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Ragu Meat Sauce Recall: Foreign Material Hazard in 66oz Jars
Mizkan America recalls Ragu Old World Style Sauce Flavored with Meat (66oz) due to foreign material. Check your jars for the specific best use by date.
📍Recalling firmMizkan America, Inc. - Corporate1661 Feehanville Dr Ste 300 · Mount Prospect, IL 60056-6031
✎ GovInfoNow plain-language explainer
Mizkan America, Inc. is recalling Ragu Old World Style Sauce Flavored with Meat in 66oz plastic jars because of a foreign material hazard. The recall affects approximately 654 jars distributed across multiple states. Consumers should check their product's best use by date to see if it is included in this recall. Read more at govinfonow.com/recall/17364-ragu-meat-sauce-recall-foreign-material-hazard-in-66oz-jars.
“Ragu Meat Sauce Recall: Foreign Material Hazard in 66oz Jars.” GovInfoNow, updated October 11, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/17364-ragu-meat-sauce-recall-foreign-material-hazard-in-66oz-jars. Based on FDA recall #F-1941-2019 (https://api.fda.gov/food/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22F-1941-2019%22&limit=1).
The FDA announced on June 14, 2019, that Mizkan America, Inc. voluntarily recalled Ragu Old World Style Sauce Flavored with Meat, 66oz retail size sold in plastic jars due to a foreign material hazard. The recall affects 654 jars distributed across multiple states.
How to tell if you have it
Brand: Ragu
Product: Ragu Old World Style Sauce Flavored with Meat 66oz retail size sold in plastic jar
UPC: 10036200018023
The hazard
The product contains foreign material, according to the FDA. The classification is Class II.
Context
GovInfoNow's records show other recent recalls of similar products include Ventura Foods Carolina-Style Mustard BBQ Sauce Recall: Foreign Objects in Sauce (2025-11-06) and Fresh & Ready Foods Spicy Veggie Breakfast Burrito Recall: Foreign Material Hazard (2025-12-05). Wawa Cookies & Cream Milk 16oz Pint Recall: Foreign Plastic in Bottle was reported on 2026-02-17.
How to tell if you have this one
Look for Ragu Old World Style Sauce Flavored with Meat in a 66oz plastic jar. Check the cap code and Best Use By Date, which must be JUN0520YU2. The Consumer Unit is 36200018026 and Case GTIN is 10036200018023.
Brand
Ragu
Product
Ragu Old World Style Sauce Flavored with Meat 66oz retail size sold in plastic jar
Category
Food
FDA recall event · 3 products
All 3 products in this recall
FDA lists each product line separately under one recall event. Check your product description, lot or code numbers against each row. Every row shares the hazard and remedy on this page.
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Distribution
AL AR AZ CA CT FL GA IA IL IN KY LA MA ME MO MS NE NM NV NY OH OK PA SC TX VA WI WY
Recall number
Product, codes & lots
Quantity
F-1939-2019
Ragu Chunky Sauce Tomato, Garlic & Onion 45oz and 66oz retail sizes sold in plastic jars; Flavor description: RAGU Chunky Tomato Garlic & Onion 45 oz UPC: 36200014943 Case GTIN: 10036200914943 Case Code/Distribution Unit: 84137812 Cap code: JUN0620YU2 Best Use By Date: JUN0620YU2 Flavor Description: RAGU Chunky Tomato Garlic & Onion 66 oz UPC: 36200018606 Case GTIN: 10036200018603 Case Code/Distribution Unit: 84144573 Cap code: JUN0520YU2 Cap code: JUN0620YU2 Best Use by Date: JUN0520YU2 Best Use By Date: JUN0620YU2
21,474 jars
F-1940-2019
Ragu Old World Style Sauce Traditional 66oz retail size sold in plastic jar; Flavor description: RAGU Old World Style Traditional 66 oz UPC: 36200018002 Case GTIN 10036200018009 Case Distribution Unit: 84155095 Cap code: JUN0420YU2 Best Use By Date: JUN0420YU2
33,864 jars
F-1941-2019
Ragu Old World Style Sauce Flavored with Meat 66oz retail size sold in plastic jar; Flavor description: RAGU Old World Style Meat 66oz Consumer Unit: 36200018026 Case GTIN: 10036200018023 Case Distribution Unit: 84155117 Cap code: JUN0520YU2 Best Use By Date: JUN0520YU2
654 jars
Based on the official FDA remedy
What to do — step by step
Check Your Product
Verify if your jar matches the brand, size (66oz), cap code (JUN0520YU2), and Best Use By Date (JUN0520YU2).
Stop Consuming
Do not eat the sauce if it matches the recalled details due to the foreign material hazard.
Where it went and when
Where it was distributed
Distributed in 28 states.
Listed by the agency
Not listed
FDA distribution: “AL AR AZ CA CT FL GA IA IL IN KY LA MA ME MO MS NE NM NV NY OH OK PA SC TX VA WI WY” States read from FDA’s own wording; “not listed” means the notice does not name it.
States: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
Recall timeline
FDA terminated this recall 11 months after the firm started it.
1Firm started the recall
2FDA classified it Class II
3Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report
4FDA terminated the recall
Dates from the agency record only; steps without a date are left out.
The facts (hazard, remedy, dates, manufacturer) are pulled from the official FDA recall record. The plain-language summary and step-by-step checklist are written by GovInfoNow to make the official notice easier to act on — they don’t replace it.
Official source: FDA Recall #F-1941-2019 (June 14, 2019) — FDA publishes no per-recall page; this is the official machine-readable enforcement record. Search FDA recalls for F-1941-2019 to see it in context.
Plain-language summary written by qwen3.6:35b-a3b on October 11, 2026, from the official record above. Not reviewed by a person — if it conflicts with the FDA notice, the notice is correct. Report an error on this page.
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