S. Martinelli and Company is a California-based company dedicated to the production of alcoholic cider and apple juice since 1868.
Unless you grow your own apples, you will need to purchase them from external suppliers, with apples being the main ingredient in your products.
Therefore, it is especially important to properly identify the risks associated with apples and establish an appropriate apple supplier assessment program. Among the risks associated with apples as raw materials are pesticide residues, arsenic, and patulin.
At S. Martinelli and Company, this program does not appear to be functioning properly in light of the two recent recalls :
:- Recall F-1220-2024 of April 16, voluntary, class II, presence of excessive amounts of inorganic arsenic in 147,000 bottles in 35 states and Panama
https://urmfoodservi...UNFI_Notice.pdf
- Recall 96542 of March 18, 2025, voluntary, class II, for presence of excessive amount of patulin in 170,000 bottles in 28 states
