Ragu Old World Style Sauce Recalled for Foreign Material
Mizkan America is recalling 654 jars of Ragu Old World Style Sauce Flavored with Meat due to the presence of foreign material.
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 2/5 (Moderate).
Minor labeling or packaging issue, or a voluntary precautionary recall. Risk of harm is low but real — follow the manufacturer's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: The recall is classified as FDA Class II and involves a foreign material hazard without reported illnesses or injuries, fitting the criteria for a moderate severity voluntary precautionary recall.
Plain-English summary
Mizkan America, Inc. is voluntarily recalling 654 jars of Ragu Old World Style Sauce Flavored with Meat, 66oz retail size sold in plastic jars. The recall was initiated on June 14, 2019, because the product may contain foreign material.
The affected product is identified by the cap code and best use by date JUN0520YU2. The Consumer Unit is 36200018026 and the Case GTIN is 10036200018023. The recall covers distribution in 28 states, including Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maine, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
Consumers who have purchased this product should check their pantries for the specific cap code and best use by date listed above. The recall was classified as Class II by the FDA and was terminated on April 30, 2020.
The recalled product
- Product
- Ragu Old World Style Sauce Flavored with Meat 66oz retail size sold in plastic jar
- Manufacturer
- Mizkan America, Inc. - Corporate
- Category
- Food — Pasta Sauce
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 654
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 3 recalled by Mizkan America, Inc. - Corporate 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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