Food recall: "ESTRELLA***Empanadillas de Pizza" (Pizza turnovers)***5 units, 12 units and 24 units***Elaborado y Empacado por: Estrel
Suadel Food Products, Inc. (Bayamon, PR) initiated this food recall on 21 Dec 2012; FDA lists 6 product records under event 63970, 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 24 Apr 2017. Initiation: voluntary: firm initiated. This is the only enforcement event on this register for Suadel Food Products, Inc..
Recall classification reflects the relative degree of health hazard. Text in quotation marks is FDA's. openFDA export dated 28 Sep 2026.
Recalling firm
Suadel Food Products, Inc., Bayamon, PR.
Reason for recall
"Undeclared wheat and undeclared milk as the source of cheese."
Distribution
"Puerto Rico only"
Product records
| Recall number | Product | Quantity | Class | Status | Report date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F-0971-2013 | "ESTRELLA***Empanadillas de Pizza" (Pizza turnovers)***5 units, 12 units and 24 units***Elaborado y Empacado por: Estrella Food Products, Inc., Bayamon, PR 00959-1906***". | 6, 288 units | Class II | Terminated | 20 Feb 2013 |
| F-0972-2013 | "Estrella Food Products, Inc***Pastelillos de Queso (Cheese Mini Turnovers)***6 units***Manufactured by: Estrella Food Products, Inc., Minilla Industrial Park, Bayamon, PR 00959-1906***". | 11,592 units | Class II | Terminated | 20 Feb 2013 |
| F-0973-2013 | "Estrella Food Products, Inc***Pastelillos de Pizza (Pizza Mini Turnovers)***6 units***Manufactured by: Estrella Food Products, Inc., Minilla Industrial Park, Bayamon, PR 00959-1906***". | 10,440 units | Class II | Terminated | 20 Feb 2013 |
| F-0974-2013 | "Estrella Food Products, Inc***Empanadillas Sabor a Carne(Meat flavorTurnovers)***5 units, 12 units and 24 units***Elaborado y Empacado por: Estrella Food Products, Inc., Bayamon, PR 00959-1906***". | 2,412 units | Class I | Terminated | 20 Feb 2013 |
| F-0975-2013 | "Estrella Food Products, Inc***Plantillas Para Pastelillos, tacos, Empanadillas, etc. (Yellow dough shells)***12 units, and 20 units***Manufactured by: Estrella Food Products, Inc., Minillas Industrial Park,Bayamon, PR 00959-1906***". | 99,984 units | Class II | Terminated | 20 Feb 2013 |
| F-0976-2013 | "Estrella Food Products, Inc***Pastelillos de Guayaba (Guava Mini Turnovers)***6 units***Manufactured by: Estrella Food Products, Inc., Minillas Industrial Park,Bayamon, PR 00959-1906***". | 3,672 units | Class III | Terminated | 20 Feb 2013 |
Context
Questions and answers
Why was this food recalled?
FDA's record gives the reason for recall as: "Undeclared wheat and undeclared milk as the source of cheese."
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: "Puerto Rico only"
Is the recall still ongoing?
FDA lists the status as Terminated; the termination date is 24 Apr 2017. "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.