The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-0379-2020·Announced 2019-12-25

Whole Foods Recalls Stir Fry Beef Vegan Due to Listeria Risk

Whole Foods Market is recalling Stir Fry Beef Vegan 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 source text explicitly identifies the agency classification as Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Whole Foods Market is recalling Stir Fry Beef Vegan served on the hot bar because of possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The recall involves a total of 12,898 lbs of the product.

The affected product was sold on the hot bar from October 10, 2019, through November 4, 2019. The distribution pattern is listed as nationwide.

Consumers who purchased this product should check their records for the specific dates and locations. The FDA has classified this as a Class I recall, which is the most serious type of recall.

The recalled product

Product
STIR FRY BEEF VEGAN served on the hot bar
Manufacturer
Whole Foods Market
Hazard

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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.

See all 57 products in this recall →

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