FDA Food Recalls

Recalls / Class I

Class IF-1005-2013

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

Whole Foods Market Whole Catch Wild Alaskan Sockeye Smoked Salmon, Cold Smoked Sliced, Net Wt. 4 oz, Distributed by Whole Foods Market, Austin, TX 78703

Type
Food
Affected lot / code info
UPC code 0 99482 40880 0, Lot codes 7425A2298B and 7425A2297A. Sell by dates are applied at store level when product is thawed for sale and go 21 days out from date of thaw. Accordingly, the sell by dates should begin with 11/22/12 at the earliest and 2/15/13 at the latest.
Quantity
6924 retail units

Why it was recalled

The product has the potential to contaminated with Listeria Monocytogenes.

Recalling firm

Firm
Whole Foods Market
Notification channel
Press Release
Type
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Address
550 Bowie St, N/A, Austin, Texas 78703-4648

Distribution

Distribution pattern
Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada , New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Texas and Utah.

Timeline

Recall initiated
2013-01-25
FDA classified
2013-02-22
Posted by FDA
2013-03-06
Terminated
2013-09-19
Status
Terminated

Source: openFDA Food Enforcement endpoint. Recall record F-1005-2013. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.