Agency classClass IIOur severity:Severe FDA (Food)·F-0235-2020·Announced 2019-12-18

AC Culinary Group Recalls Chef Pineiro's Ajo con Albahaca Due to Metal Filament

AC Culinary Group LLC is recalling Chef Pineiro's Ajo con Albahaca in Puerto Rico due to a potential metal filament hazard found in raw materials.

The agency’s classification

FDA (Food): Class II

Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.

This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work

What this means for you

Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 4/5 (Severe).

The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.

Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a physical hazard (metal filament) in food products, which poses a risk of injury. Per the rubric, significant injury reports or structural defects in food safety contexts often align with Severe (4) when the hazard is tangible and confirmed in raw materials, though no specific injury is reported, the presence of metal in food is a significant safety concern warranting a higher severity than moderate labeling issues.

Plain-English summary

AC Culinary Group LLC is voluntarily recalling specific lots of Chef Pineiro's Ajo con Albahaca, with Basil, in 8 oz and 32 oz sizes. The recall affects 12,000 units of the 8 oz size and 1,944 units of the 32 oz size. The affected lots are # 8, 9, 14, 15, and 21, with an expiration date of 10/2020. The product was distributed only in Puerto Rico.

The recall was initiated after the firm received a customer complaint describing a metal filament in a bottle of a different product, Sofrito Cilantro 32 oz. Further investigation determined that the same type of metal filament was found in the raw material (dehydrated minced onion) used in the manufacture of Sofrito Cilantro 32 oz and other products, including the recalled Ajo con Albahaca.

Consumers who have purchased the affected products should stop using them and return them to the place of purchase for a refund. The FDA classifies this as a Class II recall, indicating a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences.

The recalled product

Product: Chef Pineiro's Ajo con Albahaca, with Basil, NET WT./PESO NETO 8 oz (233g) and NET WT./PESO NETO 32 oz (907g)
Manufacturer: AC Culinary Group LLC.
Category: Food — Canned/Preserved Foods
Hazard: foreign-object-metal

Is your product affected?

Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.

Lot numbers (5)

Lots # 8
9
14
15
and 21 Exp 10/2020

Distribution

Distributed in 1 state:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 4 recalled by AC Culinary Group LLC. under a single FDA (Food) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.

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Same manufacturer · AC Culinary Group LLC.

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