The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-0408-2017·Announced 2016-11-16

Royal Seafood Baza Recalls Marinated Shitake Mushrooms for Listeria Risk

Royal Seafood Baza is recalling marinated shitake mushrooms and other pickled and herring 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 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 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. is recalling specific refrigerated, ready-to-eat marinated shitake mushrooms packaged in 4.5 Lb. bulk white plastic buckets. The recall also includes 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 marinated shitake mushrooms are identified by the lot code 3/8 printed in black ink on the label. The product was distributed to retail stores in New York and Pennsylvania.

Consumers who have purchased these products should check their refrigerators for the specific lot code and production dates listed above. If the product is found, consumers should discard it or return it to the place of purchase.

The recalled product

Product
Refrigerated, Ready to Eat Marinated Shitake Mushrooms packaged in 4.5 Lb. bulk white plastic bucket labeled in part ***204138**HERRING IVASI BY PC***
Manufacturer
Royal Seafood Baza
Hazard
Affected units
20

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

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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