Josephson’s Smokehouse recalls Skipanon Brand Seafood products
Published 10:17 am Monday, October 26, 2015
Josephson’s Smokehouse of Astoria is voluntarily recalling nine canned seafood products — salmon, sturgeon and tuna — it received from Skipanon Brand Seafood of Warrenton because the food may cause botulism, a form of food-poisoning that can cause life-threatening illness or death, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced.
The decision continues the ongoing recall of canned Skipanon Brand Seafood products that began earlier this month when Mark Kujala, owner of Skipanon and mayor of Warrenton, initiated a voluntary recall of all Skipanon products, after a routine FDA inspection noted a lack of documentation and possibly underprocessed products.
Bornstein Seafoods of Astoria and Ecola Seafoods of Cannon Beach recently recalled Skipanon’s products, as well.
The recalled products had been distributed to wholesalers and retailers in Oregon, Washington state, Nevada and Michigan and sold over the Internet to customers nationwide, Skipanon said.
Kujala said the Skipanon recall is a precautionary measure. No cases of illness associated with Skipanon’s products have been reported. The FDA warned consumers not to use the product even if it does not look or smell spoiled.
Josephson’s is recalling products sold to consumers from the business’s retail store in Astoria and to mail-order customers through www.josephsons.com and telephone orders, the FDA said. Mail-order sales went to individual customers and were not for resale.
The business has identified all recipients of the recalled products through in-house in-voicing and Yahoo shopping webstore invoicing system. These recipients are being contacted by email, telephone and mail with the recall information, which is published on Josephson’s website and displayed on placards in the retail store.
Affected production codes start with “OC” and can be found on either the top or bottom of the cans. Recalled products are packaged in metal cans with net weight 5.5ounces, 7.0 ounces and 7.5 ounces. The last date of distribution of recalled products was September 2015.
• Smoked Garlic Pepper Salmon — Net weight: 5.5 oz. (156 g) — UPC: 6 49586 36165 7
• Smoked Wine Maple Salmon — Net weight: 5.5 oz. (156 g) — UPC: 6 49586 36160 2
• Smoked Chinook Salmon — Net weight: 7.0 oz. (199 g) — UPC: 6 49586 36100 8
• Premium Chinook Salmon — Net weight: 7.5 oz. (213 g) — UPC: 6 49586 36180 0
• Smoked Coho Salmon — Net weight: 7.0 oz. (199 g) — UPS: 6 49586 36200 5
• Fancy Coho Salmon — Net weight: 7.5 oz. (213 g) — UPS: 6 49586 36250 0
• Smoked Albacore Tuna — Net weight: 7.0 oz. (199 g) — UPS: 6 49586 36600 3
• Fancy Albacore Tuna — Net weight: 7.5 oz. (213 g) — UPS: 6 49586 36650 8
• Smoked Sturgeon — Net weight: 7.0 oz. (199 g) — UPS: 6 49586 36500 6
Josephson’s will replace returned cans with products that have been produced at a different processor location. The recalled cans for replacement can be brought to the retail store or mailed to Josephson’s Smokehouse; 106 Marine Dr., Astoria, Oregon, 97103.
Customers who have purchased recalled canned seafood products are urged to destroy them or return them to the firm for a replacement.
For questions, call Josephson’s Smokehouse at 503-325-2190 between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m., Monday through Friday.