Food recall: Tiny IQF Oysters, 40pk/cs, 8oz.
Class II FDA enforcement event 61999. Recall start date: . Status in the FDA record: Terminated. Termination date: .
Reason for recall, in the words of FDA
Ocean Group is recalling tiny IQF oysters, large IQF oysters, and half shell oysters from Korea because the products have been prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health.
Class II, in the words of FDA
a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote
Ocean Group Inc. started this food recall on 2 Jun 2012. The firm address in the FDA record is in Los Angeles, CA. FDA put the recall in Class II. FDA event 61999 has 3 product records. The first FDA enforcement report date is 27 Jun 2012. The record gives the status Terminated, with the termination date 6 Sep 2012.
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Distribution
In the words of FDA.
California
Recalling firm
Ocean Group Inc., Los Angeles, CA.
Recalling firm: The firm that the FDA record names for a recall.
FDA records how the recall started: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
Products
3 product records in the event.
| Recall number | Product | Quantity | Class | Status | Report date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F-1440-2012 | Tiny IQF Oysters, 40pk/cs, 8oz. | 187 units | Class II | Terminated | 27 Jun 2012 |
| F-1441-2012 | Large IQF Oysters, 6 x 4 lb/cs | 113 units | Class II | Terminated | 27 Jun 2012 |
| F-1442-2012 | half shell Oysters, 144pc/cs | 240 units | Class II | Terminated | 27 Jun 2012 |
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Class II: The middle of the three FDA recall classes.
The event in context
- Food events that started in 2012
- 515
- Share of these events in Class II
- 40%
- Product records in this event
- 3Median of the firm: 2
- Events of the firm on the register
- 4
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Official channels
- FDA enforcement report F-1440-2012The FDA record of the first product of this event.
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Cite this page
Recall Register. FDA enforcement event 61999. https://recallregister.com/fda/ii/61999/. Source: openFDA enforcement reports. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- openFDA food enforcement reports
- Licence
- CC0 1.0
- Export date
- 28 Sep 2026
- Newest FDA report date on the register
- 23 Sep 2026
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Questions
- Where was the product distributed?
- The FDA record gives this distribution:
California
- What quantity of product is in FDA event 61999?
- The event has 3 product records. The first record gives this quantity:
187 units
- How did the recall start?
- The FDA record says:
Voluntary: Firm initiated
- How many food recalls of 2012 have the same class?
- 40% of the 515 food events that started in 2012 are in Class II.