The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Food)·F-0894-2022·Announced 2022-03-23

Fresh Creative Foods Couscous Kit Recalled for Plastic Contamination

Fresh Creative Foods has recalled its Autumn Couscous with Butternut Squash Kit due to hard plastic pieces found in the product from contaminated ice. No injuries have been reported.

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 3/5 (High).

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: This is a FDA Class II recall for a risk-of-harm product involving physical contamination (hard plastic pieces) posing a choking hazard. No illnesses or injuries have been reported, placing this at High per the rubric criterion for risk-of-harm products where injury has not yet been reported.

Plain-English summary

Fresh Creative Foods is recalling specific lots of its Autumn Couscous with Butternut Squash Kit (UPC 1001345432377, Item #406627). The product kit contains couscous salad, pecan cranberry blend, and additional components and was distributed to 20 states.

During manufacturing, hard clear plastic pieces were found in the product. Investigation identified the source as ice purchased from the supplier used during production.

The recalled product was distributed to consumers in Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin. The affected lot code is B1037810 with a use-by date of March 13, 2022. Approximately 15 cases were impacted.

Consumers who have purchased this product should not consume it. Those with affected product should discard it or return it to the place of purchase for a refund.

The recalled product

Product
Fresh Creative Foods AUTUMN COUSCOUS W/ BUTTERNUT SQUASH KIT V 2/3.1875 LB UPC: 1001345432377 Item # 406627 Perishable/Keep refrigerated Kit Components: 2/2.75 lb. tubs of autumn couscous salad, 2/4 oz. bags of pecan cranberry blend, 1/6 oz. bags of product kit., distributed…
Manufacturer
RMJV, LP dba Fresh Creative Foods
Category
Food — Prepared Foods
Hazard
Affected units
15

Is your product affected?

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Lot numbers (2)

  • Use By 3/13/2022
  • Lot code: B1037810

Distribution

Distributed in 20 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 9 recalled by RMJV, LP dba Fresh Creative Foods 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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