Salsa in 12 oz., 16 oz., and 5 lb. plastic containers. The product labels reads as follows: PREMIUM QUALITY…
Food recall F-1443-2012. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jun 27, 2012.
- FDA Class I
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jun 27, 2012. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class I FDA’s most serious class (needs attention)
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- 6 states named in where it went
- 422 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 I, the most serious of FDA’s three classes.
“Dangerous or defective products that predictably could cause serious health problems or death. Examples include: food found to contain botulinum toxin, food with undeclared allergens, a label mix-up on a lifesaving drug, or a defective artificial heart valve.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(1), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
South Florida Produce of Boynton Beach in Florida shipped fresh jalapeno peppers to Castellini Company in Wilder Kentucky. Castellini shipped the peppers to a store in Ohio, where the Ohio Department of Agriculture collected a sample of these peppers which subsequently were found contaminated with Salmonella. This same lot of fresh peppers was shipped to Club Chef which manufactured the Salsa wh
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Which ones are recalled?
Salsa in 12 oz., 16 oz., and 5 lb. plastic containers. The product labels reads as follows: PREMIUM QUALITY Private Selection Natural***SALSA NO PRESERVATIVES KEEP REFRIGERATED NET WT 12 OZ (340g)***INGREDIENTS: Tomatoes***Jalapeno***DISTRIBUTED BY: INTER-AMERICAN PRODUCTS, CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202***1-800-697-2448***” and PREMIUM QUALITY Private Selection Natural PICO DE GALLO NO PRESERVATIVES KEEP REFRIGERATED NET WT 12 OZ (340g)***INGREDIENTS: Tomatoes***Jalapeno***DISTRIBUTED BY: INTER-AMERICAN PRODUCTS, CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202***1-800-697-2448*** and heinens” Fresh***Salsa All Natural Net. Wt. 16oz. (1lb) 454g***Ingredients: Tomatoes***Jalapeno***PACKED FOR HEINENS BY CLUB CHEF, LLC and heinens” Fresh Bruschetta All Natural Net. Wt. 16oz. (1lb) 454g ***Ingredients: Tomatoes***Jalapeno***PACKED FOR HEINENS BY CLUB CHEF, LLC
422 cases, in FDA’s words.
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Codes to check against yours
Private Selection Brand: PICO DE GALLO-UPC# 11111091135, HOT SALSA-UPC# 1111091139 & MILD SALSA-UPC# 1111091137; heinen’s brand: HOT SALSA-UPC# 2060100024 & MILD SALSA-UPC# 2060100026. Both brands have Use By 3/27/12.
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
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UPC
1111091139 -
UPC
1111091137 -
UPC
2060100024 -
UPC
2060100026
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.
Product was shipped to the following states: IL, IN, KY, OH, TN & VA.
The states and territories these words name
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Ohio
- Tennessee
- Virginia
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 Mar 23, 2012.
- FDA classified it on Jun 15, 2012.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Jun 27, 2012.
- FDA terminated it on Apr 18, 2013.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Club Chef LLC, of Covington, KY.
- 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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