Ruiz Food Recalls Cheesy Pepper Jack Tortillas for Plastic Hazard
Ruiz Food Products Inc recalls institutional-sized Cheesy Pepper Jack Wrapped In A Battered Flour Tortilla due to plastic contamination.
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Plastic was found in a food product by a customer.
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What happened, in plain English
Ruiz Food Products Inc is recalling a specific batch of Cheesy Pepper Jack Wrapped In A Battered Flour Tortilla intended for institutional use. The recall was issued because a customer found plastic in the product. This affects approximately 10,261 cases distributed across the US and Canada. Read more at govinfonow.com/recall/25087-ruiz-food-recalls-cheesy-pepper-jack-tortillas-for-plastic-hazard.
Source Summary by GovInfoNow · govinfonow.com/recall/25087-ruiz-food-recalls-cheesy-pepper-jack-tortillas-for-plastic-hazard · Updated October 11, 2026 · FDA enforcement record: FDA #F-1007-2016
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“Ruiz Food Recalls Cheesy Pepper Jack Tortillas for Plastic Hazard.” GovInfoNow, updated October 11, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/25087-ruiz-food-recalls-cheesy-pepper-jack-tortillas-for-plastic-hazard. Based on FDA recall #F-1007-2016 (https://api.fda.gov/food/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22F-1007-2016%22&limit=1).
Why it’s dangerous
The presence of plastic in a food product poses a choking hazard and potential injury from sharp edges if ingested or handled improperly. While the record does not specify the type of plastic, any non-food item in prepared food is considered a serious contamination issue requiring immediate removal.
Who’s affected
Institutions such as restaurants or cafeterias that purchased this specific institutional-use product are affected. Consumers who may have inadvertently acquired these large-format items for personal use are also at risk of encountering the foreign material.
How to tell if you have this one
Look for Cheesy Pepper Jack Wrapped In A Battered Flour Tortilla packaged in a cardboard box with black inkjet printing. The net weight should be 4.5 lb (2 kg). Check the date code, which ranges from 15 329 0:700 through 17:00.
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Food
What to do — step by step
Stop Using Product
Do not serve or consume the recalled tortillas if you have them in stock.
Discard Or Return
The record does not specify a return or disposal method, so please contact Ruiz Food Products Inc for further instructions on how to handle the affected inventory.
How this recall unfolded
Recall timeline
FDA terminated this recall 7 months after the firm started it.
- Firm started the recall
- FDA classified it Class II
- Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report
- FDA terminated the recall
Dates from the agency record only; steps without a date are left out.
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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-1007-2016 (March 9, 2016) — FDA publishes no per-recall page; this is the official machine-readable enforcement record. Search FDA recalls for F-1007-2016 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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