Recalls / Class I
Class IF-1215-2015
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
Caramel Apple Topped with Chocolate & Peanuts with Best By Date range - 8/25-11/23/2014, Responsible firm name on label is Happy Apple Inc., Washington, MO., and Orosi, CA., packaged in the following configurations: Happy Apples Select 3 Pack, Net Wt. 12 oz., Happy Apples Select, Net Wt. 4 oz., Grand Gourmet, Net Wt. 11 oz.
- Type
- Food
- Affected lot / code info
- Best By - 8/25-11/23/2014
- Quantity
- single apple package - 10/48 count/cases, 1,836/24 count/cases, 8,510/12 count cases, 166/12 count cases
Why it was recalled
CDC epidemiologists have linked an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes illness to caramel apples.
Recalling firm
- Firm
- Lochirco Fruit & Produce Inc
- Notification channel
- Type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Address
- 527 Commercial Dr, Union, Missouri 63084-3006
Distribution
- Distribution pattern
- Product distributed to AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT and Canada
Timeline
- Recall initiated
- 2014-12-19
- FDA classified
- 2015-02-18
- Posted by FDA
- 2015-02-25
- Terminated
- 2017-02-08
- Status
- Terminated
Source: openFDA Food Enforcement endpoint. Recall record F-1215-2015. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.