FDA Food Recalls

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.

Class I food recall: Red Onions, Bulk · FDA Food Recalls