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Snapchill LLC of Green Bay, Wisconsin just initiated a huge canned coffee recall for all canned coffee products manufactured by the company.
Why?
Because “their current process could lead to growth and production of the deadly toxin, botulinum toxin, in low acid canned foods.”
While no illnesses have been reported in connection with this recall, their production practices have not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and therefore are not allowed in commerce for human consumption.
This recall involves a variety of brand names associated with many different roasters. These metal cans range in volume from 7 ounces to 12 ounces.
Over 150 labels are involved in this huge canned coffee recall!
While some recalled products identify Snapchill Coffee prominently on the label, some affected products may only include “Produced and distributed by Snapchill LLC” underneath the nutrition facts panel.
Affected products include:
Snapchill 41 & Change Alchemy Roasting Amavida
Appalachia Coffee Baba Java Coffee Bent Tree Coffee Big Iron
Big Mouth Coffee Big Shoulders BKG Black Acres
Black Nerd Blind Bold Bean Bolt Coffee
Borealis Brandywine BRL Broadsheet
Burwell Cafe Ammi Cape Cod Coffee Carrier
Cerberus Coffee Coffee Hound Coffee N Clothes Coffee Project NY
Color Coffee Connect Coffee Copper Horse Coterie Coffee
Crankshaft Coffee Cup to Cup Dave’s Coffee Dayglow
Daysol Coffee Dead Sled Doughnut Planet Downeast Coffee
Dreamy Driply East End Eclipse Coffee
Electro Brew Coffee Element Coffee Emergency Medical Coffee Enderly
Euphoria Coffee Farmhouse Fazenda Fika
Firegrounds First Crack Fire & Hoek Five Star Roasters
Flight Gay Awakening Coffee George Howell Gigawatt
Goldberry Roasting Company Gooseneck Coffee Co. Gryphon Coffee
Heady Cup Heart Coffee Heine Bros Helm
Honest Coffee Hustle n Grind Intelligentsia Joe Bean
Kahawa Kaldi’s Knowledge Perk Kribi Coffee
Kuva Coffee La Cosecha Lanna Coffee Larry’s Coffee
Little Wolf Ludwig Coffee Mad Priest Madcap Coffee
Maple Leaf Coffee Roasters Medici Metric
Mighty Good Coffee Co. Joe, Molon Labe Mudd, LLC Neighbor Coffee
New Hampshire Coffee Roasters New Harvest Northern Coffeeworks
Offset Coffee Others Coffee Oye Coffee Paper Plane Coffee Co.
Peaks Coffee Co. Perkatory Perla Pettibone
Pink Elephant Play Coffee Quartertone Coffee QUIVR
Rabble & Lion Radical Coffee Ragged Rarebird
Red Rooster Retrograde Coffee Rock City Rockford Coffee
Rusty Dog Sacred Grounds Saltwater Seaworthy Coffee
Sepia Coffee Shirazi Dist. Slacktide Sleeping Giant Roasters
Slow Bloom Coffee Snowy Owl Southeastern Roastery Spot Coffee
Springline Square One Coffee Stack Street Summit Coffee
Sur Coffee The Boy & The Bear The Well Coffeehouse Tinker
Three Tree Coffee Roasters Tipico Touchy Coffee
Traction True Love Coffee Co. Underwood Upshot
Verb Victoria Coffee Vivid Waypost
White Bison White Rhino Wild Goose Coffee
Affected products were distributed nationwide through various coffee roasters, retail location, and available online for direct purchase from Snapchill.
Canned coffee, particularly shelf stable canned coffee, falls into a category known as “low acid canned foods.” This is a regulated food product.
While there have been no illness to-date associated with these products, manufacturing processes for this product type, if not performed correctly, can lead to the production of botulin toxin. This toxin can cause serious and life-threatening health concerns if consumed.
The FDA requires food products in this category to file their processing plan with the FDA.
Much like most food manufacturing companies are required to create a Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) plan explaining their process (including all the potential areas where things can go wrong, and how they are avoided), the FDA requires a similar documentation for this food category.
The FDA reviews the plan, and in some cases an on-site inspection is scheduled. This helps ensure that proper protocols are in place to prevent the growth of harmful bacteria and the potential toxins they produce. One major concern in botulism.
Botulism is a potentially fatal form of food poisoning. It is caused by the botulin toxin produced by Clostridium botulinum bacteria and other related species.
These bacteria for a protective coating when they become spores that enable them to survive extreme environmental conditions. Under certain conditions, these spores can produce “one of the most lethal toxins known.”
Conditions like low- or no-oxygen, low acid, low sugar, and low salt environments are prime conditions for botulin toxin production. Certain temperature ranges and water content are also contributing factors.
Improperly preserved or processed food provides these optimal conditions.
Botulism symptoms are caused by the toxin attacking the body’s nerves, causing muscle weakness and other downline medical problems.
Common symptoms include:
Other signs and symptoms of foodborne botulism may include vomiting, nausea, stomach pain, and/or diarrhea.
People experiencing these symptoms should seek immediate medical attention.
Botulism in infants is a serious concern. Symptoms in infants can sometimes present differently.
Symptoms in infants may include:
Infants with these symptoms should be taken for medical treatment immediately.
If you or a loved one consumed recalled canned coffee and became sick, you may have a legal case. The experienced food poisoning lawyers at The Lange Law Firm, PLLC have helped many families pick up the pieces following serious illness.
Beverage manufacturers should know the appropriate processes to make products that do not result in consumer illness. When details are skipped, people get sick.
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By: Heather Van Tassell (contributing writer, non-lawyer)
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