Limited recall Craisins Dried Cranberries

aceplace57 · November 28, 2011, 3:08pm

I’m surprised the news isn’t getting this story out there. MsNBC ran it yesterday.

Some bags of Craisins Dried Cranberries may have metal fragments in them. Due to a bad piece of equipment at one plant.
http://vitals.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/26/9040438-ocean-spray-craisins-recalled-because-of-metal-fragments

I checked a 48 oz bag I bought last week and it wasn’t on the list.

The recalled product lots (only dates followed by the letter M are affected) are:

5-oz. Craisins UPC: 00293-000 Best By Dates/Letter: Oct 27 2012 M
10-oz. Craisins UPC: 29456-000 and 29464-000 Best By Dates/Letter: Oct 27 2012 M, Oct 28 2012 M, Oct 29 2012 M
48-oz. Craisins UPC: 00678-318 Best By Dates/Letter: Oct 27 2012 M, Oct 28 2012 M, Nov 3 2012 M, Nov 4 2012 M, Nov 5 2012 M, Nov 6 2012 M, Nov 7 2012 M, Nov 10 2012 M, Nov 11 2012 M.
10-lb. bulk ingredient & food service UPC: 03477-000 Best By Dates/Letter: 30 Oct 2013 M, 31 Oct 2013 M, 1 Nov 2013 M, 5 Nov 2013 M. 

Ocean Spray urged consumers to destroy the product, save the UPC label and Best By dates and contact the Ocean Spray consumer hotline at 1-800-662-3263.

Dung_Beetle · November 28, 2011, 4:03pm

Well, thanks, ace! I might need to know that.

Ellen_Cherry · November 28, 2011, 5:11pm

I buy Wal-mart’s Great Value dried cranberries. Does anyone know how to find out where specific GV items come from? I suspect it’s Crainsins, because I cannot tell the difference.

aceplace57 · November 28, 2011, 5:29pm

Here’s Ocean Spray full recall notice. Seems like a pretty limited batch that got contaminated.
http://www.oceanspray.com/Who-We-Are/Media-Center/Voluntary-Recall-Of-Craisins.aspx

It doesn’t mention any rebranded packaging for Walmart.

Joey_P · November 28, 2011, 5:35pm

I got a fax (at work) from my local heath department. But they tend to stay on top of this kind of stuff.
Luckily ours come in a 25 pound box so we weren’t affected.

TheChileanBlob · November 28, 2011, 6:25pm

I used a small bag of Craisins in my Thanksgiving dressing. It’s all eaten up by now, though. Oh well, we’ll hope for the best!

Baker · November 28, 2011, 6:40pm

I’ll have to check this, on account of some of the bulk/food service packaging being affected.

chiroptera · November 28, 2011, 10:07pm

Ruh roh.

I used Craisins in a salad I brought to Thanksgiving dinner. Haven’t heard of anyone pooping blood or getting sick so I guess I didn’t get the metal-shaving-enhanced batch.

aceplace57 · December 3, 2011, 7:47pm

They expanded the recall.
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/12/03/1930792/ocean-spray-expands-craisins-recall.html