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The potato is a modest yet mighty food that has captured hearts and stomachs the world over. If a sack of potatoes isn't one of your personal pantry staples, there's a chance that another potato-based item is, because quite frankly, potatoes are the main ingredient in a lot of popular foods. That's why recalls that affect potato products sold in the U.S can affect food brands on a humongous scale.

土豆是一種謙遜卻強大的食物，贏得了全球人們的心和胃。如果一袋土豆不是你個人儲藏室的必備品，那麼很可能你會有其他以土豆為基礎的食品，因為坦率地説，土豆是許多受歡迎食品的主要成分。這就是為什麼影響在美國銷售的土豆產品的召回會對食品品牌產生巨大影響。

Potato chips rank among the most popular snacks in the U.S., and hash browns are considered as a staple side for egg dishes. With these two examples alone, it's clear why several food manufacturers make millions of dollars just from selling potato-based foods. If one of these companies has to issue a recall of one or more of its products, immense amounts of retail-bound goods become unsalable. Recalls create huge financial losses in the business world, but they are a necessary precaution to keep the public safe.

土豆片在美國是最受歡迎的小吃之一，而土豆餅被視為蛋類菜餚的主食配菜。僅憑這兩個例子，就可以清楚地看出，為什麼一些食品製造商僅通過銷售以土豆為基礎的食品就能賺取數百萬美元。如果其中一家公司不得不召回其一項或多項產品，巨量的零售商品將變得無法銷售。召回在商業世界中造成巨大的財務損失，但它們是保護公眾安全的必要預防措施。

Food recalls happen when a commercially sold product does not meet the federal regulations upheld by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and/or the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Contaminations from either foodborne pathogens or foreign materials, undeclared ingredients, and quality issues stemming from mold or spoilage are common recall reasons for many products — including foods made with potatoes. These are some of the biggest recalls to ever take place in the U.S. that involved potato-based products.

食品召回發生在商業銷售的產品未能符合食品和藥物管理局（FDA）和/或美國農業部（USDA）所維持的聯邦法規時。食品污染通常是由於食源性病原體或異物、未申報成分以及因黴變或變質引起的質量問題，這些都是許多產品（包括以土豆為基礎的食品）召回的常見原因。這些是美國曆史上涉及土豆產品的一些最大召回事件。

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Veggies Made Great Broccoli Cheddar Breakfast Potato Bakes (2024)

Veggies Made Great 西蘭花切達早餐土豆餅（2024）

Box of Broccoli Cheddar Breakfast Potato Bakes with veggies - veggiesmadegreat / Instagram

Veggies Made Great 的西蘭花切達早餐土豆餅盒 - veggiesmadegreat / Instagram

Among the many producers of frozen breakfast foods, herbivore favorite Veggies Made Great was on a roll selling frittatas and other morning-meal goodies in U.S. grocery stores — until a massive recall in May 2024 threw a wrench in the operation. The recall dealt specifically with the brand's Broccoli Cheddar Breakfast Potato Bakes, which were being called back over a suspected contamination from listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes). This pathogen is particularly dangerous to perishable foods because it can survive in cold — even freezing — temperatures for prolonged periods of time. After the recall announcement, Veggies Made Great began pulling boxes off of store shelves.

在眾多冷凍早餐食品生產商中，素食者最愛的 Veggies Made Great 在美國的雜貨店中熱銷煎蛋餅和其他早餐美食——直到 2024 年 5 月的一次大規模召回打亂了這一運作。此次召回專門涉及該品牌的西蘭花切達早餐土豆餅，因懷疑受到單核細胞增生李斯特菌（L. monocytogenes）污染而被召回。這種病原體對易腐食品特別危險，因為它可以在寒冷甚至冰凍的温度下存活很長時間。在召回公告發布後，Veggies Made Great 開始從商店貨架上撤回盒裝產品。

The quantity of recalled Broccoli Cheddar Breakfast Potato Bakes was significant — 10,544 boxes in all. Veggies Made Great sells its products through major retailers like Walmart, Target, and Costco, as well as many other popular grocery chains. The boxes that were possibly contaminated by L. monocytogenes were only sold in Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah.

