Royal Seafood Baza Recalls Herring and Pickled Products for Listeria
Royal Seafood Baza is recalling specific herring and pickled products due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
What this means for you
Highest-severity recall. Risk of serious injury or death is documented or strongly suspected. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: The source metadata explicitly identifies this as an FDA Class I recall, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.
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 herring products are described as refrigerated, ready-to-eat herring in brine, packaged in bulk in plastic buckets. The specific lot code for the herring is 02/29. These products were distributed to retail stores in New York and Pennsylvania.
Consumers who have purchased these products should check their refrigerators for the specific production dates and lot codes listed above. If found, consumers should discard the products 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 ***204857**HERRING NORWAY SUPER JUMBO BY PC***
- Manufacturer
- Royal Seafood Baza
- Category
- Food — Seafood
- 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)
- Lot code in black ink on label: 02/29
Distribution
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.
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