Food recall: Label reading in part: "CRIADA***PREMIUM GANDULES VERDES GREEN PIGEON PEAS***In water with salt*** NET WT. 15 oz…
Class II FDA enforcement event 72898. Recall start date: . Status in the FDA record: Terminated. Termination date: .
Reason for recall, in the words of FDA
Product in Import Alert (99-38) inadvertently released for distribution.
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
A.R.Food Brokerage Corp. started this food recall on 10 Dec 2015. The firm address in the FDA record is in Caguas, PR. FDA put the recall in Class II. FDA event 72898 has 2 product records. The first FDA enforcement report date is 17 Feb 2016. The record gives the status Terminated, with the termination date 7 Mar 2017.
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Distribution
In the words of FDA.
RA Food Brokerage, Corp. distributed the affected product to retailers located in Puerto Rico only.
Recalling firm
A.R.Food Brokerage Corp., Caguas, PR.
Recalling firm: The firm that the FDA record names for a recall.
FDA records how the recall started: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
Products
2 product records in the event.
| Recall number | Product | Quantity | Class | Status | Report date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F-0571-2016 | Label reading in part: "CRIADA***PREMIUM GANDULES VERDES GREEN PIGEON PEAS***In water with salt*** NET WT. 15 oz (425g)***Producido para/Produced for Empresas La Famosa, Inc.: P.O. Box 51968 Toa Baja, P.R. 00949***Product of Peru/Producto de Peru". | 813 cases/24 cans ea. | Class II | Terminated | 17 Feb 2016 |
| F-0572-2016 | Label reading in part: "ECONO***Gandules Verde***Hervidos en Agua y Sal*** Green Pigeon Peas***PREMIUM***NET WT. 15 oz (425g)***PRODUCTO DE PERU***EMPACADO PARA: SUPERMERCADOS ECONO, INC. Carolina, P.R. 00984". | 4052 cases/24 cans per case | Class II | Terminated | 17 Feb 2016 |
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Class II: The middle of the three FDA recall classes.
The event in context
- Food events that started in 2015
- 607
- Share of these events in Class II
- 46%
- Product records in this event
- 2
- Events of the firm on the register
- 1
Official channels
- FDA enforcement report F-0571-2016The FDA record of the first product of this event.
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Cite this page
Recall Register. FDA enforcement event 72898. https://recallregister.com/fda/ii/72898/. 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:
RA Food Brokerage, Corp. distributed the affected product to retailers located in Puerto Rico only.
- What quantity of product is in FDA event 72898?
- The event has 2 product records. The first record gives this quantity:
813 cases/24 cans ea.
- How did the recall start?
- The FDA record says:
Voluntary: Firm initiated
- How many food recalls of 2015 have the same class?
- 46% of the 607 food events that started in 2015 are in Class II.