The Recall Desk
LowFDA (Food)·H-0641-2025·Announced 2025-10-08

Frozen whiting fillets recalled after wrong best by date was printed

NAFCO is recalling 141 cases of frozen whiting fillets because the retail bags carry a best-by date of 1-11-2025, implying the product is expired when it is good until 1-11-2027.

What this means for you

Cosmetic or documentation issue. No expected health impact, but the manufacturer is correcting the affected products.

Our severity reasoning: Scored 1 as a packaging and documentation problem: the only defect is a misprinted date, with no product defect and an FDA Class III designation.

Plain-English summary

NAFCO Whiting Fillet, skin-on, boneless, IQF, in 2 lb retail bags packed 15 bags to a corrugate case, is being recalled because the wrong best-by date was printed on the retail bag.

The bags show a best-by date of 1-11-2025, which would imply the product is expired. The recall notice states the product is in fact good until 1-11-2027.

The recall covers 141 cases, or 2,115 bags, from lot 2501032, distributed to Maryland and Pennsylvania. The FDA has classified the recall as Class III.

This is a date-printing error rather than a problem with the fish itself. Consumers holding the affected lot should follow the retailer's or distributor's instructions.

The recalled product

Product
NAFCO, WHITING FILLET SKIN-ON BONELESS IQF, 2 lb., Cases are corrugate. The product is individually frozen and packed in food contact retail bag. 15 bags per case. Keep Frozen
Manufacturer
Stanley Pearlman Enterprises, Inc.
Category
Food — Seafood
Hazard
  • date-labeling-error
  • packaging-error

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 (1)

  • Lot# 2501032 Best By Date: 1/11/25

Distribution

Distributed in 2 states:

  • MD
  • PA

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