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Preferred Popcorn
FDA recall F-1437-2020 · Class II · reported 2020-09-16 · Terminated
- Product
- Organic Yellow Popcorn packaged in the following ways: 1) Great Northern Organic Popcorn, Net Wt. 5 Pounds (2.26 Kilograms), UPC 6 10708 14709 1; 2) Hometown Food Company, Organic Butterfly Popcorn, 2200 LBS, Preferred Popcorn LLC Chapman, NE; 3) Lesser Evil, Organic Yellow Butterfly Popcorn, 2185 LBS Preferred Popcorn LLC Chapman, NE; 4) Medium Organic Yellow Popcorn, 25 LB (11.34 Kg) Preferred Popcorn LLC; 5) Medium Organic Yellow Popcorn, 50 LB (22.68 Kg) Preferred Popcorn LLC; 6) Shearer's, Organic Yellow Butterfly Popcorn, 2200 LBS, Preferred Popcorn LLC Chapman, NE; 7) Specialty Food Group, Organic Yellow Butterfly Popcorn, 2200 LBS, Preferred Popcorn LLC Chapman, NE; 8) Trader Joes Organic Popping Corn, Net Wt. 28 OZ (1 lb 12 oz) 794 g, Dist. & Sold Exclusively by Trader Joe's Monrovia, CA UPC 0094 5288 9) Troystar Packaging, Inc. Organic Butterfly Popcorn, 2000 LBS, Preferred Popcorn LLC Chapman, NE; 10) Whole Alternatives, Organic Butterfly Popcorn, 2000 LBS, Preferred Popcorn LLC Chapman, NE; 11) Preferred Popcorn Organic Yellow Popcorn, Net Wt. 28oz / 794 g, Preferred Popcorn, LLC, Chapman, NE, UPC 7 64256 44035 4 12) Preferred Popcorn Organic Butterfly Popcorn, Net Wt. 50 lbs (22.68 kg), Preferred Popcorn, LLC, Chapman, NE, UPC 7 64256 30002 3
- Reason
- Popcorn may contain foreign material: tempered glass between 3 mm and 7 mm in size
- Quantity
- 1,162,117 lbs
- Distribution
- Distributed to the US States CA, CO, CT, FL, IA, IL, KY, OH, SD, WI, and British Columbia, Canada
- Firm location
- NE, United States
- Initiated
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- First notice
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Recall started
- 2020-08-28
- Terminated
- 2020-10-23
- Code info
- PN116-9402A,Exp: 8/2021: PN122-9560A,Exp: 8/2021: PN122-9048A,Exp: 7/2021: PN122-9171A,Exp: 6/2021: PN122-9241A,Exp: 7/2021: PN122-9248A,Exp: 8/2021: PN122-9304A,Exp: 7/2021: PN122-9342A,Exp: 8/2021: PN122-9343A,Exp: 7/2021: PN122-9366A,Exp: 7/2021: PN122-9367A,Exp: 7/2021: PN122-9370A,Exp: 7/2021: PN122-9437A,Exp: 8/2021: PN122-9559A,Exp: 8/2021: PN122-9601A,Exp: 8/2021: PN122-9602A,Exp: 8/2021: PN125-9538A,Exp: 8/2021: PN125-9610A,Exp: 9/2021: PN128-9266A,Exp: 7/2021: PNB128-9102A,Exp: 8/2021: PNR1229140A,BB 02-JUL-2021: PNR1229243A,BB 09-JUL-2021: PNR1229286A,Exp: 03-AUG-2021: PNR1229406A,BB 04-AUG-2021: PNR1229476A,BB 31-JAN-2022: PNR1229479A,BB 31-JAN-2022: PNR1229547A,BB 05-AUG-2021: PNR1229639A,Exp: 8/2021: PNR1279183A,BB 25-JUN-2021: PNT116-9328A,Exp: 7/2021: PNT122-9079A,Exp: 7/2021: PNT122-9080A,Exp: 7/2021: PNT122-9093A,Exp: 7/2021: PNT122-9094A,Exp: 7/2021: PNT122-9195A,Exp: 7/2021: PNT122-9283A,Exp: 8/2021: PNT122-9307A,Exp: 7/2021: PNT122-9318A,Exp: 7/2021: PNT122-9326A,Exp: 7/2021: PNT122-9364A,Exp: 8/2021: PNT122-9440A,Exp: 8/2021: PNT122-9493A,Exp: 8/2021: PNT122-9550A,Exp: 8/2021: PNT122-9566A,Exp: 9/2021: PNT127-9242A,Exp: 8/2021: PNT128-9077A,Exp: 7/2021: PNT128-9291A,Exp: 8/2021: PNT128-9313A,Exp: 7/2021: PNT128-9314A,Exp: 7/2021
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA Food Enforcement database (openFDA Food Enforcement, imported 2026-09). The FDA does not validate openFDA data for completeness or accuracy. This is a record of an enforcement action, not safety advice.