Brunswick and Bumble Bee Brand 5oz Chunk Light Tuna in Water.
Food recall F-1288-2013. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Apr 10, 2013.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Apr 10, 2013. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 37,482 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?
Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, has issued a voluntary recall on specific codes of 5-ounce Chunk White Albacore and Chunk Light Tuna products. The recall has been issued because the products do not meet the companys standards for seal tightness.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Brunswick and Bumble Bee Brand 5oz Chunk Light Tuna in Water.
37,482 cases, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Lot Code & Best By Date 3014SAECLP 1/14/2016 3015SA1CLP 1/15/2016 3015SA2CLP 1/15/2016 3015SA3CLP 1/15/2016 3015SA4CLP 1/15/2016 3015SA5CLP 1/15/2016 3015SAACLP 1/15/2016 3015SABCLP 1/15/2016 3015SACCLP 1/15/2016 3015SADCLP 1/15/2016…
Every code shown here, 842 characters
Lot Code & Best By Date 3014SAECLP 1/14/2016 3015SA1CLP 1/15/2016 3015SA2CLP 1/15/2016 3015SA3CLP 1/15/2016 3015SA4CLP 1/15/2016 3015SA5CLP 1/15/2016 3015SAACLP 1/15/2016 3015SABCLP 1/15/2016 3015SACCLP 1/15/2016 3015SADCLP 1/15/2016 3015SAECLP 1/15/2016 3016SB1CLP 1/16/2016 3016SB2CLP 1/16/2016 3016SB3CLP 1/16/2016 3016SB4CLP 1/16/2016 3016SBACLP 1/16/2016 3016SBBCLP 1/16/2016 3016SBCCLP 1/16/2016 3016SBDCLP 1/16/2016 3016SBECLP 1/16/2016 3017SB1CLP 1/17/2016 3017SB3CLP 1/17/2016 3017SB4CLP 1/17/2016 3017SB5CLP 1/17/2016 3017SB6CLP 1/17/2016 3017SBACLP 1/17/2016 3017SBBCLP 1/17/2016 3017SBCCLP 1/17/2016 3017SBDCLP 1/17/2016 3017SBECLP 1/17/2016 3018SB1CLP 1/18/2016 3018SB2CLP 1/18/2016 3018SB4CLP 1/18/2016 3018SB5CLP 1/18/2016 3018SBACLP 1/18/2016 3018SBBCLP 1/18/2016 3018SBCCLP 1/18/2016 3018SBDCLP 1/18/2016 3018SBECLP 1/18/2016
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 states nationwide.
These words name no state.
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 Mar 1, 2013.
- FDA classified it on Apr 3, 2013.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Apr 10, 2013.
- FDA terminated it on Oct 22, 2013.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Bumble Bee International, of San Diego, CA.
- 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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