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Recall Update: Hien Van Tran Raw Mung Bean Sprouts Recall Complete

(SafetyAlerts) 

September 27, 2002

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released the following information.

PRODUCT 

• Raw Mung Bean Sprouts packaged in 5, 10, and 15 lb. plastic bags. Recall # F-770-2.

CODE

• All products on the market at the time the recall was initiated.

RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER 

• Hien Van Tran So. Portland, ME, by telephone on February 21, 2002 and letter dated February 22, 2002. Firm initiated recall is complete.

REASON 

• Mung Bean Sprouts were associated with an outbreak of Salmonella enteritidis.

VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE 

• Approximately 1,000 lbs.

DISTRIBUTION

• MN.

[Note from SproutNet.  This outbreak was in ME (Maine), not MN (Michigan))