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World Variety Produce Inc dba Melissa's recalls Melissa's Hot Kimchi Pickled Napa Cabbage NET WT. 14 oz (397g) Ingredients: Napa Cabbage,…

Terminated FDA Recall Class I Undeclared allergen

Read the agency's notice · machine-readable source record · Agency id: 93705

What the agency said

Product
Melissa's Hot Kimchi Pickled Napa Cabbage NET WT. 14 oz (397g) Ingredients: Napa Cabbage, Radish, Water, Garlic, Red Pepper, Organic Sugar Cane, Sea Salt, Calcium Lactate, Ginger, Onion, Sorbitol, an…
Firm: World Variety Produce Inc dba Melissa's
Reason, as written
Undeclared allergen; fish.
Status, as written
Terminated
Distribution, as written
U.S. distribution to the following: CA, TX, FL No foreign distribution.

How this record is classified

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Hazard type
Undeclared allergen
Inferred from the agency's wording by our rules
Organism, allergen, or material
Fish
Inferred from the agency's wording by our rules (Allergen)
Product category
Seafood
Inferred from the agency's wording by our rules · food tags: peppers, onions, fish, beverages
Geography
Multi-state
Inferred from the agency's wording by our rules
CA, FL, TX
Root cause
Not stated
Not stated by the agency
How it was found
Not stated
Not stated by the agency
Corrective action
Voluntary recall
Stated by the agency
Voluntary: Firm initiated; customers first notified by Letter
Status
Terminated
Closed in this dataset's terms
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Dates
Recall began: Dec 22, 2023
Reported by agency: Feb 7, 2024
Last agency update: Feb 1, 2024
Closed: Jan 31, 2025

What is missing or inferred

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Fields assigned by our rules from the agency's wording: hazardType, agents, productCategory, geography. Rules version 1.0.

Record history

First seen by this site Sep 17, 2026, 2:29 PM UTC (loaded from the agency's history when the dataset was first built). Last changed Sep 17, 2026, 2:29 PM UTC. No tracked field has changed since.

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