Gorton’s Fish Fillet Recall

March 1, 2008 | Reviewer: Abi Jones

Gorton’s is my favorite brand of non-Costco fish sticks, so it saddens me to say that they’re currently recalling 1,000 cases of fish due to a contamination incident.

Gorton fisherman

The story from the Associated Press is that a woman found pills in the fish fillets. Yes, pills. She and her children are doing fine, but if you live in the Southern United States, you may want to follow these instructions from the Gorton’s website:

Gorton’s is voluntarily recalling specific 11.4 oz. packages of 6 Crispy Battered Fish Fillets, as they may contain foreign material.

The affected Battered Fish Fillet products have a UPC code of 44400 - 15770, a “Best if Used by Date” of April, 2009, and the following manufacturing code that is embossed on the side of the package:

7289G1

For reference, this manufacturing code is indented into the long thin side panel of the box. The product being recalled is only the 11.4 oz. package, containing six Battered Fish Fillets with this specific manufacturing code. No other Gorton’s products are being recalled.

If you have purchased a package of 6 Gorton’s Crispy Battered Fish Fillets with this manufacturing code, we would like to send you a full refund. To obtain your refund, please discard the fillets in the package and send your complete mailing information, along with the empty Fish Fillet package, to the following address:

Gorton’s Recall Center
PO Box 6075
Englewood, NJ 07631-0075

Remember to print your name address, city, state, and zip code clearly, and please also include your telephone number in case we need to contact you for any reason.

Once we receive your empty Fish Fillet package and mailing information, we will send you a refund for both the product and your mailing costs within 2 to 4 weeks.

If you would like to speak with a Gorton’s representative, call 1-800-222-6846 between 8:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.

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8 Responses to “Gorton’s Fish Fillet Recall”

Crow on March 1st, 2008

Of course there’s pills in them thar fish. Where do you think fish oil pills come from?
Adina on March 1st, 2008

what i find truly hilarious about this is that i just ate like 6 of these fish fillets. for the first time since i as maybe 10 years old, i bought fish fillets. and then ate them all in two sittings.

luckily, we had the 10 fish fillet bag versus the 6 fillet bag, but still. first time in 10 YEARS ABI. SERIOUSLY.
rob on March 1st, 2008

Unless they tell us what kind of pills are in the fish I don’t know whether to send them back or go buy some more.
Maywither Dragon on March 1st, 2008

Thank you! I wonder if the pills were any good.
Spine on March 1st, 2008

Definitely a disturbing incident. Of course, factory-farmed fish are contaminated with drugs (antibiotics) anyway, and ocean-caught fish are increasingly contaminated with mercury and other toxins.
Crow on March 2nd, 2008

“Of course, factory-farmed fish are contaminated with drugs (antibiotics) anyway”

How? If you’re afraid of weird stuff in your food, probably not the right site to be reading…
Red Icculus on March 3rd, 2008

This is a great reason to eat simply and locally. Processed food is scary.
Abi Jones on March 3rd, 2008

@Crow - Ha! Also, that reminds me that I need to pick up some cod liver oil pills today.

@Adina - I’m not taking responsibility for your fish addiction.

@Rob - Wow, everyone is a comedian today. Quite original, sir.

@Maywither - You’re welcome, though I’d rather not have things like this happen.

@Spine - So you’re saying that all fish are bad in some way? You know, I’ve actually thought about becoming a vegetarian (I live in California now, so it would be easy) and then I realized that it would make running this site quite difficult.

@Red - Processed food is scary.