY, OR, PA, SC, TX, VA, WA, WI and Canada.

Derived failure modes

  • Unknown

    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    Date coding ink was being printed directly on the food contact surface of packaging, allowing the ink to be in direct contact with the product. The ink is not approved for food use.

Field note

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