White quick grits and grits
Food recall F-1253-2014. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jan 1, 2014.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jan 1, 2014. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word, and 31 states named
- 13,671 cases (108,956 units) 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?
Some Aunt Jemima and Quaker brand Self-Rising Corn Meal Mix, Buttermilk Self-Rising Corn Meal Mix, Corn Meal, and Quick Grits have levels of aflatoxin above the legal limit.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
White quick grits and grits packaged in a paper bag sold under the Aunt Jemima or Quaker brand and packaged in a paper bag with a net weight respectively of 36.8 oz. (2 lb. 4 oz.) 1.04 kg., 5 lb. (80 oz.) 2.26 kg., or a club pack of three 5 lb. bags bundled together.
13,671 cases (108,956 units), in FDA’s words.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
1) Aunt Jemima; Quick Grits net weight 36.8 oz. (2 lb. 4 oz.) 1.04 kg.; UPC: 30000 042601; Best Before Date: April 18, 2014; Cases of 8 bags labeled with UPC: 30000 04260. 2) Quaker; Grits net weight 36.8 oz. (2 lb. 4 oz.) 1.04 kg.; UPC:…
Every code shown here, 754 characters
1) Aunt Jemima; Quick Grits net weight 36.8 oz. (2 lb. 4 oz.) 1.04 kg.; UPC: 30000 042601; Best Before Date: April 18, 2014; Cases of 8 bags labeled with UPC: 30000 04260. 2) Quaker; Grits net weight 36.8 oz. (2 lb. 4 oz.) 1.04 kg.; UPC: 30000 043680; Best Before Date: May 13, 2014; Cases of 8 bags labeled with UPC: 30000 04360. 3) Quaker; Quick Grits net weight 5 lb. (80 oz.) 2.26 kg.; UPC: 30000 43707; Best Before Dates: April 6, 2014 and May 17, 2014; Cases of 8 bags labeled with UPC: 30000 04378. 4) Quaker; Club Pack of 3 Quick Grits bags each with a net weight 5 lb. (80 oz.) 2.26 kg. and bundled together; UPC: 30000 43537; Best Before Dates: April 6, 2014, April 7, 2014, and May 17, 2014; Cases of 1 club pack labeled with UPC: 30000 44053.
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Barcodes and drug codes
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UPC
30000042601 -
UPC
3000004260 -
UPC
30000043680 -
UPC
3000004360 -
UPC
3000043707 -
UPC
3000004378 -
UPC
3000043537 -
UPC
3000044053
As FDA’s description and codes give them; the UPCs written as digits only.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
US: Nationwide (AL, AR, CA, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, WI, WV, WY)
The states and territories these words name
31 states and territories.
Every one of them
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Connecticut
- Florida
- Georgia
- Iowa
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Mississippi
- North Carolina
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Wisconsin
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
What FDA means by nationwide
“The term “nationwide” is defined to mean the fifty states or a significant portion. Note that subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
openFDA, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
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 29, 2013.
- FDA classified it on Dec 26, 2013.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Jan 1, 2014.
- FDA terminated it on Apr 4, 2017.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Quaker Foods and Snacks North America, of Chicago, IL.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Letter.
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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