Recall of Bumble Bee Tuna

The National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC,  has been notified of Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, San Diego, California recall on three batches of its 5 oz. canned tuna products due to possible contamination by spoilage organisms or pathogens. Bumble bee detected improper sterilization processes of materials used in packaging by a facility not owned or operated by Bumble Bee.

This recall is being initiated out of an abundance of caution due to the possible under-processing of the affected products discovered by the co-pack facility during its routine quality audit.

All recalled tuna cans are marked with a can code that starts with ‘T’, and has the following “best by” dates below;

8660000020	5oz Bumble Bee Chunk Light Tuna in Water	02/10/2019, 02/16/2019, 02/17/2019, 02/18/2019, 02/22/2019, 02/23/2019, 02/25/2019	TOA2BSCAFB, TOA3BSCAFB,  TOA4BSCAFB, TOA5BSCAFB, TOABBSCAFB, TOACBSCAFB, TOADBSCAFB, TOAEBSCAFB, TOG3BSCAFB, TOG4BSCAFB, TOH6BSCAFB, TOH7BSCAFB, TOHABSCAFB, TOHBBSCAFB, TOHCBSCAFB,
8660000021	5oz Bumble Bee Chunk Light Tuna in Oil	02/23/2019	TOODGSCEFB
8660000736	4 Pack of 5oz Bumble Bee Chunk Light Tuna in Water	02/9/2019, 02/10/2019, 02/22/2019, 02/29/2019	TO9BBSCAFB, TO9DBSCAFB, TOA2BSCAFB, TON2BSCAFB, TON4BSCAFB, TON8BSCAFB, TONBBSCAFB, TONDBSCAFB, TONFBSCAFB,

The Agency is warning that consuming specific cans of Chunk Light Tuna in Water and Chunk Light Tuna in Vegetable Oil produced in February 2015 could lead to serious illness. It is important to note that no reports of illness have been linked to the recall

NAFDAC is urging any consumer or supplier with a product that fits the above specifications to throw it away.

Report all serious adverse events or side effects related to the use of these products to NAFDAC PRASCOR (20543 – Toll free from all network) or via adverse events report forms or to pharmacovigilance@nafdac.org.ng