Food recall: Publix brand, item # 41596, Southern Style Diced Hash Brown Potatoes, Net wt. 32 oz. Retail's UPC # 0 41415 00549 5.…

Class III FDA enforcement event 78689. Recall start date: 4 Dec 2017. Status in the FDA record: Terminated. Termination date: 28 Feb 2018.

Reason for recall, in the words of FDA

Publix brand Southern Style Diced Hash Brown Potatoes, net wt. 32 oz. package, is recalled because the firm received consumer complaints that foreign material was found in product.

Class III, in the words of FDA

a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product is not likely to cause adverse health consequences

McCain Foods USA started this food recall on 4 Dec 2017. The firm address in the FDA record is in Lisle, IL. FDA put the recall in Class III. FDA event 78689 has 1 product record. The first FDA enforcement report date is 17 Jan 2018. The record gives the status Terminated, with the termination date 28 Feb 2018.

FDA enforcement report The 1 product record

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FDA publishes these words. Source: FDA, Enforcement Reports, Important Note, read on 1 Oct 2026. openFDA export of 28 Sep 2026.

Distribution

In the words of FDA.

distributed in FL

Recalling firm

McCain Foods USA, Lisle, IL.

Recalling firm: The firm that the FDA record names for a recall.

FDA records how the recall started: Voluntary: Firm initiated.

Products

1 product record in the event.

FDA event 78689: product records
Recall number	Product	Quantity	Class	Status	Report date
F-0534-2018	Publix brand, item # 41596, Southern Style Diced Hash Brown Potatoes, Net wt. 32 oz. Retail's UPC # 0 41415 00549 5. The label is read in parts: "*Publix Southern Style DICED HASH BROWN POTATOESDISTRIBUTED BY PUBLIX SUPERMARKETS, INC. LAKELAND, FL 33802**".	1463 cases	Class III	Terminated	17 Jan 2018

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Class III: The lowest of the three FDA recall classes.

The event in context

Food events that started in 2017: 599
Share of these events in Class III: 6%
Product records in this event: 1Median of the firm: 1
Events of the firm on the register: 8

Other events of the firm

Other FDA enforcement events of McCain Foods USA
Initiated	Product (first record)	Type	Class	Records
4 Sep 2019	Ore Ida Spud Bites, packaged in 5lb. plain poly foodservice bags, six bags per case, frozen, Case UPC: 1 00 72714 00093	Food	Class II	1
13 Oct 2018	Fire Roasted 1/2" Diced Red Peppers; Sold in 2 lb. and 25 lb. containers Brand name: Jon-Lin	Food	Class II	63
26 Apr 2017	Wegman's O'’Brien Hash Browns, frozen packages, net wt. 28 oz. UPC 07789036523.	Food	Class II	1
21 Apr 2017	Roundy's Southern Style Diced Hash Browns, frozen, net wt. 32 oz per package, UPC 0 01115 05501 9. Harris Teeter Souther	Food	Class II	1
23 Sep 2016	Frozen Onion Rings sold and distributed under the following private label retail brands: 1) Premium Pick 5 Mix and Match	Food	Class I	1
12 Jul 2016	Breaded stuffed Jalapenos poppers labeled in part: Anchor breaded Fiesta Bold Poppers, breaded stuffed jalapenos, keep f	Food	Class II	2
10 Sep 2014	Frozen battered onion rings packaged in 40 oz plastic bags, 6/case under the following private labels: (1) Imperial Sysc	Food	Class II	2

McCain Foods USA: all 8 events

Official channels

FDA enforcement report F-0534-2018The FDA record of the first product of this event.
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Cite this page

Recall Register. FDA enforcement event 78689. https://recallregister.com/fda/iii/78689/. Source: openFDA enforcement reports. Data through 28 Sep 2026.

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: distributed in FL
What quantity of product is in FDA event 78689?: The FDA record gives this quantity: 1463 cases
How did the recall start?: The FDA record says: Voluntary: Firm initiated
How many food recalls of 2017 have the same class?: 6% of the 599 food events that started in 2017 are in Class III.