被召回的西蘭花切達早餐土豆餅數量相當可觀——總共 10,544 盒。Veggies Made Great 通過沃爾瑪、塔吉特和好市多等主要零售商以及許多其他受歡迎的雜貨連鎖店銷售其產品。可能受到 L. monocytogenes 污染的盒裝產品僅在亞利桑那州、加利福尼亞州、科羅拉多州、新墨西哥州、內華達州和猶他州銷售。

This voluntary recall was issued by Veggies Made Great's parent company, New Classic Cooking LLC in Avenel, New Jersey. New Classic Cooking previously sold Veggies Made Great frozen products as a sub-brand of its Garden Lites label. The company did not divulge how L. monocytogenes may have adulterated the Broccoli Cheddar Breakfast Potato Bakes, or if any illnesses were linked to the recall.

此次自願召回是由 Veggies Made Great 的母公司 New Classic Cooking LLC 在新澤西州阿文奈爾發佈的。New Classic Cooking 之前將 Veggies Made Great 冷凍產品作為其 Garden Lites 品牌的子品牌進行銷售。該公司沒有透露 L. monocytogenes 是如何污染西蘭花切達早餐土豆餅的，或者是否有任何疾病與此次召回有關。

Lamb Weston Shredded Hash Browns (2022)

Lamb Weston 切碎土豆餅（2022）

Bag of Alexia shredded hash browns - alexiafoods / Instagram

Alexia 切碎土豆餅的袋子 - alexiafoods / Instagram

Since its founding in 1950 in Weston, Oregon, Lamb Weston has become one of the world's largest manufacturers of frozen potato products, with distribution to over 100 nations. The magnitude of Lamb Weston's output was emphasized in August 2022 when a recall of more than 1 million pounds of shredded hash browns was issued. The hash browns were at risk of contamination from L. monocytogenes — the bacteria that causes the foodborne illness listeriosis.

自 1950 年在俄勒岡州韋斯頓成立以來，Lamb Weston 已成為全球最大的冷凍土豆產品製造商之一，產品分銷到超過 100 個國家。2022 年 8 月，Lamb Weston 的切碎土豆餅召回超過 100 萬磅，突顯了其產量的龐大。這些土豆餅面臨着 L. monocytogenes 的污染風險——這種細菌會導致食源性疾病李斯特菌病。

The recalled product was sold under the Alexia line as Organic Seasoned Hashed Browns Yukon Select Potatoes, as well as Great Value Shredded Hash Browns, Sprouts Organic Hash Browns Shredded Potatoes, and True Goodness by Meijer Organic Hash Brown Shredded Potatoes. Overall across the retail market, 1,087,200 pounds of hash browns were recalled. Alexia was hit the hardest, with 90,600 cases of hash browns recalled. Great Value, Walmart's in-house label, recalled 7,377 cases. Sprouts recalled 13,313 cases, while True Goodness by Meijer recalled 1,361 cases. The frozen potatoes were sold nationwide and in Guam, and in other countries throughout the Americas, East Asia, and the Middle East.

被召回的產品以 Alexia 品牌銷售，名為有機調味切碎土豆餅（Yukon Select Potatoes），以及 Great Value 切碎土豆餅、Sprouts 有機切碎土豆餅和 True Goodness by Meijer 有機切碎土豆餅。總體而言，零售市場上召回了 1,087,200 磅的土豆餅。Alexia 受到的影響最大，召回了 90,600 箱土豆餅。沃爾瑪的自有品牌 Great Value 召回了 7,377 箱。Sprouts 召回了 13,313 箱，而 True Goodness by Meijer 召回了 1,361 箱。這些冷凍土豆在全國範圍內以及關島和美洲、東亞和中東的其他國家銷售。

There were also non-retail hash browns to consider. Lamb Weston sold potentially dangerous shredded hash browns to food service institutions under the Lamb's Supreme Shredded IQF Hash Browns line. In a letter to customers, Lamb Weston disclosed that L. monocytogenes was found during product sampling, and may have affected shipments of hash browns dating back to February 2021.

還需要考慮非零售的切碎土豆餅。Lamb Weston 向食品服務機構銷售了可能存在危險的切碎土豆餅，屬於 Lamb's Supreme 切碎 IQF 土豆餅系列。在給客户的信中，Lamb Weston 披露在產品抽樣中發現了 L. monocytogenes，並可能影響到自 2021 年 2 月以來的土豆餅發貨。

Lamb's Supreme Tater Puffs (2019)

Lamb's Supreme 土豆球（2019）

Tater tots on white plate - BrittanyD/Shutterstock

白盤上的土豆球 - BrittanyD/Shutterstock

Mega potato purveyor Lamb Weston was also in trouble in April 2019, only this time its Supreme Tater Puffs were the problem. Since Lamb Weston cranks out an immense amount of frozen potato products, gargantuan recalls don't derail its operations. With this recall, Lamb Weston recalled over 680,000 pounds of frozen tots due to contamination by a foreign object ... and hardly anyone batted an eye.

