FDA Food Recalls

Recalls / Class I

Class IF-2281-2016

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

Green Beans -FoodService packages 827200Pu Tote Green Bean Cut Usa, Item no. 3883; Watts Brothers Cut Green Beans, item no. V5180; Sc 5197 12/2# Cut Green Beans, item no. V5403; Sr 3064 1/30# cut Green Beans, item no. V5405.

Type
Food
Affected lot / code info
Produced after May 1, 2014 best before date after April 26, 2016
Quantity
3,256,852 lbs.

Why it was recalled

Cut Green Beans 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-2281-2016. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.