FDA Food Recalls

Recalls / Class I

Class IF-2280-2016

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

Watts Brothers Farms Organic Peas, net wt. 5 lbs., item V5402, UPC 681241 054023. Nichirei item below is not distributed in the US: Nichirei Value + Organic Green Peas, item V5802, UPC 4 949486 327033

Type
Food
Affected lot / code info
expanded codes recalled on 7/28/16 Best Before 10/23/16 6180 10 23 16 HH:MM Best Before 10/24/16 6180 10 24 16 HH:MM Best Before 10/30/16 6180 10 30 16 HH:MM Best Before 05/18/17 6180 05 18 17 HH:MM Best Before 05/27/17 6180 05 27 17 HH:MM Best Before 05/28/17 6180 05 28 17 HH:MM ****************************************************************************************** Best Before 11/23/16 6180 11 23 16 HH:MM Best Before 11/24/16 6180 11 24 16 HH:MM Best Before 11/25/16 6180 11 25 16 HH:MM Best Before 11/26/16 6180 11 26 16 HH:MM Best Before 12/01/16 6180 12 01 16 HH:MM Best Before 04/24/17 6180 04 24 17 HH:MM Best Before 10/21/17 6180 10 21 17 HH:MM Best Before 01/22/18 6180 01 22 16 HH:MM Best Before 01/23/18 6180 01 23 16 HH:MM Best Before 01/24/18 6180 01 24 16 HH:MM Code for Nichirei brand 2017.5.18./KH4
Quantity
1,165,775 lbs. Expanded quantity: 656,120 lbs.

Why it was recalled

Organic Peas are recalled due to the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

Recalling firm

Firm
ConAgra Foods Inc
Notification channel
Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
Type
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Address
1 Conagra Dr, N/A, Omaha, Nebraska 68102

Distribution

Distribution pattern
distributed in AZ, CA, CO, FL, HI, IA, ID, IL, LA, MD, MN, NJ, NV, OH, OK, PA, TX, UT, VA, and WI and in the following countries: Canada, Columbia, Japan, and Panama.

Timeline

Recall initiated
2016-05-05
FDA classified
2016-09-15
Posted by FDA
2016-09-21
Terminated
2017-08-22
Status
Terminated

Source: openFDA Food Enforcement endpoint. Recall record F-2280-2016. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.