Cut Fruit Express Recalls Melon Mix Slices Due to Salmonella Risk
Cut Fruit Express is recalling melon mix slices because the supplier recalled processed cantaloupe after a positive Salmonella sample.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Food): Class I
Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 4/5 (Severe).
The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: The agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a severity score of at least 4 per the rubric. Additionally, the presence of Salmonella, a high-risk pathogen, in a ready-to-eat product supports this classification.
Plain-English summary
Cut Fruit Express, Inc. is recalling Festival Foods-Best Of The Season H.Brooks Melon Mix Slices. The product contains cantaloupe, watermelon, honeydew, and red grapes. The recall involves 372 cases of the 12-ounce product, distributed in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Affected units have use-by dates ranging from September 11 to September 14, 2013.
The recall was initiated because the supplier, DFI Marketing, recalled processed cantaloupe after a positive Salmonella sample was detected. Cut Fruit Express used this cantaloupe in the recalled melon mix product.
Consumers who purchased this product should check their use-by dates and discard the product if it matches the description. No illnesses or injuries have been reported in the source text.
The recalled product
- Product
- CANTALOUPE, WATERMELON, HONEY DEW, RED GRAPES: Festival Foods-Best Of The Season 30787 H.Brooks Melon Mix Slices Net Wt. 12 oz. (340g) 3 units per case 331 UPC# 0 3823230787 1.
- Manufacturer
- Cut Fruit Express, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Cut Fruit
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 372
Is your product affected?
Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.
Lot numbers (1)
- Use-by 9/11 to 9/14
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 9 recalled by Cut Fruit Express, Inc. under a single FDA (Food) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.
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