Recalls / Class I
Class IF-1765-2016
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
Eillien's Salted Sunflower Kernels Net WT 4 oz (113G) sealed in original plastic packaging and contained in Garden Fresh Foods Cool Breeze Health SALD Kit #2052, Net WT 7.06 lbs, 3.20 kg. 0 01 11596 72052 1.
- Type
- Food
- Affected lot / code info
- Use-By-Dates, which were 5/28, 5/30, 5/31 and 6/4.
- Quantity
- 126 kits & 126 sunflower kernel packages.
Why it was recalled
Garden Fresh Foods Inc. is recalling 4oz individual packages of sunflower kernels that were included in three of their salad kits. The kernels were distributed by Eillien's Candies whose ingredient supplier, SunOpta, has stated may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. There have been no reported illnesses to date.
Recalling firm
- Firm
- Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc.
- Notification channel
- Telephone
- Type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Address
- 726 S 12th St, N/A, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53204-1211
Distribution
- Distribution pattern
- US: MI, WI, IL
Timeline
- Recall initiated
- 2016-05-24
- FDA classified
- 2016-07-21
- Posted by FDA
- 2016-07-27
- Terminated
- 2016-10-05
- Status
- Terminated
Source: openFDA Food Enforcement endpoint. Recall record F-1765-2016. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.