FDA Food Recalls

Recalls / Class I

Class IF-1783-2013

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

WHOLEY Shrimp, Farm Raised, Cooked, Peeled Deveined, Tail on, Ingredients: Shrimp, Salt and Sodium Tripolyphosphate..., ,Net Wt 1 LB (16 oz) , 399103 UPC Number: 094776074556; Product of Indonesia

Type
Food
Affected lot / code info
lot No 30081, 10081, 70081, 70084, 30084, and 00884
Quantity
1336 cases

Why it was recalled

Lipari Foods of Warren, MI is recalling Wholey peeled, cooked, tail-on 31/40 count shrimp, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.

Recalling firm

Firm
Lipari Foods, Inc.
Notification channel
Telephone
Type
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Address
26661 Bunert Rd, N/A, Warren, Michigan 48089-3650

Distribution

Distribution pattern
Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Indiana

Timeline

Recall initiated
2013-07-26
FDA classified
2013-07-31
Posted by FDA
2013-08-07
Terminated
2014-04-15
Status
Terminated

Source: openFDA Food Enforcement endpoint. Recall record F-1783-2013. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.