Whole Foods Recalls Hot Bar Salad Broccoli Kale for Listeria Risk
Whole Foods Market is recalling salad broccoli kale served on the hot bar due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
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 5/5 (Critical).
Highest-severity recall. The hazard can cause serious injury or death. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: The agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a minimum severity score of 4, and the presence of Listeria monocytogenes, a high-risk pathogen, in a ready-to-eat product typically warrants the highest severity rating in the absence of specific injury reports that would lower the risk profile.
Plain-English summary
Whole Foods Market is recalling salad broccoli kale served on the hot bar. The recall is due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
The affected product was sold on the hot bar from October 10, 2019, through November 4, 2019. The total quantity involved is 12,898 lbs. The distribution pattern is listed as nationwide.
Consumers who purchased this product should discard it or return it to the store of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- SALAD BROCCOLI KALE served on the hot bar
- Manufacturer
- Whole Foods Market
- Category
- Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
- 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)
- Sold on the hot bar from Oct.10.2019 through Nov. 4.2019
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 57 recalled by Whole Foods Market 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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