Melissa’s Spicy Edamame: Lightly seasoned with Japanese Chile and Sesame Oil. 7 oz.
Food recall F-1583-2018. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jun 27, 2018.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jun 27, 2018. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class III FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- 10 states named in where it went
- 1662 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 III, the least serious of FDA’s three classes.
“Products that are unlikely to cause any adverse health reaction, but that violate FDA labeling or manufacturing laws. Examples include: a minor container defect and lack of English labeling in a retail food.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class III is a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product is not likely to cause adverse health consequences.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(3), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
The incorrect spice packet was included in the product package. The spice mix contains oyster sauce which is listed in ingredient or allergen statement.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Melissa’s Spicy Edamame: Lightly seasoned with Japanese Chile and Sesame Oil. 7 oz. (1.98g) Keep Refrigerated UPC: 0-45255-14637 6 count and 12 count cases; Ingredients: Soybeans, water Sesame oil, Soy Sauce (soy Beans, Wheat and salt) Rice Wine vinegar, Chaotian chile, pepper, sugar, garlic, sodium glutamate. Flavoring packet included contains oyster sauce that is not declared. Label does state that product is manufactured in a facility that processes milk, egg, shellfish, tree nuts and peanuts. Distributed by World Variety Produce inc. Los Angeles, CA
1662 cases, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Best Used by Dates of 5/29/1 through 7/2/2018.: 13682403 05/29/18 13754403 06/01/18 13814101 06/05/18 13861501 06/07/18 13883102 06/07/18 13928603 06/12/18 13935404 06/12/18 13957202 06/14/18 14054601 06/20/18 14024302 06/20/18 14110401…
Every code shown here, 857 characters
Best Used by Dates of 5/29/1 through 7/2/2018.: 13682403 05/29/18 13754403 06/01/18 13814101 06/05/18 13861501 06/07/18 13883102 06/07/18 13928603 06/12/18 13935404 06/12/18 13957202 06/14/18 14054601 06/20/18 14024302 06/20/18 14110401 06/25/18 14159204 06/26/18 14216503 06/29/18 6 count lot number and expiry date: 13685402 05/30/18 13708303 05/30/18 13685902 06/01/18 13779302 06/01/18 13708402 06/04/18 13783102 06/05/18 13814405 06/06/18 13834402 06/06/18 13832902 06/07/18 13883102 06/07/18 13883203 06/08/18 13861304 06/08/18 13934601 06/11/18 13935404 06/12/18 13950503 06/12/18 13957203 06/14/18 14000403 06/15/18 13985504 06/15/18 14007802 06/15/18 14019602 06/15/18 14024302 06/20/18 14056802 06/21/18 14110403 06/25/18 14159205 06/26/18 14166702 06/26/18 14185102 06/27/18 14185302 06/28/18 14201502 06/29/18 14233501 06/29/18 14236902 07/02/18
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
045255146376
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.
Arizona, California, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
The states and territories these words name
- Arizona
- California
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Louisiana
- New Mexico
- Nevada
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
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 Jun 12, 2018.
- FDA classified it on Jun 21, 2018.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Jun 27, 2018.
- FDA terminated it on Oct 10, 2018.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- World Variety Produce Inc., of Vernon, CA.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: E-Mail.
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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