Royal Seafood Baza Recalls Pickles and Herring for Listeria Risk
Royal Seafood Baza is recalling specific pickled and herring products due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
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 text explicitly identifies the agency classification as Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Royal Seafood Baza, Inc. has initiated a recall of 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 possible contamination of these items with Listeria monocytogenes.
The affected products include refrigerated, ready-to-eat pickles packaged in 18-pound bulk white plastic buckets. The specific product is labeled in part with the text "204062 PICKLES HALF SOUR BY LB" and features lot codes in black ink reading 3/8 & 3/15. A total of 102 buckets were distributed to retail stores in New York and Pennsylvania.
Consumers who have purchased these products should check their labels for the specific production dates and lot codes listed above. If the products match the description, consumers should stop using them and contact the manufacturer for further instructions.
The recalled product
- Product
- Refrigerated, Ready to Eat Pickles Half Sour packaged in 18 Lb. bulk white plastic bucket labeled in part ***204062**PICKLES HALF SOUR BY LB***
- Manufacturer
- Royal Seafood Baza
- Category
- Food — Pickled Products
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 102
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: 3/8 & 3/15
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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