Caramelized Onion Strips
Food recall F-0208-2019. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Oct 31, 2018.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Oct 31, 2018. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Not named no state, in where it went
- 149,578 cases how much, in FDA’s words
Every line below is in FDA’s own words, with its source beside it. FDA’s terms are explained in FDA’s own words.
How serious is it, by FDA’s class?
Class II, the middle of FDA’s three classes.
“Products that might cause a temporary health problem, or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature. Example: a drug that is under-strength but that is not used to treat life-threatening situations.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class II is a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(2), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
During an internal audit at the manufacturing location, it was discovered that finished product had been released on numerous occasions after receiving presumptive positive test results for Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella; confirmation was not conducted.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Caramelized Onion Strips: Sold in 2 lb. and 25 lb. packages. Brand Name: Jon-Lin¿ NatureSmart¿; Jon-Lin¿
149,578 cases, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
All products shipped on or after January 1, 2016 Batch numbers: 1001841677 1001854093 1001930012 1001614367 1002168934 1002203717 1002213414 1002584110 1002669569 1002753639 1001655167 1001667498 1001697184 1001723364 1001741265 1001900073…
Every code shown here, 1,262 characters
All products shipped on or after January 1, 2016 Batch numbers: 1001841677 1001854093 1001930012 1001614367 1002168934 1002203717 1002213414 1002584110 1002669569 1002753639 1001655167 1001667498 1001697184 1001723364 1001741265 1001900073 1002100714 1002156289 1002181332 1002273188 1002313501 1002347072 1002350829 1002412564 1002423261 1002517046 1002658674 1002790294 1001556898 1001578942 1001615804 1001619049 1001640775 1001687121 1001688428 1001748287 1001792811 1001797352 1001906144 1001940018 1001943040 1001576147 1001572054 1001614348 1001667497 1002025086 1002110049 1002205229 1002233549 1002260018 1002261681 1002263247 1002345872 1002376743 1002378354 1002380673 1002426060 1002448629 1002449950 1002531701 1002542631 1002586634 1002627537 1002630713 1002656862 1002689924 1002692850 1002695635 1002697149 1002699281 1002715221 1002748489 1002752181 1002788272 1001652775 1001767569 1001566330 1002599889 1002813476 1001869546 1001364592 1001904600 1002014386 1002055210 1002148128 1002168902 1002198733 1002254117 1002295642 1002340513 1002367726 1002379140 1002385851 1002497594 1002516014 1002543821 1002598403 1002618725 1002669568 1002692859 1002715208 1002753644 1002776350 1001717452 1001761392 1001787833 1001832678 1001925681 1001959101
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
US and Canada, China, Korea and Mexico
These words name no state.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Is it still going on?
Terminated, in FDA’s file.
“FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts have been made to remove or correct the violative product in accordance with the recall strategy, and proper disposition has been made according to the degree of hazard.”
openFDA, on “Terminated”, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
- The firm began the recall on Oct 13, 2018.
- FDA classified it on Oct 29, 2018.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Oct 31, 2018.
- FDA terminated it on Nov 1, 2019.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- McCain Foods USA, of Oakbrook Ter, IL.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
What this record can’t tell you
- Whether your own one is affected: compare the codes, dates and numbers above with yours. When unsure, ask the firm or the store.
- Where it went after the firm’s first shipments. FDA’s words cover the firm’s initial distribution, and, in FDA’s words, “subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
- How many have been returned, corrected or destroyed: FDA’s report doesn’t say.
- Whether anyone was hurt or fell ill: the report doesn’t say.
- How current it is: openFDA publishes FDA’s Enforcement Report weekly, after FDA does, and a firm can announce a recall weeks before it appears there. openFDA’s own caution: “This data should not be used as a method to collect data to issue alerts to the public, nor should it be used to track the lifecycle of a recall.”
- Meat, poultry and egg products are recalled by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, not FDA, and its recalls aren’t here yet: see fsis.usda.gov.
- A product with no recall here isn’t safe by that: FDA’s report lists the recalls FDA classified, and when.
Hearth Record wrote these lines; the quotations are FDA’s.
Sources
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Food recall enforcement reports.
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