大型土豆供應商 Lamb Weston 在 2019 年 4 月也遇到了麻煩，這次問題出在其 Supreme 土豆球上。由於 Lamb Weston 生產大量冷凍土豆產品，鉅額的召回並未擾亂其運營。在此次召回中，Lamb Weston 因異物污染召回了超過 680,000 磅的冷凍土豆球……幾乎沒有人對此表示關注。

In addition to selling its frozen spuds in grocery stores worldwide, Lamb Weston also sells products to institutions with cafeterias, such as hospitals and schools. The five-pound paper bags of Lamb's Supreme Tater Puffs that it sold on the non-retail market were the ones that needed recalling. The foreign object that afflicted these cafeteria-bound tots was plastic. The recall resulted in 22,789 cases of Lamb's Supreme Tater Puffs — distributed in 19 states — as being deemed unfit for consumption.

除了在全球的雜貨店銷售冷凍土豆，Lamb Weston 還向擁有自助餐廳的機構銷售產品，如醫院和學校。需要召回的正是其在非零售市場銷售的五磅裝 Lamb's Supreme Tater Puffs。影響這些自助餐食品的異物是塑料。此次召回涉及 22,789 箱 Lamb's Supreme Tater Puffs，分佈在 19 個州，被認為不適合消費。

Foreign contaminants posed a huge obstacle to Lamb Weston's production in 2019. A month prior to this recall, 76,740 pounds of Lamb's Supreme Starz Hash Brown Patties were recalled for that very reason. And in November 2019, 72,576 pounds of Lamb Weston's Grown In Idaho Crispy Hash Brown Dices were recalled due to containing pieces of rubber.

外來污染物在 2019 年對 Lamb Weston 的生產構成了巨大障礙。在此次召回的一個月前，76,740 磅的 Lamb's Supreme Starz Hash Brown Patties 也因同樣原因被召回。而在 2019 年 11 月，72,576 磅的 Lamb Weston 的 Grown In Idaho Crispy Hash Brown Dices 因含有橡膠碎片而被召回。

Ore Ida Spud Bites (2019)

Ore Ida 土豆小吃 (2019)

Round tater tots on white background - twt24/Shutterstock

白色背景上的圓形土豆餅 - twt24/Shutterstock

Ore Ida is a household name in prepackaged potato products, but the frozen Spud Bites that were recalled in September 2019 weren't sold in stores. After it was determined that some five-pound bags of Spud Bites shipped in unlabeled food-service bags may contain pieces of a hard foreign material, the product was declared unfit to serve. The voluntary recall was issued by Ore Ida's parent company, McCain Foods. In total, 84,900 pounds of Spud Bites were implicated in the recall.

Ore Ida 是預包裝土豆產品的家喻户曉的品牌，但在 2019 年 9 月召回的冷凍土豆小吃並未在商店銷售。在確定一些五磅裝的土豆小吃裝在未標記的食品服務袋中可能含有硬異物後，該產品被宣佈不適合食用。此次自願召回由 Ore Ida 的母公司 McCain Foods 發起。總共有 84,900 磅的土豆小吃被捲入此次召回。

McCain Foods manufactures potato-based products under its Ore Ida label, and while the company initiated this recall, it never publicized what the foreign contaminant was made of. However, this problem is not uncommon — during the first six months of 2019 alone, the amount of food recalled in the U.S. due to foreign-material contaminants totaled over 13 million pounds. Some of the most common foreign materials that sneak into food and cause recalls are plastic, metal, and rubber. Experts point to an increase in automated machinery on processing plant assembly lines as a primary culprit in foreign contaminant recalls.

