San Gennaro Foods, Inc

Recall #F-0120-2018 · Initiated 2017-10-13

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What happened

San Gennaro Foods is recalling four brands of pre-cooked polenta because non-food-approved ink was printed directly onto the packaging where it could contact the product inside. The ink used for date coding is not safe for food contact.

Who is at risk

Anyone who purchased these products should be concerned, as the unapproved ink could potentially transfer to the food.

What to do

Check your pantry for Ancient Harvest, Italissima, Frieda's, or Zerto brand polenta packages with the listed UPC codes. Do not eat the product; instead, discard it or return it to the store where you purchased it.

Product

Traditional Organic Polenta, Ancient Harvest brand, Pre-cooked ready-to-heat, 12/18 oz packages UPC#6-59201-10201-5 Traditional Organic Polenta, Italissima brand, Ready to heat and serve, 12/24 oz packages UPC# 7-78518-00760-5 Traditional Organic Polenta, Frieda's brand, Pre-cooked just heat & serve ,12/16 oz packages UPC# 0-37842-04154-0 Traditional Polenta, Zerto brand, Pre-cooked ready to heat & serve, 12/24 oz packages UPC# 0-71270-35072-0 Ingredients: Water, Organic Yellow Corn Meal, Salt, Tartaric Acid, Ascorbic Acid, Beta Carotene

Reason for recall

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.

Quantity affected

Ancient Harvest=26035 cases; Italissima=304 cases; Frieda's=1711 cases; Zerto=607 cases

Distribution

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

Lot / code info

Ancient Harvest codes: 010918, 011118, 011518, 011618, 011818, 012218, 012918, 013018, 020118, 020518, 020718, 020618, 021218, 021318, 022818, 030118, 032818, 032918, 041118, 041218, 042518, 043018, 051018, 051718, 052118, 052218, 060518, 060618, 061118, 061218, 061418, 061818, 061918, 062018. Italissima codes: 18JA29, 18FE22, 18MR08, 18MAY07, 18MA21, 18JN14. Frieda's codes: 011118, 022818, 030518, 053118. Zerto code: 050318.

Voluntary / mandated

Voluntary: Firm initiated

Initial notification

Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit

Terminated

2018-05-18