Recalls / Class I
Class IF-1846-2014
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
Pimento Cheese Spread sold under the following sizes and brands: 1. Parkers Farm or Parkers label in 12 ounce (20100) cup with snap on lid; 2. Block & Barrel in 4 lb. pail with snap on lid (2382588). 3. HYTOP label in 12 ounce (952549) and 20 ounce (952556) cups with snap on lid.
- Type
- Food
- Affected lot / code info
- Sell by Date before 9/20/2014
- 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-1846-2014. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.