McCain Foods 在其 Ore Ida 品牌下生產以土豆為基礎的產品，儘管公司發起了此次召回，但從未公開異物的成分。然而，這個問題並不罕見——僅在 2019 年的前六個月，由於外來物質污染，美國召回的食品總量超過 1300 萬磅。一些最常見的外來物質包括塑料、金屬和橡膠。專家指出，自動化機械在加工廠裝配線上的增加是外來污染物召回的主要原因。

McCain launched the Ore Ida Spud Bites recall in a timely manner, and the FDA terminated the recall on April 30, 2020. The afflicted Spud Bites were distributed in Indiana, Kansas, Mississippi, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

McCain 及時發起了 Ore Ida 土豆小吃的召回，FDA 於2020年4月30日終止了召回。受影響的土豆小吃分發到印第安納州、堪薩斯州、密西西比州、俄亥俄州、賓夕法尼亞州和弗吉尼亞州。

Lamb Weston Hash Brown Patties (2018)

Lamb Weston 土豆餅 (2018)

Hash brown patties on blue and white plate - akiyoko/Shutterstock

藍白盤子上的土豆餅 - akiyoko/Shutterstock

If thousands of cases of frozen hash browns were recalled and you didn't hear about it in the news, this was likely because the recall came from Lamb Weston. For years, slip-ups in quality control have forced Lamb Weston — an international producer of frozen potato goods — to initiate massive recalls of its products, yet the company has largely managed to keep these recalls out of the press. The recall for its hash brown patties in September 2018 was a big one — 8,059 cases, to be exact. The hash browns were recalled because they possibly contained fragments of hard, clear plastic.

如果成千上萬箱冷凍土豆餅被召回，而你沒有在新聞中聽到這件事，這很可能是因為召回來自 Lamb Weston。多年來，質量控制的失誤迫使國際冷凍土豆產品生產商 Lamb Weston 發起大規模的產品召回，但該公司在很大程度上成功地將這些召回事件隱瞞於媒體。2018 年 9 月的土豆餅召回是一次大規模的召回——確切地説是 8,059 箱。土豆餅被召回的原因是它們可能含有硬的透明塑料碎片。

Lamb Weston sold the recalled hash brown patties under the product names Brookshire's Golden Hash Brown Patties, Hill Country Fare Breakfast Hash Browns Potato Patties, Market Pantry Hash Brown Patties, and Stater Bros. Hash Brown Patties Shredded Potatoes. The frozen hash browns were packed in cardboard trays and wrapped with plastic film. They were distributed to California, Florida, Iowa, Massachusetts, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas.

Lamb Weston 將被召回的土豆餅以 Brookshire's Golden Hash Brown Patties、Hill Country Fare Breakfast Hash Browns Potato Patties、Market Pantry Hash Brown Patties 和 Stater Bros. Hash Brown Patties Shredded Potatoes 等產品名稱銷售。這些冷凍土豆餅裝在紙板托盤中，並用塑料薄膜包裹。它們分發到加利福尼亞州、佛羅里達州、愛荷華州、馬薩諸塞州、馬里蘭州、俄亥俄州、賓夕法尼亞州和德克薩斯州。

The FDA gave the recall a Class II designation due to the plasticky hash browns' capacity to cause temporary health damage to consumers. It appears that nobody was injured in relation to this recall of hash brown patties, which may be one of the reasons Lamb Weston has been able to keep its recall history on the down-low.

由於塑料土豆餅可能對消費者造成暫時的健康損害，FDA 將此次召回定為 II 類。看起來與此次土豆餅召回相關的沒有人受傷，這可能是 Lamb Weston 能夠將其召回歷史保持低調的原因之一。

Varied Potato Chips (2016)

各種土豆片 (2016)

Bag of original Deep River potato chips - deepriversnacksus / Instagram

原味 Deep River 土豆片的袋子 - deepriversnacksus / Instagram

Many processed foods rely on a chain of suppliers to provide the ingredients that make iconic products what they are. This requires food companies to place a certain amount of trust in its chosen suppliers — and sometimes things don't go according to plan. When prominent U.S.-based milk powder supplier Valley Milk started churning out mass amounts of salmonella-contaminated milk powder in 2016, the ramifications rocked the potato chip industry. The food recalls that followed were enormous.

許多加工食品依賴供應鏈提供使標誌性產品成為其特色的原料。這要求食品公司對其選擇的供應商給予一定的信任——而有時事情並不會按計劃進行。當美國知名的奶粉供應商 Valley Milk 在 2016 年開始大量生產沙門氏菌污染的奶粉時，後果震動了土豆片行業。隨之而來的食品召回規模巨大。

Multiple chip brands had tapped Valley Milk for milk powder to flavor potato chips. When Valley Milk announced a recall for its nonfat dry milk powder and sweet cream buttermilk in December 2016, more than a dozen chip varieties were recalled in connection to the compromised product. Old Dutch Foods — which sells chips under its own name brand, as well as Lund's & Byerly's, Urge, and Roundy's — recalled 2,513,706 units due to the Valley Milk recall. At the same time, Shearer's Foods recalled classic potato chips sold under several brand names, including Deep River, Larry the Cable Guy, Essential Everyday, and Delish.

