FDA Food Recalls

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
E-Mail
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.