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SevereFDA (Food)·F-0798-2021·Announced 2021-08-04

Randall and Hurst's Great Northern Beans Recalled for Temperature Device Failure

Randall Foods, Inc. is recalling Randall and Hurst's brand Great Northern Beans due to non-functioning temperature indicating devices in the canning equipment, which could allow underprocessed product to reach consumers.

What this means for you

Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.

Our severity reasoning: The FDA classified this as a Class II recall. The hazard involves failure of temperature control during canning, which creates risk of pathogenic contamination (including botulism) if product was underprocessed. Although no illnesses are reported in the source text, the lack of functioning temperature verification devices in retorts represents a significant process failure that could allow unsafe product to reach consumers.

Plain-English summary

Randall Foods, Inc. is recalling approximately 800,000 cases of Randall and Hurst's brand Great Northern Beans sold in glass jars. The recall affects multiple Randall products in 48oz, 24oz, and 15.4oz sizes, as well as Hurst's Fully Cooked Great Northern Beans in 48oz jars. The products were distributed to retail locations across Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, and West Virginia.

The recall was initiated because the retorts (industrial pressure cookers used in canning) lacked functioning temperature indicating devices. These devices are critical to ensuring that canned products are processed at the correct temperature to eliminate harmful pathogens. Without properly functioning devices, there is no assurance that the product was adequately processed.

Consumers should not consume the recalled product. Affected products include all lots of Randall Great Northern Beans with best-by dates prior to January 1, 2025, and Hurst's Fully Cooked Great Northern Beans lot TGN19253 with best-by date 9/9/2022. Consumers who have purchased these products should discard them or return them to the place of purchase.

The recalled product

Product
RANDALL GREAT NORTHERN BEANS 48OZ glass jar UPC 070095000100; RANDALL GREAT NORTHERN BEANS 24OZ glass jar UPC 070095000117; RANDALL GREAT NORTHERN BEANS 15.4OZ glass jar UPC 070095000131; RANDALL ORGANIC GREAT NORTHERN BEANS 48OZ glass jar UPC 070095005105; Hurst's Fully Cooked G
Manufacturer
Randall Foods, Inc.
Category
Food — Canned Beans / Legumes
Hazard
Affected units
800,000

Distribution

Distributed in 22 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 8 recalled by Randall Foods, Inc. 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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