Food recall: True Taste Seafood Hot Smoked Lake Herring; Ingredients: Lake Herring, salt, original smoke; To be weighed at point of s
True Taste, LLC. (Kenosha, WI) initiated this food recall on 14 Dec 2012; FDA lists 7 product records under event 63914, classified Class I.
FDA defines Class I as 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. 52% of the 515 food enforcement events initiated in 2012 carry the same class.
Status: Terminated, terminated 22 May 2018. Initiation: voluntary: firm initiated. This is the only enforcement event on this register for True Taste, LLC..
Recall classification reflects the relative degree of health hazard. Text in quotation marks is FDA's. openFDA export dated 28 Sep 2026.
Recalling firm
True Taste, LLC., Kenosha, WI.
Reason for recall
"Products have the potential to be contaminated Clostridium botulinum."
Distribution
"CA and IL"
Product records
| Recall number | Product | Quantity | Class | Status | Report date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F-1481-2018 | True Taste Seafood Hot Smoked Lake Herring; Ingredients: Lake Herring, salt, original smoke; To be weighed at point of sale - approximately 3/4 lb. | 5,932 lbs. total | Class I | Terminated | 23 May 2018 |
| F-1482-2018 | True Taste Seafood Hot Smoked Mackerel; Ingredients: Mackerel salt, original smoke; To be weighed at point of sale - approximately 3/4 lb. | 5,932 lbs. total | Class I | Terminated | 23 May 2018 |
| F-1483-2018 | True Taste Seafood Cold Smoked Mackerel; Ingredients: Mackerel salt, original smoke; To be weighed at point of sale - approximately 3/4 lb. | 5,932 lbs. total | Class I | Terminated | 23 May 2018 |
| F-1484-2018 | True Taste Seafood Hot Smoked Rainbow Trout; Ingredients: rainbow trout, salt, original smoke; To be weighed at point of sale - approximately 3/4 lb. | 5,932 lbs. total | Class I | Terminated | 23 May 2018 |
| F-1485-2018 | True Taste Seafood Hot Smoked Salmon; Ingredients: salmon, salt, original smoke; To be weighed at point of sale - approximately 3/4 lb. | 5,932 lbs. total | Class I | Terminated | 23 May 2018 |
| F-1486-2018 | True Taste Seafood Hot Smoked Whitefish; Ingredients: whitefish, salt, original smoke; To be weighed at point of sale - approximately 3/4 lb. | 5,932 lbs. total | Class I | Terminated | 23 May 2018 |
| F-1487-2018 | True Taste Seafood Cold Smoked Whitefish; Ingredients: whitefish, salt, original smoke; To be weighed at point of sale - approximately 3/4 lb. | 5,932 lbs. total | Class I | Terminated | 23 May 2018 |
Context
Questions and answers
Why was this food recalled?
FDA's record gives the reason for recall as: "Products have the potential to be contaminated Clostridium botulinum."
What does Class I mean?
FDA classifies recalls by relative degree of health hazard. 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.
Where was the product distributed?
FDA's distribution pattern field reads: "CA and IL"
Is the recall still ongoing?
FDA lists the status as Terminated; the termination date is 22 May 2018. "Terminated" means FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts to remove or correct the product have been made.
Where does this data come from?
openFDA enforcement reports (food, drug and device), CC0, export dated 28 Sep 2026. Text in quotation marks is FDA's. The FDA enforcement report linked above is authoritative.
Provenance
Source: openFDA food enforcement reports (CC0), export dated 28 Sep 2026; records grouped by FDA event number. The class shown for the event is the most severe class among its records. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections.