Class IF-2270-2015

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

Cambridge House Balmoral Thinly Sliced Exceptional Ready to Enjoy Smoked Salmon Keep Refrigerated at 38 or below Ingredients Atlantic Salmon, Salt, Sugar, and Oakwood Smoke Produced By: The Santa Barbara Smokehouse 312 N. Nopal Santa Barbara, CA 93103 www.sbsmokehouse.com Coastal Harbor by The Santa Barbara Smokehouse Smoked Atlantic Salmon Keep Refrigerated at 38 or below Ingredients Atlantic Salmon, Salt, Sugar, and Oakwood Smoke Produced By: The Santa Barbara Smokehouse 312 N. Nopal Santa Barbara, CA 93103 www.sbsmokehouse.com Products are distributed either refrigerated or frozen. All products are packaged in reduced oxygen packaging (ROP). Net weight appears to vary per package. Products are priced per weight.

Type: Food
Affected lot / code info: Batch Numbers: 8589 and 6549 6549 August 18 2014 Use By 09-16-14 8589 September 18/19 2014 Use By 09-15-15 Products that are frozen have a more extended shelf-life/use by date.
Quantity: Batch 6549: 2,224 lbs. and Batch 8589: 1,188.44 lbs.

Why it was recalled

The firm was notified by two customers of two lot/batch numbers testing positive for Listeria monocytogenes which is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal

Recalling firm

Firm: The Santa Barbara Smokehouse, Inc.
Notification channel: E-Mail
Type: Voluntary: Firm initiated
Address: 312 N Nopal St, N/A, Santa Barbara, California 93103-3225

Distribution

Distribution pattern: All products were sold to distributors located within the U.S. (CA, TX, AZ, NV, OR, NY, IL). Distributors sells these products to food service facilities. Some of these food service facilities provide food for airlines. The firm confirmed that none of the products were sold as retail packs/sold as is directly to consumers.

Timeline

Recall initiated: 2014-11-28
FDA classified: 2015-05-12
Posted by FDA: 2015-05-20
Terminated: 2015-12-15
Status: Terminated

Source: openFDA Food Enforcement endpoint. Recall record F-2270-2015. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.