Agency classClass IIOur severity:High FDA (Food)·F-0284-2021·Announced 2021-02-17

Pero Family Farms Recalls Butternut Squash Spirals Due to Listeria Risk

Pero Family Farms is recalling Butternut Veggie Spirals trays because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

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 meets the criteria for a High severity score.

Plain-English summary

Pero Family Farms Company is recalling 1,062 cases of Butternut Veggie Spirals Tray, 10oz, Keep Refrigerated. The product is being recalled because it is potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

The affected product was distributed domestically. Specific lot numbers and use-by dates are listed in the recall notice, ranging from January 15, 2021, to January 22, 2021.

Consumers who have purchased this product should check their refrigerators for the specific run numbers and use-by dates listed in the official recall notice. If the product is found, consumers should discard it or return it to the place of purchase.

The recalled product

Product: Butternut Veggie Spirals Tray, 10oz, Keep Refrigerated
Manufacturer: Pero Family Farms Company
Category: Food — Prepared Vegetables
Hazard: listeria
Affected units: 1,062

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 (8)

Run No./Use by Date: 1222496F/ 1/15/2021
1222747F/ 1/16/2021
1222831F/ 1/17/2021
1222851F/ 1/18/2021
1222959F/ 1/19/2021
1223108F/ 1/20/2021
1223145F/ 1/21/2021
and 1223223F/ 1/22/2021.

Distribution

Distribution scope not specified by the agency.

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 5 recalled by Pero Family Farms Company 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.

See all 5 products in this recall →

Same manufacturer · Pero Family Farms Company

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