The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Food)·F-0208-2020·Announced 2019-12-11

Fortune Fish & Gourmet Recalls Fresh Atlantic Salmon for Listeria Risk

Fortune Fish & Gourmet is recalling fresh Atlantic salmon that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The product was sold in retail and foodservice locations in eight states.

The agency’s classification

FDA (Food): Class II

Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.

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 3/5 (High).

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a high-risk pathogen (Listeria monocytogenes) without reported illness, which corresponds to a severity score of 3 per the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Fortune International, LLC DBA Fortune Fish & Gourmet LLC is recalling 2,004 lbs of fresh Atlantic salmon, whole, filleted, and filleted without belly. The product was sold by weight in cardboard boxes with ice and may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

The affected salmon was distributed to retail and foodservice establishments in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, New York, and Wisconsin between September 3, 2019, and September 10, 2019.

Consumers who purchased this product should discard it or return it to the place of purchase. Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium that can cause serious illness, particularly in pregnant women, older adults, and individuals with weakened immune systems.

The recalled product

Product
Fortune Fish & Gourmet fresh Atlantic salmon, whole, filleted, and filleted without belly sold by weight in cardboard box with ice
Hazard

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)

  • Product distributed between 9/3/2019 and 9/10/2019

Distribution

Distributed in 8 states:

Similar recalls