Recalls / Class I
Class IF-1436-2020
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
Red Onions, Bulk
- Type
- Food
- Affected lot / code info
- All SKUs
- Quantity
- 3,640 total cases
Why it was recalled
Lancaster Foods LLC, 7700 Conowingo Avenue, Jessup, MD 20794 is initiating a recall of products that may have been made with the 500 pounds (bulk) of red onions out of a lot of 12,000 pounds (bulk) that were under the recalled Thomson International lots because of potential presence of salmonella bacteria. Lancaster Foods LLC. states that all minimally processed items go through a sanitize step of chlorine dioxide.
Recalling firm
- Firm
- Lancaster Foods LLC
- Notification channel
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Address
- 7700 Conowingo Ave, N/A, Jessup, Maryland 20794-9473
Distribution
- Distribution pattern
- Bulk Product distributed PA,AR,MD,MA,VA,DE,CT to various retailers.
Timeline
- Recall initiated
- 2020-08-10
- FDA classified
- 2020-09-14
- Posted by FDA
- 2020-09-23
- Terminated
- 2020-12-09
- Status
- Terminated
Source: openFDA Food Enforcement endpoint. Recall record F-1436-2020. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.