Rachael's Smoked Fish Strawberry Cream Cheese Spread Recalled for Listeria Risk
Rachael's Food Corporation is recalling its Smoked Fish Strawberry Cream Cheese Spread due to potential 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 metadata explicitly identifies the agency classification as Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Rachael's Food Corporation is voluntarily recalling specific lots of Rachael's Springfield Smoked Fish Strawberry Cream Cheese Spread in 8 oz. and 5 lb. sizes. The recall is being conducted because the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The affected products are identified by the UPC 045049117784 and have use-by dates ranging from 12/15/17 through 2/9/18. A total of 43,606.61 pounds of the product was distributed nationwide through retail and online sales channels.
Consumers who have purchased this product should check their refrigerators for the specific UPC and use-by dates listed above. If the product is found, consumers should discard it or return it to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Rachael's SPRINGFIELD SMOKED FISH STRAWBERRY CREAM CHEESE SPREAD, 8 oz. and 5 lb. UPC: 045049117784
- Manufacturer
- Rachael's Food Corporation
- Category
- Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
- 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)
- Use by 12/15/17 through 2/9/18
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 19 recalled by Rachael's Food Corporation 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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