Class IF-0619-2015

Class I— FDA's most serious classification, issued when there is a reasonable probability that consumption of or exposure to the product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

Product

Sweet 2 Eat White Nectarines, California Tree Fruit; Product of USA: Brand names: Sweet 2 Eat, Orchard Perfect, Trader Joe's, Sam's, Mrs. Smittcamp's, Harvest Sweet, Wawona, Costco, Sweet O. Packed in the following configurations: Sam's Consumer Box - 4 lbs. BJ's 4 lb. Clamshell; 4-4.5 lb box; Costco Consumer Box - 5 lbs.; . Labels: 3035 White Nectarine 93035 Organic TR WF NEC; Varieties include Arctic Pride, Arctic Snow, August Pearl, Candy Pearl Diamond Pearl,Fire Pearl, Giant Pearl,Grand Pearl, Kay Pearl, Majestic Pearl, Summer Pearl, Polar Light, Regal Pearl, Ruby Pearl Snow Flare 21, Snow Pearl, Spring Pearl. Wawona Packing Cutler, CA.

Type: Food
Affected lot / code info: Item 94378 - 3098808; 00895009002137; Item 4378 -3099499; 00895009002113 4-4.5 lb box UPC 033383 32373 2; Sam's Club Consumer Box 4 lb UPC 0 33383 32361 9; BJ's Clamshell 4-4.5 lb. UPC 0 33383 32315 2 Costco Consumer Box 5 lbs UPC 8 49315 47932 9.
Quantity: 2.2 millions boxes total all fruit (20 lbs per box) estimated since 6-2014

Why it was recalled

Certain lots of whole peaches (white and yellow), nectarines (white and yellow), plums and pluots packed between June 2 and July 12, 2014 may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

Recalling firm

Firm: Wawona Packing Company
Notification channel: Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
Type: Voluntary: Firm initiated
Address: 12133 Avenue 408, N/A, Cutler, California 93615-2056

Distribution

Distribution pattern: Worldwide distribution including Canada, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Columbia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Australia, India, Mexico, Philippines, Brazil, Hong Kong, Ecuador and Manila

Timeline

Recall initiated: 2014-07-18
FDA classified: 2014-12-08
Posted by FDA: 2014-12-17
Terminated: 2015-03-02
Status: Terminated

Source: openFDA Food Enforcement endpoint. Recall record F-0619-2015. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.