AKT Trading Inc. food recall: Menma Ajitsuke prepared bamboo shoots
Key facts
- Agency
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Program
- Food
- Classification
- Class I
- Status
- Terminated
- Event ID
- 96243
- Recall initiated
- Jan 15, 2025
- Classified by FDA
- Feb 13, 2025
- Posted in Enforcement Report
- Feb 19, 2025
- Terminated
- Apr 29, 2025
- Recalling firm
- AKT Trading Inc.
- Firm location
- Torrance, CA, United States
- Initiated by
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Firm notified customers by
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Products in this event
- 1
What to do
Compare the product name, size, UPC, lot codes and dates below with the product you have. If it matches, do not eat it. Follow the firm's instructions to return it or throw it away.
Reason for recall
CHOSHIYA branded MENMA AJITSUKE PREPARED BAMBOO SHOOTS missing "Keep Refrigerated" statement on package and are not shelf stable.
What the classification means
- Class I: FDA's most serious category: there is a reasonable probability that using or being exposed to the product will cause serious health problems or death.
About this recall
The firm started this recall on Jan 15, 2025. FDA classified it 29 days later, on Feb 13, 2025. Distribution reported by FDA: Product was sold only to one local direct account with several retail locations all in the Southern California area. AKT Trading Inc. has 2 recalls in our records.
Recalled products (1)
F-0554-2025 Class I Terminated
Menma Ajitsuke prepared bamboo shoots; Product of Japan; Manufactured by: Choshiya Honten CO., LTD. Hamamatsu 431-1103 Japan UPC 4 923673 527332. Product is packaged in 8.8 OZ Plastic Pouches. 60 units per case.
Codes / lots: Expiration 01/29/2025
Quantity: 1200 units
Source and freshness
- Source
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Enforcement Report, via the openFDA food enforcement dataset
- Official notice
- FDA Enforcement Report, event 96243
- Raw record
- openFDA API (JSON)
- Dataset last updated by FDA
- Nov 3, 2026
- Imported by RecallRadar
- Nov 4, 2026
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