多個土豆片品牌曾向 Valley Milk 採購奶粉以調味土豆片。當 Valley Milk 在 2016 年 12 月宣佈召回其脱脂奶粉和甜奶油酪乳時，超過十種土豆片因與受污染產品相關而被召回。Old Dutch Foods——以其自有品牌以及 Lund's & Byerly's、Urge 和 Roundy's 銷售土豆片——因 Valley Milk 的召回而召回了 2,513,706 個單位。同時，Shearer's Foods 也召回了以多個品牌名稱銷售的經典土豆片，包括 Deep River、Larry the Cable Guy、Essential Everyday 和 Delish。

This all originated from an investigation by the FDA into Valley Milk's production plant in Strasburg, Virginia. The authorities found this plant to be unsanitary, and they used whole genome sequencing (WGS) to trace salmonella-tainted products containing Valley Milk-supplied milk powder to the facility. Once confirmation was received, the FDA seized over 4 million pounds of Valley Milk products — the value of which was worth almost $4 million.

這一切源於 FDA 對 Valley Milk 在弗吉尼亞州 Strasburg 的生產工廠的調查。有關部門發現該工廠不衞生，並使用全基因組測序 (WGS) 追蹤到含有 Valley Milk 提供的奶粉的沙門氏菌污染產品。確認後，FDA 查獲了超過 400 萬磅的 Valley Milk 產品，價值近 400 萬美元。

Varied Potato Chips (2010)

各種土豆片 (2010)

Stack of Pringles falling out of red can - MakroBetz/Shutterstock

紅罐中掉落的普林格斯薯片 - MakroBetz/Shutterstock

Potato chip brands that seasoned their chips with hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) produced by Basic Food Flavors, Inc. were in a tough spot in 2010. The Las Vegas-based company recalled its HVP in February 2010, after a company that purchased and analyzed the product notified the FDA that the HVP tested positive for salmonella. News of the recall prompted numerous brands that sold potato chips containing Basic Food Flavors' HVP to launch secondary recalls.

2010 年，使用 Basic Food Flavors, Inc.生產的水解植物蛋白（HVP）調味的薯片品牌面臨困境。這家位於拉斯維加斯的公司在 2010 年 2 月召回了其 HVP，因為一家公司在購買和分析該產品後通知 FDA，HVP 檢測出沙門氏菌。召回的消息促使許多銷售含有 Basic Food Flavors HVP 的薯片品牌發起二次召回。

Companies recalled chips in massive quantities. North Carolina-based chip brand Lance recalled 28,087 cases of its Tom's Barbecue Potato Chips from 34 states. Herr's Potato Chips — based in Pennsylvania — pulled two batches of its Cracked Pepper and Sea Salt Flavored Kettle Style Potato Chips from shelves as a precaution. Procter & Gamble recalled two limited-edition Pringles flavors — Restaurant Cravers Cheeseburger and Family Faves Taco Night — because they contained HVP supplied by Basic Food Flavors.

各公司大規模召回薯片。位於北卡羅來納州的薯片品牌 Lance 召回了來自 34 個州的 28,087 箱 Tom's Barbecue 薯片。位於賓夕法尼亞州的 Herr's 薯片出於預防措施，撤回了兩批 Cracked Pepper 和 Sea Salt 風味的鍋炸薯片。寶潔公司召回了兩款限量版普林格斯口味——Restaurant Cravers Cheeseburger 和 Family Faves Taco Night，因為它們含有由 Basic Food Flavors 提供的 HVP。

Potato chips were among over 100 product recalls associated with the Basic Food Flavors salmonella crisis. The FDA investigated the Basic Food Flavors facility and found the presence of salmonella. Following the investigation, the FDA alleged that the company was made aware of the salmonella bacteria in its processing facility and continued selling HVP anyway. Basic Food Flavors has vehemently denied this. As for how much HVP was recalled by the FDA? The company's sales and marketing manager told FoodNavigator-USA that "only 10,000 pounds of 10 million" was affected.

