On March 26, 2014 the FDA Enforcement Report – Purely Pomegranate Recall of Pomegranate Arils dropped into my inbox.  At first I thought it was another recall, but it appears to be just FDA updating its paperwork following the recall of Townsend Farms Antioxidant Mixed Berries that included Pomegranate Arils sourced from Purely Pomegranate who sourced it from Fallon Trading who sourced it from United Juice/Goknur which became the source of the 2013 Hepatitis A Outbreak announced by the CDC.  Then I got caught up into the FDA’s website of past Goknur issues:

1.  May 26, 2004 – FDA Refusal of Concentrated Apple Juice – Mycotoxin

2.  March 4, 2010 – FDA Refusal of Apple Juice Concentrate – Adulteration

3.  March 10, 2011 – FDA Refusal of Pomegranate Concentrate – Adulteration

4.  July 13, 2011 – FDA Refusal of Organic Pomegranate Juice – Adulteration

5.  April 28, 2011 – FDA Refusal of Organic Pomegranate Juice Concentrate – Adulteration

6.  April 2, 2013 – FDA Refusal of Pomegranate Concentrate – Adulteration and Misbranding

7.  April 26, 2013 – FDA Refusal of Pomegranate Concentrate – Misbranding

8.  August 21, 2013 – FDA Refusal of Pomegranate Arils – Adulteration and Insanitary Manufacturing

It begs the questions about why Goknur seemed unable to supply the U.S. with unadulterated products and why the FDA seemed to allow the imports?  It also begs the question (given the above problems over a decade) why Fallon Trading, Purely Pomegranate and Townsend Farms continued to purchase United Juice/Goknur Pomegranate Arils?