The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Food)·F-2088-2016·Announced 2016-09-14

Innovative Food Processors Recalls Prime CAP Sugar Due to Metal Contamination

Innovative Food Processors, Inc. is recalling specific lots of Prime CAP Sugar because of possible contamination by metal shavings.

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: The recall involves a risk-of-harm product (metal shavings) where injury has not yet been reported, which aligns with the 'High' severity criteria.

Plain-English summary

Innovative Food Processors, Inc. is recalling specific lots of Prime CAP Sugar, S 95-135, Encapsulated Sugar. The product is being recalled because of possible contamination caused by metal shavings.

The affected product is identified by the following lot codes: J099-6, J102-6, J123-6, J131-6, and J133-6. The total quantity involved is 196,000 lbs. The distribution pattern indicates the product was sent to one processor in Arkansas.

Consumers who have purchased this product should check their lot codes and stop using the product if it matches the recalled lots.

The recalled product

Product
Prime CAP Sugar, S 95-135, Encapsulated Sugar. Ingredients: Sugar and Hydrogenated Palm Oil, #10040870, Net WT. 125 lbs. Poly lined cardboard drum. DIFP, Inc., 2125 Airport Dr., Ferial, MN 55021

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)

  • Lot Codes: J099-6
  • J102-6
  • J123-6
  • J131-6
  • J133-6.

Distribution

Distributed in 1 state:

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