# FDA recall F-1596-2018

> **Supreme Foods** · Class III · food recall initiated 2018-06-04.

## Product

Pacific Brand Charcoal Grilled Eel.  Premium Quality Unagi Kabayaki      UPC: 692156201099

## Reason for recall

FDA Compliance follow-up inspection found that imported shipments of eel on import alert that should have been held had been distributed. FDA found Mebendazole amine in two of the shipments.

## Distribution

CA, NJ, TX, WA

## Key facts

- **Recall number:** F-1596-2018
- **Recalling firm:** Supreme Foods
- **Classification:** Class III
- **Product type:** food
- **Status:** Terminated
- **Initiation date:** 2018-06-04
- **Report date:** 2018-07-04
- **Termination date:** 2019-06-18

- **Voluntary/Mandated:** Voluntary: Firm initiated
- **Location:** El Monte, CA, United States

## Primary source

FDA Enforcement Reports: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=F-1596-2018

## Citation

> AI Analytics. FDA recall F-1596-2018. Retrieved 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/recall/F-1596-2018. Source: US FDA. Licensed CC0.

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