Recalls / Class I
Class IF-0627-2020
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
White Medium Hard Cooked Eggs w/Salt & Pepper sold under the brand names of: 7 Select, Almark Foods & Sunshine
- Type
- Food
- Affected lot / code info
- All lot codes containing "G" with a USED BY DATE on or before 11/2020
- Quantity
- 628,531 retail packages of various sizes (total)
Why it was recalled
The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.
Recalling firm
- Firm
- Almark Foods, LLC
- Notification channel
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Address
- 2118 Centennial Dr, N/A, Gainesville, Georgia 30504-5757
Distribution
- Distribution pattern
- Product was shipped to the following states: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI & WY.
Timeline
- Recall initiated
- 2019-12-19
- FDA classified
- 2020-02-04
- Posted by FDA
- 2020-02-12
- Terminated
- 2021-09-17
- Status
- Terminated
Source: openFDA Food Enforcement endpoint. Recall record F-0627-2020. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.