The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:SevereFDA (Food)·F-0388-2017·Announced 2016-11-16

Royal Seafood Baza Recalls Herring and Pickled Products for Listeria Risk

Royal Seafood Baza is recalling specific herring and pickled products due to possible Listeria monocytogenes 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 classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a minimum severity score of 4 per the rubric, and the hazard involves Listeria monocytogenes, a high-risk pathogen.

Plain-English summary

Royal Seafood Baza, Inc. is recalling all pickled products produced on March 1, 2016, and March 2, 2016, as well as all herring products produced on February 29, 2016. The recall is being conducted due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.

The affected products include refrigerated, ready-to-eat herring in brine, packaged in bulk in plastic buckets. The specific herring product is labeled in part with the text "204883 HERRING DUNAYSKAYA BY PC" and bears a lot code of 02/29 in black ink. The recall covers 80 units of this specific herring product.

These products were distributed to retail stores in New York and Pennsylvania. Consumers who have purchased these products should check their lot codes and production dates against the recall details and dispose of the items or return them to the place of purchase.

The recalled product

Product
Refrigerated, Ready to Eat Herring in Brine with no brand name as packaged bulk in a plastic bucket labeled in part ***204883**HERRING DUNAYSKAYA BY PC***
Manufacturer
Royal Seafood Baza
Hazard
Affected units
80

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)

  • Lot code in black ink on label: 02/29

Distribution

Distributed in 2 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 29 recalled by Royal Seafood Baza 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 29 products in this recall →

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