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. Vacu

FDA recall notice · announced November 22, 2023 · Tokai Denpun

Class II FDA/FSIS Class II: use may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences.

The product

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.

Reason for recall

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

Notes

Distribution: Distributed in CA, NC, NV, and TX between August 2021 and September 2021.
Lot/code information: 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.
Quantity: 686 cases
Status: Terminated
Products in this recall event:
- 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, a (F-0409-2024)

Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration public recall data. This page reports official records and is not legal, medical, or repair advice.