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Cargill Sea Salt Tablets — Class III food recall F-0018-2018

Terminated recall by Cargill Salt, reported 2017-10-18. Equipment malfunction resulted in the inclusion of very small metallic fragments and particulate matter in som

Recall numberF-0018-2018
Product typeFood
ClassificationClass III
StatusTerminated
Voluntary or mandatedVoluntary
Recalling firmCargill Salt, Newark, CA, United States
Recall initiated2017-09-18
Classified2017-10-10
Reported by FDA2017-10-18
Terminated2017-12-15
Quantity800 cases
Reason classesspecification failure, device malfunction
Lot numbers10215ADBAA, 10915ADBAA

Product

Cargill Sea Salt Tablets; Net Wt. 50 lbs. (22.7 kg) cardboard case. 40 grain salt tablets; Ingredients: Salt Cargill Incorporated Minneapolis, MN 55440

Reason for recall

Equipment malfunction resulted in the inclusion of very small metallic fragments and particulate matter in some lots of salt tablets.

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-0018-2018. 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.