WHY THIS PRODUCT IS LISTED
Allergen
Undeclared fish, shellfish, and/or tree nuts.
Product description & recall reason
The recall record describes “White Kimchi”; the source reports: “Undeclared fish, shellfish, and/or tree nuts.”
Based on the official recall record; packaging and sales claims have not been verified. Verify with the official source ↗
Identify the product
- Product description
- White Kimchi
- Brand
- Not supplied by this source
- Lot, batch, UPC & other codes
- Offered between 05/25-27/2016
- Quantity
- 4lbs.
Where it came from & where it went
- Recalling firm
- WHOLE FOODS MARKET
- Recalling firm address
- 2520 Glendale Blvd; N/A; Los Angeles; CA; 90039-3220; United States
- Product production / origin location
- Not supplied by this source
- Distribution — source wording
- U.S. distirbution to CA only (Los Angeles). No foreign distribution.
States identified in the source
California
State matching is derived from the source’s distribution wording, which may be incomplete. The recalling company’s address is not used as the distribution location.
A recalling firm’s address is not necessarily where the food was grown or manufactured. Distribution can change; check the official notice.
The dates, separated
- Recall initiated
- May 27, 2016
- Notice published
- Not supplied
- Enforcement report
- Jul 27, 2016
- Agency classification
- Jul 15, 2016
- Source termination date
- Aug 12, 2016
- Last retrieved here
- Sep 28, 2026
FDA’s enforcement status is historical and may not reflect the current recall lifecycle. A terminated recall does not certify a product as safe.
Record provenance & interpretation
- Source identifier
- F-1691-2016
- Agency event identifier
- 74284
- Status as supplied (not live status)
- Terminated
- Category assignment
- Inferred from product text; not an agency classification.
- State matching
- Official distribution wording; locations are extracted only from distribution evidence, not company addresses. Coverage may be incomplete.
- Source dataset date
- Sep 25, 2026