Recalls / Class I
Class IF-1830-2014
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
Peanut Butter sold under the following sizes, brands, and textures: 1. 16 oz tubs with snap on lid (12 tubs in box) Parkers Farm CREAMY (55100) 2. 34 oz. tubs with snap on lid (6 tubs in box) Parkers Farm CREAMY (55300) 3. 5 lb. pail (2 pails in box) Parkers Farm Creamy (55105) 4. 34 oz. tubs with snap on lid (8 tubs in box) Costco Peanut Butter (55300)
- Type
- Food
- Affected lot / code info
- Sell by Date before 3/20/2015
- Quantity
- 369,840 total cases for all varieties
Why it was recalled
Various Peanut butters, cheese spreads, cold pack cheese, salsa, cheese balls/logs have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
Recalling firm
- Firm
- Parkers Farm Inc
- Notification channel
- Type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Address
- 9250 Holly St NW, N/A, Coon Rapids, Minnesota 55433-5800
Distribution
- Distribution pattern
- Nationwide. No distribution outside the US.
Timeline
- Recall initiated
- 2014-03-21
- FDA classified
- 2014-04-16
- Posted by FDA
- 2014-04-23
- Terminated
- 2015-10-21
- Status
- Terminated
Source: openFDA Food Enforcement endpoint. Recall record F-1830-2014. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.