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Vita Food Products, Inc. recall - Herring Fillets in Wine Sauce sold under the ELF brand in 12 oz.…

FDA (enforcement) · April 23, 2014 · Class I

Vita Food Products, Inc. recalled Herring Fillets in Wine Sauce sold under the ELF brand in 12 oz. plastic jars. - an FDA enforcement event posted April 23, 2014, classified Class I, covering 1 product entry.
FDA-stated reason: Vita Food Products, Inc. of Chicago, Illinois is notifying the public that it is recalling 2,280 individual plastic jars of 12 ounce Elf Herring Fillets in Wine Sauce that actually contains herring fillets in sour cream…
Details as of October 24, 2026; the linked official notice is authoritative for lot codes, VINs, and remedies.

How this recall compares

Vita Food Products, Inc has 4 recall events in the FDA (2012+) and USDA-FSIS (2014+) records tracked here; by posting date this is the 1st.
It is one of 28 undeclared-allergen recall events FDA and USDA-FSIS posted in April 2014 (all undeclared-allergen recalls).

Posted	Agency	Recall	Class
March 25, 2020	FDA	Vita Food Products, Inc. recall - Vita Wild Herring in Wine Sauce 32oz plastic jar, UPC…	Class I
November 6, 2019	FDA	Vita Food Products, Inc. recall - NATHAN'S COLD SMOKED WILD SALMON, in 3oz.vacuum packed…	Class I
July 23, 2014	FDA	Vita Food Products, Inc. recall - Vita Classic Premium Sliced Smoked Atlantic Nova…	Class I

Matched by company name after removing suffixes such as Inc. and LLC; parent companies and subsidiaries are counted separately.

Recall #	Product	Codes / lots	Distribution
F-1826-2014	Herring Fillets in Wine Sauce sold under the ELF brand in 12 oz. plastic jars.	UPC Code on Cases: 10073302221111. UPC Code on Jars: 73302 12111. Item Number:…	US: IL, MI, MN, WI

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