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.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Food): Class III
Class III is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product is not likely to cause adverse health consequences.
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 1/5 (Low).
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
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
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