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DSCP-FTW December 7, 2023

ALFOODACT 2023-052

MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD

SUBJECT: American Snuff Company Issues Voluntary Recall of Kodiak Premium Wintergreen 

Longcut Tobacco Due to Possible Health Risk

1. REFERENCE: DHA-MSR 6025.01/AR 40-660/ DLAR 6025.01/NAVSUPINST 

10110.8D/AFI 48-161_IP/MCO 10110.38D, DOD Hazardous Food & Nonprescription Drug 

Recall System, 6 September 2018.

2. COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT: American Snuff Company (ASC) is voluntarily 

recalling certain lots of Kodiak Premium Wintergreen Longcut Tobacco manufactured at ASCs 

facility in Clarksville, TN, and distributed in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, 

Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South 

Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin, and West Virginia. ASC has notified the U.S. Food 

and Drug Administration of the voluntary recall and is working with the Agency on this matter.

ASC initiated the recall of Kodiak Premium Wintergreen Longcut Tobacco after having 

identified the potential for certain lots of the product to contain foreign metal objects which may 

or may not be visible to the consumer. The recall was as the result of identifying an issue with 

manufacturing equipment during routine inspection that caused metal-to-metal abrasion; this 

abrasion could have caused metal shavings to come into contact with tobacco during the 

manufacturing process. To date, there have been no products identified as containing these 

foreign objects, no consumer complaints, or reports of consumer injury received. None of ASC's 

other products are affected, including its other styles of Kodiak, Grizzly, Hawken, and Cougar 

smokeless tobacco products, and all of its loose leaf, twist, dry snuff, and plug products.

ASC has instructed wholesalers and retailers to segregate the recalled Kodiak Premium 

Wintergreen Longcut Tobacco from their inventories. ASC's sales representatives are assisting 

wholesalers and retailers in returning the product.

3. PRODUCTS AFFECTED: The select cans subject to this recall have the following 

identifying information printed on the bottom of the cans. The key characters to identify 

potentially affected product are in upper case and highlighted in red. The x characters in lower 

case in the can code are not relevant to identifying potentially affected product. GxxxxlK3; 

GxxBxJK3; GxxAxJK; GxxCxJK3
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4. PRODUCT LABELS/PICTURES:

5. CONTACT INFORMATION: A consumer who has any of the Kodiak Premium 

Wintergreen Longcut Tobacco product listed in the table below should not open or use the 

product. Consumers should contact ASC at 1-866-843-0636 to return the product for a refund, 

report any adverse events, or submit a complaint.
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6. POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE FINDINGS.

a. Army Veterinary Services and Air Force Public Health Personnel: Report negative and 

positive findings in the Veterinary Service Information Management System (VSIMS)

Subsistence Recalls application. If you are not in one of these two groups, please use the 

instructions below (paragraphs b-d).

b. Navy:

1) SHIPS AT SEA: Must report positive and negative findings to supporting Veterinary 

Service unit. Are authorized to destroy or dispose of recalled products utilizing the procedures 

and reporting requirements outlined in NAVSUP P-486 Paragraph 5302 and 6000(4), to include 

completion of a DD Form 200 and Standard Form 364. Procedures for completing the DD Form

200 are found in NAVSUP P-486 Paragraph 6001. Procedures for completing Standard Form 

364 are found in NAVSUP P-486 Paragraph 5300(2)(c).

2) SHIPS IN PORT/HOMEPORTED/ASHORE GALLEYS: Supporting Veterinary 

Service unit will conduct inspection and report positive and negative findings in VSIMS 

Subsistence Recalls application. Contact the appropriate DLA Account Manager via Regional 

NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center (NAVSUP FLC) to arrange pickup of recall items. Contact your 

supporting (NAVSUP FLC) for any issues regarding PV Pickup. Proceed with the same guidance 

in the paragraph above.

c. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Contractors: Report positive and negative findings to

your Contracting Officer, Contracting Specialist, TVLS, and dscpconssafofc@dla.mil within 72-

hours. Positive Response Information required: (Vendor must provide all the following 

information):

1) ALFOODACT 202X-XXX 

2) DLA Contract Number:

3) Unit of Measure:

4) Quantity Currently in Stock:

5) List of customers that received product AND (a-h) for each customer:

a) Customer name and location:

b) DLA Purchase Order Number:

c) Vendor Invoice Number: 

d) Item Stock number (LSN, NSN): 

e) Quantity Shipped:

f) Date Shipped:

g) Value of Affected Product:

h) Amount of credit due:

d. AAFES, MWR, NEX, MCCS, DeCA, DLA, dining facilities, and all other agencies,

report your findings in accordance with the procedures outlined by your agency.

7. If you know of others who need to receive Subsistence Recall messages, click Subscribe (Add 

the following to an email if the link does not work; Subject: Subscribe to Subsistence Recall 
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Notifications, Email address: usarmy.jbsa.medcom.mbx.medcom-vsims@health.mil). If you no 

longer need to receive Subsistence Recall messages, click Unsubscribe (Add the following to an 

email if the link does not work; Subject: Unsubscribe from Subsistence Recall Notifications, 

Email address: usarmy.jbsa.medcom.mbx.medcom-vsims@health.mil).

8. Previous recalls are available on the DLA-TS Food Safety Office website: 

https://www.dla.mil/TroopSupport/Subsistence/FoodSafety/fso/ALFOODACT/.

9. Point of contact for ALFOODACT messages is the undersigned at commercial telephone 215-

737-0329/DSN: 312-444-0329, or dscpconssafofc@dla.mil.

 

LORENZO D. LEWIS JR.

Chief Warrant Officer Two, U.S. Army 

Consumer Safety Officer