FDA recall F-1640-2017

Product

Tasty Sawa Ground Turmeric, 50 lb bag. Manufactured by Spices USA.

Reason for recall

Product contains elevated levels of lead.

Distribution

Distributed within the state of Florida and in the following countries: France, Jamaica, Columbia, Dominican Republic, Barbados, Honduras, St John Antigua

Key facts

Status

Ongoing

Initiation date

2016-08-17

Report date

2017-03-29

Voluntary/Mandated

Voluntary: Firm initiated

Location

Hialeah, FL, United States

Primary source

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=F-1640-2017