Sauer Brands Recalls Holiday Spice Shipper Boxes Due to Salmonella Risk
Sauer Brands Inc is recalling specific holiday spice shipper boxes nationwide and online due to potential Salmonella contamination.
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 classified this recall as Class I — 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. On that classification alone this is scored Severe; a score of Critical is reserved for recalls where a death or serious injury was reported. The agency gives the reason as: "Potential Salmonella contamination."
Plain-English summary
Sauer Brands Inc is recalling specific holiday spice shipper boxes, including the Thanksgiving shipper, Holiday Gourmet Shipper, and Organic Holiday shipper, due to potential Salmonella contamination. The recalled items are display boxes sent to retail stores that contain spices currently under recall. The total quantity involved is 45,498 bottles.
The affected products were distributed nationwide and through online sales. Specific lot numbers are identified for the Thanksgiving, Holiday Gourmet, Organic Holiday, Gift Set Grill, and Gift Set Global Holiday Blends items. The source text does not report any illnesses or injuries associated with this recall.
Consumers should check their spice collections for the specific item numbers and lot numbers listed in the official recall notice. If you have these products, you should stop using them and follow the instructions provided by the recalling firm or the FDA for disposal or return.
The recalled product
- Product
- Shipper boxes - sent to retail stores for display. Spices contained in the boxes are currently under recall. Thanksgiving shipper - item # 43149 Holiday Gourmet Shipper - Item # 43142 Shipper - Organic Holiday - Item # 43143
- Manufacturer
- Sauer Brands Inc - SLO
- Category
- Food — Spices
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 45,498
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 (5)
- Thanksgiving - Lot #'s 20239C
- 20247C
- 20224C
- 20253C Holiday gourmet Lot #'s 20253C
- 20274C
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 26 recalled by Sauer Brands Inc - SLO 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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