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Nationwide recall of jelly product
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Posted on Oct 20 2020
A U.S.-based food wholesaler has recalled its jelly cups because they have been deemed a choking hazard.
The Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. released a statement last Oct. 19 that the wholesaler, Hason (Toko) Trading Co., Inc of Maspeth, New York, has recalled their Eishindo jelly mini cups due to the potential choking hazard of the cups, being 28.2 oz (800g).
According to the CHCC statement, the company and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall last Oct. 14 after a meeting with an FDA representative who deemed it a choking hazard for its small size. To date, there have been no incidents of consumers who have choked on the jelly cups. Small jelly cups have previously been implicated in choking deaths of children.
The recalled products were distributed nationwide in retail food stores and are sold in large clear bags of 50 jelly cups. The UPC code is, “4970481000034,” Product code is, “E007.” CHCC urges consumers who may have purchased these jelly cups to return them to the store where they originally purchased them for a full refund or throw the product away in a sealed package inside a “secure garbage can with a tight-fitting lid.”
The last food-related product that was recalled was the Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal that was suspected of being contaminated with salmonella last June 18, 2018. The items recalled involved Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal that had a “best if used by” date from June 14, 2018, through June 14, 2019. The “best if used by” date is on the box top.
At the time, CHCC also advised consumers and retailers to throw away the recalled product even if some cereal had already been eaten and no one got sick or return it for a refund.
For more information on this recall notice contact the Environmental Health Disease Prevention—which is the new name of the old Bureau of Environmental Health—at (670) 664-4870/72/73, or email the director of EHDP, John Tagabuel, at john.tagabuel@dph.gov.mp.
