FDA recall F-2224-2014

Product

PRAN brand Spice Powder TURMERIC, Net Wt. 14.1 oz./400g, UPC 8 46656 00209 4, and Net Wt. 8.82 oz./250g, UPC 8 31730 00551 --- PRODUCT OF BANGLADESH -- Manufactured by/Fabricado por: PRAN AGRO LTD, PRAN-RFL Center, 105 Middle Badda, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh --- This product is packed in clear plastic jars with yellow plastic lids.

Reason for recall

The product was found to contain excessive levels of lead based on sampling by New York State Department of Health, private laboratory analysis, and FDA sampling and analysis.

Distribution

New York and New Jersey

Key facts

Status

Terminated

Initiation date

2013-10-03

Report date

2014-07-30

Termination date

2018-06-01

Voluntary/Mandated

Voluntary: Firm initiated

Location

Brooklyn, NY, United States

Primary source

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=F-2224-2014