薯片召回事件是與 Basic Food Flavors 沙門氏菌危機相關的 100 多次產品召回之一。FDA 對 Basic Food Flavors 的設施進行了調查，發現存在沙門氏菌。在調查後，FDA 指控該公司在其加工設施中已知沙門氏菌的存在，但仍繼續銷售 HVP。Basic Food Flavors 對此強烈否認。至於 FDA 召回了多少 HVP？該公司的銷售和市場經理告訴 FoodNavigator-USA，“只有 10,000 磅的 1000 萬磅” 受到影響。

Campbell's Chunky Baked Potato With Cheddar & Bacon Bits Soup (2007)

坎貝爾的濃湯烤土豆配切達奶酪和培根碎（2007）

Rows of Campbell's Chunky soup cans - Real Canadian Superstore (Prince of Wales) / Facebook

坎貝爾濃湯罐頭的排成行 - Real Canadian Superstore (Prince of Wales) / Facebook

Few canned soup brands command household-name status to the level that Campbell's does — but a recall initiated on October 4, 2007 threatened to put a dent in the company's reputable legacy. The recall involved just one soup flavor: Campbell's Chunky Baked Potato with Cheddar & Bacon Bits. Campbell's had to recall 72,300 cans of this potato soup because there was one chunky ingredient inside that didn't belong: hard plastic pieces.

很少有罐裝湯品牌能像坎貝爾那樣享有家喻户曉的地位，但2007年10月4日發起的召回威脅到了該公司的聲譽。這次召回僅涉及一種湯口味：坎貝爾的濃湯烤土豆配切達奶酪和培根碎。坎貝爾不得不召回 72,300 罐這種土豆湯，因為裏面有一種不該存在的塊狀成分：硬塑料碎片。

The recall created a huge amount of unsellable inventory for the brand, which had been producing a selection of Campbell's Chunky soup flavors since 1970. The recalled 18.8-ounce cans had already been shipped to 24 states before the recall was announced. In fact, the plastic pieces in the potato soup were brought to the attention of Campbell's following customer complaints.

這次召回為該品牌造成了大量無法銷售的庫存，該品牌自 1970 年以來一直在生產多種坎貝爾濃湯口味。被召回的 18.8 盎司罐頭在召回公告發布前已運往 24 個州。實際上，土豆湯中的塑料碎片是在消費者投訴後引起坎貝爾的注意。

Potato-based product recalls can be massive, yet many companies manage to get through the recall period without any related reports of consumer illness or injury. Campbell's wasn't so lucky. Prior to the recall announcement, the company received three reports of injury in or around the mouth because consumers ended up chomping on plastic pieces hidden within the thick soup. Campbell's eventually cleared up its plastic problem, and Chunky Baked Potato with Cheddar & Bacon Bits remain part of the lineup of Campbell's Chunky soup flavors.

基於土豆的產品召回可能會非常龐大，但許多公司在召回期間能夠順利度過，而沒有相關的消費者疾病或傷害報告。坎貝爾卻沒有那麼幸運。在召回公告發布前，該公司收到了三起與嘴部相關的傷害報告，因為消費者在濃湯中咬到了隱藏的塑料碎片。坎貝爾最終解決了塑料問題，濃湯烤土豆配切達奶酪和培根碎仍然是坎貝爾濃湯口味系列的一部分。

Simply Potatoes Plain Shredded Hash Browns (2004)

Simply Potatoes 普通切絲土豆餅（2004）

Green bag of Simply Potatoes shredded hash browns - Shelby / X

Simply Potatoes 切絲土豆餅的綠色袋子 - Shelby / X

When Minnesota-based company Northern Star recalled tens of thousands of pounds of frozen hash browns on December 22, 2004, food recalls were not the perpetual occurrence that they are today. Northern Star, which was established in 1951 and now operates as a subsidiary of Michael Foods, initiated a recall for Simply Potatoes Plain Shredded Hash Browns — one of the brand's signature products. The recall was needed after fragments of glass were found inside the hash brown bags.

當位於明尼蘇達州的 Northern Star 在2004年12月22日召回數萬磅冷凍土豆餅時，食品召回並不是像今天這樣頻繁的事件。Northern Star 成立於 1951 年，現在作為 Michael Foods 的子公司，發起了對 Simply Potatoes 普通切絲土豆餅的召回——這是該品牌的標誌性產品之一。召回是因為在土豆餅袋中發現了玻璃碎片。

It is the goal of every food manufacturer to catch any deviances in product quality before that product hits the retail market, yet all too often it doesn't work out that way. Northern Star had no choice but to address its subpar production practices after it received complaints that four bags of Simply Potatoes Plain Shredded Hash Browns sold in South Dakota were adulterated by bits of glass. The amount of recalled hash browns totaled 49,932 pounds. Northern Star's recall affected two product lots of these hash browns sold in 35 states. Despite the glass-contaminated product being within reach of consumers, no injuries were reported in relation to the recall.

