The Recall Desk
CriticalFDA (Food)·F-0396-2017·Announced 2016-11-16

Royal Seafood Baza Recalls Pickles and Herring for Listeria Risk

Royal Seafood Baza is recalling specific pickled and herring 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 the agency classification as Class I, which corresponds to a Critical severity score (5) according to the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Royal Seafood Baza, Inc. has issued a recall for 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 the possibility of contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.

The affected products include refrigerated, ready-to-eat sour pickles packaged in 18-pound bulk white plastic buckets. These items were distributed to retail stores in New York and Pennsylvania. The specific lot code for the sour pickles is 03/02, printed in black ink on the label.

Consumers who have purchased these products should check their refrigerators for the specific production dates and lot codes listed above. If the products are found, they should be discarded or returned to the place of purchase. Listeria monocytogenes is a bacteria that can cause serious illness, particularly in pregnant women, older adults, and individuals with weakened immune systems.

The recalled product

Product
Refrigerated, ready-to-eat sour pickles packaged in a 18 Lb. bulk white plastic bucket labeled in part ***204112**SOUR PICKLES BY LB***
Manufacturer
Royal Seafood Baza
Hazard
Affected units
54

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: 03/02

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 →