Kale Crisps Zen Nori product is seaweed flavored dehydrated kale chip
Food recall F-3048-2015. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Sep 2, 2015.
- FDA Class I
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Sep 2, 2015. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class I FDA’s most serious class (needs attention)
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- 22 states named in where it went
- 752 packages (1.5 oz. per package) 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?
Kale Crisps Zen Nori is recalled due to undeclared SOY. Soybean is a sub-ingredient of the ingredient “Tamari” and soy is not declared on label.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Kale Crisps Zen Nori product is seaweed flavored dehydrated kale chip, sold under brand Veggie Evolution, each poly pouch has a net weight 1.5 oz. There are six packages per case. UPC is 7 13757 57480 8. The product’s label is read in part: “***VEGGIE EVOLUTION***KALE CRISPS***ZEN NORI***NET WT 1.5 OZ (43g)***INGREDIENTS: KALE, LEMON JUICE, UNREFINED TOASTED SESAME OIL, TAMARI, SESAME SEEDS, ONION, APPLE JUICE, GARLIC,WAKAME SEAWEED, RAISINS***ALLERGEN STATEMENT: MADE IN A FACILITY THAT USES DAIRY PRODUCTS***”.
752 packages (1.5 oz. per package), in FDA’s words.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Best if Used By dates between 071815 and 022116 The codes represent expiration dates from 07/18/2015 to 02/21/16.
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.
Distributed in Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. The firm also sold directly to internet consumers on line at VeggieEvolution.com. Internet consignees are located in CA, ID, MN, MS, OR, TX, UT, VA, and WA.
The states and territories these words name
22 states and territories.
Every one of them
- Arkansas
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Idaho
- Kansas
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wyoming
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 Jul 17, 2015.
- FDA classified it on Aug 21, 2015.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Sep 2, 2015.
- FDA terminated it on Apr 11, 2016.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- It Takes A Village Foods, LLC, of Hailey, ID.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Press Release.
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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