每個食品製造商的目標是在產品進入零售市場之前發現任何質量偏差，但往往事情並不如願。Northern Star 別無選擇，只能在收到關於在南達科他州銷售的四袋 Simply Potatoes 普通切絲土豆餅被玻璃碎片污染的投訴後，解決其低劣的生產實踐。被召回的土豆餅總量為 49,932 磅。Northern Star 的召回影響了在 35 個州銷售的這兩批土豆餅。儘管被玻璃污染的產品已接觸到消費者，但與召回相關的傷害報告為零。

Dutch Country Soft Potato Bread (2004)

荷蘭鄉村軟土豆麪包（2004）

Sliced loaf of potato sandwich bread - Lew Robertson/Getty Images

切片土豆三明治麪包 - Lew Robertson/Getty Images

Potato bread's origins date back to 18th-century Europe, but it is best known by today's consumers as the plastic-wrapped sandwich loaf with a yellowish hue. Dutch Country potato bread is sold by multiple food producers, yet it was the version from George Weston Bakeries that was behind a big-time recall in January 2004. The recall was issued for undeclared allergens.

土豆麪包的起源可以追溯到 18 世紀的歐洲，但今天的消費者最熟悉的是那種帶有黃色調的塑料包裝三明治麪包。荷蘭鄉村土豆麪包由多家食品生產商銷售，但 2004 年 1 月，George Weston Bakeries 生產的版本因未聲明過敏原而發起了大規模召回。

The year 2004 saw landmark changes in how the U.S. approaches federally regulated food labels. After years of observing consistent omissions of major food allergens on product packaging, the FDA helped launch the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004, requiring all companies selling food products in the domestic marketplace to print allergen warnings on packages of food containing milk, soy, wheat, eggs, fish, shellfish, peanuts, or tree nuts. When packages of Dutch Country Soft Potato Bread produced by George Weston Bakeries were found to contain undeclared soy flour, whey protein, and milk, a huge recall was in order.

2004 年，美國在聯邦監管食品標籤方面發生了重大變化。在觀察到產品包裝上持續缺失主要食品過敏原多年後，FDA 幫助推出了 2004 年食品過敏原標籤和消費者保護法案，要求所有在國內市場銷售食品的公司在含有牛奶、大豆、小麥、雞蛋、魚、貝類、花生或堅果的食品包裝上打印過敏原警告。當發現喬治·韋斯頓烘焙公司生產的荷蘭鄉村軟土豆麪包中含有未申報的大豆粉、乳清蛋白和牛奶時，進行了大規模召回。

George Weston Bakeries removed 250,533 pounds of Dutch Country Soft Potato Bread from distribution on account of the product mislabeling. Recalling over a quarter of a million pounds of potato bread is a hard-knocks lesson for any food brand, but George Weston Bakeries appeared to take it in stride — for a while. In December 2021, George Weston sold its stake in the fresh and frozen bakery industry to FGF Brands Inc. for $1.1 billion.

喬治·韋斯頓烘焙公司因產品標籤錯誤而從市場上撤回了 250,533 磅的荷蘭鄉村軟土豆麪包。召回超過 25 萬磅的土豆麪包對任何食品品牌來説都是一次慘痛的教訓，但喬治·韋斯頓烘焙公司似乎對此泰然處之——至少在一段時間內。2021 年 12 月，喬治·韋斯頓將其在新鮮和冷凍烘焙行業的股份以 11 億美元出售給 FGF Brands Inc.。

Bright Harvest Candied Sweet Potatoes (2003)

明亮豐收蜜餞紅薯（2003 年）

Candied sweet potatoes in a white bowl - Hope Phillips/Shutterstock

白碗中的蜜餞紅薯 - Hope Phillips/Shutterstock

The complicated relationship between the FDA and artificial food dyes has been going on for decades — in fact, the history of Red Dye No. 3 is intertwined with the FDA. Food manufacturers are perpetually drawn to these man-made color compounds as a way to give processed foods a visual glow-up for cheap and easy. This has been allowed in the U.S. as long as the manufacturer discloses the use of artificial coloring in its ingredients list. When the major sweet potato brand Bright Harvest forgot to be explicit in the fine print of its Candied Sweet Potatoes in 2003, it triggered one of the largest potato recalls in our nation's history.

