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Local Food Recall in Hawaii Casts a Wide Net

By Dan Flynn and Suzanna Schreck

A contract food bottling and packaging company in Hawaii has been shut down by the state health department, which has ordered a recall of about 100 locally made items, including foods processed at the plant over the past several years.
According to KHON2 TV, a number of the small producers caught up in the recall say the health department's list of specialty products made at the First Commercial Kitchen in Waipahu on Oahu is out of date. Several companies whose products have been recalled say they no longer use First Commercial Kitchen and now are being unfairly linked to it.
Meanwhile, the company, which advertises itself as "Hawaii's first food processing center," says it wants a hearing to contest the shutdown.
Last week, a recall notice was issued for two products bottled at the plant--Barb's Local Style Black Bean Sauce and Ohana Flavors Black Bean Sauce--because the products presented a potential risk for Clostridium Botulinum (botulism). The sauces were distributed on Oahu and Molokai.
After state and federal inspectors said they found evidence of improper manufacturing standards, the health department then issued a suspension and cease and desist order. Health authorities, citing inadequate testing and failure to produce required records, also recalled all the jams, jellies, salad dressings, sauces, salsas, marinades and other local products processed there.
The health department said it had to issue the mass recall because the company could not provide a current list of products being manufactured there. Health authorities said they used the best information they could find--products listed on the company's website.
According to a news release issued by the Hawaii State Department of Health, the company has asked for a hearing to contest the suspension of its operation and the order to cease and desist. The health department said it may reinstate First Commercial's operating permit once it receives a client list, a complete ingredient list and documentation of adequate controls, tests and record-keeping. 
There have been no illnesses reported in connection with the recall.
The following list of products includes business and product label names taken from the company's website. For further information on these products, retailers and consumers should call First Commercial Kitchen LLC at 808-676-0880.
The following products were recalled: 3660 On The Rise Lemon Miso Dressing, Arturo's Hot Sauces, A Crafters Dream, Arturo's Maui Onion Salsa, Lilikoi Cream Cheese A.I.R. International, Aunty Malia's Hawaiian Ketchup Loco Moco Sauce, Aloha Island Foods, Barb's Kal-Bi Sauce, Lomi Salmon Cream Cheese Amercian International Resources, Barb's Local Style Black Bean Sauce, Lum's Char-Siu Sauce, Arturo's Mexican Food Products, Barb's Oriental Dressing, Lum's Seasoned Salt, Auntie Maile's Hawaiian Gourmet Favorites, Barb's Somen Salad Dressing Maui Hot Sauce, Barb's Favorite Recipes Barb's Soy Wasabi Dressing and Maui Onion Tartar Sauce, Bob's Bar-B-Que Basil Pesto w/Mac Nuts, Merriman's Hot Sauce, Carolani Food Group Big Island Hot Sauce, Merriman's Hula Barbecue Sauce, Chele's Venom Specialty Sauces, Blend of Aloha Merriman's Salad Dressing, Cooray Products, Captain's Choice Gourmet Hot Sauce, Moloka'i Hot Sauce, Datal Unlimited Chef Eugenio's Spinach Dressing, Moloka'i Limu Salsa, Discovered Flavors Chili Pepper Water, Nara's Creamy Island Dressing, East & West Gourmet Cillantro Pesto, Nara's Guava Island Dressing, Frederico's Hawaiian Salsas, Citrus Pepper Jelly, Nara's Hawaiian French Dressing, Hawaiian Passion Citrus Pepper Sauce, Oahu Hot Sauce, Hawaiian Plantations Cooray's Pineapple Chutney, Ohana Peanut Butter Bar-B-Que Sauces, Heaven & Earth, Cooray's Curry Powder Ready Mixes, Ohana Pepper Jellies, Honolulu Sauce Company, Discovered Flavors Gift Paks Pasta Sauces, Indigo Eurasian Cuisine Fire Sauce, Sensational Sassy Succulent Sauces, Island Country Foods, Force Nitro Hot Sauces, Sassy Tropics Fruit Salsas, Island Taste, Frederico's Hawaiian Salsa, Scoshi's Konashire Sauce, Italian Sistahs, Frederico's Chunky Style Salsa, Strawberry-Lilikoi Cream Cheese JMA Co., Genji's Ponzu Sauce and Sushi Vinegar, Ka 'anela Inc. Genji's Salad Dressings, Table Boss - E-Z Black Bean Sauce, Kailua Jelly Company, Genji's Teriyaki Sauce, Table Boss - Red Rib Sauce, Kauai Fresh Products Ginger Pepper Jelly, Table Boss - Safari Sauce, Ke kua 'aina Products Ginger Pepper Sauce, Tanouye's Sushi Vinegar, Kiawe Hawaii Grandma Alice's Sushi Vinegar, Tanouye's Teriyaki Sauce, Kumu Farms Hawaii Passion Hot Sauces, Taro Savored Oil, Kyotaru Hawaii Corp., Hawaiian Hurricane Popcorn Tastier Sauce, L.A.R. Co. Heaven & Earth - Black Bean Sauce, Teri-Miso Sauce, Megaminds Heaven & Earth - Dragon Fire Chili Sauce, Teri-wasabi Sauce, Merriman's Restaurant Heaven & Earth - Four Fruits Sauce Tropical Island Garlic Dressing, Nara Foods, Heaven & Earth - Ginger Juice Tuna Spread, Nick's Fishmarket Heaven & Earth - Ginger Mint Sauce, Valerie Puanani's Ginger Miso Dressing, Ohana Plantations Heaven & Earth - Peanut Sauce, Wilkinson's Gourmet Dining Sauce, Pat's Island Delight Heaven & Earth - Raspberry -Hoisin Sauce, Wing Black Bean Garlic Sauce, R.K.M.K. Enterprise Heaven & Earth - Tangerine Sauce, Wing Find Shrimp Sauce, Real Fresh Cookin' Hot Pepper Ginger Jelly, Wing Hoisin Sauce, Rib Roaring Recipes Hot Pepper Sauce, Wing Plum Sauce, Scoshi's Hot Sauce, Wing Sweet Sour Sauce, Seafood Hawaii Island Country Fruit Butters, Wing Thick Soy Sauce, That Personal Touch Island Taste Sauces & Dressings, Yamaka Sauces, The Genji Group Italian Sistahs Pasta Sauces, Noni Juice, The Poi Company Kauai Hot Sauce (this is a partial listing only), The Wilkinson Alliance Kauai Salsa, Wing Coffee Company, Kiawe-Q Yummy Korean B-B-Q Lanai Hot Sauce, The Noni Connection Puna Noni Juice, Kahala Mandarin Oriental Hawaii Veranda Jelly, Valtrex, Inc. Original Country Dressing, Spicy Country Dressing Korean Sauce, Liko Lehua Products Lilikoi Butter, Dr. Terry Shintani, Soul de Cuba Mojo Marinade Mango Salsa, Float Beverages Kava, Da Kine Enterprises BBQ & Salad Dressings, Fu Man Chu Chilli Peppa Water, Honolulu Gourmet Foods Dressings, Nalo Farms Dressings, Natural Edge Waiola Burger Sauce, Aloha Salads Tropical Fruit Vinaigrettes, Palolo Chinese Home Chutney Mango Jam, Pacific Asian Creations Dressings & Sauces, Rib Roaring Recipes, Lum's Char-Siu Ribs, Hawaiian Vanilla Company Dressings Sauces, Coffee Cabais Capital Sweet Wasabi Sauce, Island Fire & Spice Salsa, Kalipso Blue Kava Hana Hotties Sunset Sauces, Pacific Pestos, Poke Stop, Grand Cafe & Bakery Sunset Sauces, Pacific Pestos, Natural Edge Soul de Cuba, Hawaiian Vanilla Company, India Cafe Island Fire & Spice, Grand CafÄ & Bakery Dessert Topping Sherry Vinaigrette Dressing, Mama's Kitchen Mom's Recipe, Taste of Joy, Teri-Q, Bob's Bar-B-Que.

 

Full post as published by Food Safety News on January 27, 2011 (boomark / email).