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Food recalls 2016

Product in cans of 4 1/4 oz — Class II food recall F-0001-2017

Terminated recall by Ballester Hermanos, Inc., reported 2016-10-12, distributed in PR. Product label states name and ingredients as Octopus and real content is Squid.

Recall numberF-0001-2017
Product typeFood
ClassificationClass II
StatusTerminated
Voluntary or mandatedVoluntary
Recalling firmBallester Hermanos, Inc., Catano, PR, United States
Recall initiated2016-05-12
Classified2016-10-03
Reported by FDA2016-10-12
Terminated2017-07-03
DistributedPR
Quantity5,286 cases
Reason classeslabeling

Product

Product in cans of 4 1/4 oz (111g) and 8 1/4 oz (220g) net weight. Label reading in part as: "Coloso***PULPO EN ACEITE***OCTOPUS IN OIL***NET WEIGHT ***Fabricado en Espa¿a (Manufactured in Spain)***Packed by: POYO PONTEVEDRA SPAIN***PACKED FOR COLOSO FOODS, INC.*** MERCADO CENTRAL PUERTO NUEVO SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO".

Reason for recall

Product label states name and ingredients as Octopus and real content is Squid.

Machine access

This record, with every extracted code, the verbatim FDA record and provenance, is available from the recall API: GET https://api.data.aroqon.com/v1/recalls/F-0001-2017. Look up any UPC, UDI, NDC or lot with /v1/recalls/lookup?code=…. API docs · free and paid keys.

Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration enforcement report via openFDA (CC0). Structured by Data Foundry (recall-structuring@2); last changed 2026-09-26. Not affiliated with or endorsed by FDA. Not medical or legal advice.