FDA 與人工食品染料之間複雜的關係已經持續了幾十年——事實上，紅色染料 3 號的歷史與 FDA 息息相關。食品製造商總是被這些人造色素所吸引，以便為加工食品提供廉價而簡單的視覺提升。只要製造商在成分列表中披露使用人工着色劑，這在美國是被允許的。當主要的紅薯品牌明亮豐收在 2003 年忘記在其蜜餞紅薯的細則中明確説明時，觸發了我們國家歷史上最大的紅薯召回之一。

There are lots of great sweet potato recipes out there, but sometimes convenience takes precedence and leads shoppers to the canned versions of popular sweet potato sides. When that happened, Bright Harvest was there to answer the call ... most of the time. On December 11, 2003, Bright Harvest's Candied Sweet Potatoes were recalled because they contained undeclared Yellow 6. This chemical food dye remains prevalent in processed foods to enhance the bright tones of myriad edible products. It's a legal additive in the U.S. — as long as its inclusion is listed on product packaging.

有很多很棒的紅薯食譜，但有時便利性優先，導致購物者選擇流行的罐裝紅薯配菜。當這種情況發生時，明亮豐收總是能及時響應……大多數時候。2003年12月11日，明亮豐收的蜜餞紅薯因含有未申報的黃色 6 號而被召回。這種化學食品染料在加工食品中仍然普遍存在，以增強各種可食用產品的鮮豔色調。在美國，它是合法的添加劑——只要其成分在產品包裝上列出。

Bright Harvest's oversight caused 174,531 pounds of its Candied Sweet Potatoes to be removed from retail distribution. For some 40 years, the company, based out of Clarksville, Arkansas, was a leading manufacturer of sweet potatoes in the U.S. Today, the company no longer appears to be in business.

明亮豐收的失誤導致其 174,531 磅蜜餞紅薯被撤回零售市場。作為美國領先的紅薯製造商，該公司在阿肯色州克拉克斯維爾經營了近 40 年。如今，該公司似乎已經不再營業。

J.R. Simplot Company Frozen Hash Browns (2003)

J.R. Simplot 公司冷凍土豆餅（2003 年）

Close-up of shredded hash browns - Douglas Sacha/Getty Images

土豆餅的特寫 - Douglas Sacha/Getty Images

When industrialized processed potato products were in their infancy, J.R. Simplot was a trailblazer. His company supplied millions of pounds of dehydrated potatoes and onions to the U.S. military during World War II. Fast-forward to February 2003, and the J.R. Simplot Company was on the hook for a huge potato recall after hard plastic pieces were found in its frozen hash browns. The hash browns were sold under the Simplot label, as well as Nestlé and Lynden Farms.

當工業化的加工土豆產品剛剛起步時，J.R. Simplot 是一個開拓者。在第二次世界大戰期間，他的公司向美國軍方提供了數百萬磅的脱水土豆和洋葱。快進到 2003 年 2 月，J.R. Simplot 公司因其冷凍土豆餅中發現硬塑料碎片而面臨大規模召回。土豆餅以 Simplot 品牌以及雀巢和林登農場的名義出售。

Since it was 2003, J.R. Simplot's production error wasn't plastered across every digital news outlet then servicing the World Wide Web. Instead, the venerable company discreetly recalled 67,577 pounds of plastic-plagued hash browns. The recall was given a Class II designation by the FDA due to the choking hazard and potential for mouth injury that the plastic pieces presented. However, the recall apparently didn't cause long-term damage to company operations. The J.R. Simplot Company continues to thrive, primarily selling its frozen potato products to a wide range of food service institutions.

由於是 2003 年，J.R. Simplot 的生產錯誤並沒有在當時的每個數字新聞媒體上廣泛報道。相反，這家聲望卓著的公司悄悄召回了 67,577 磅受塑料污染的土豆餅。由於塑料碎片可能造成窒息危險和口腔傷害，FDA 將此次召回指定為二級召回。然而，這次召回顯然沒有對公司的運營造成長期損害。J.R. Simplot 公司繼續蓬勃發展，主要向各種食品服務機構銷售其冷凍土豆產品。

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美國曆史上最大規模的土豆召回事件