Rachael's Smoked Fish Cream Cheese Spread Recalled for Listeria Risk
Rachael's Food Corporation is recalling its Springfield Smoked Fish Spreadable 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 4/5 (Severe).
The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: The agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a severity score of at least 4 per the rubric. Additionally, Listeria monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen associated with severe health consequences.
Plain-English summary
Rachael's Food Corporation is voluntarily recalling specific units of its Springfield Smoked Fish Spreadable Cream Cheese Spread. The recall involves 8-ounce and 5-pound containers of the product, identified by UPC 045049117708. The total quantity of product involved in the recall is 43,606.61 pounds.
The recall is being issued because the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. This pathogen can cause serious illness, particularly in pregnant women, newborns, older adults, and people with weakened immune systems.
The affected products were distributed nationwide through retail and online sales. Consumers should check their pantries for this product with use-by dates ranging from December 15, 2017, through February 9, 2018. If you have this product, you should discard it or return it to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Rachael's SPRINGFIELD SMOKED FISH SPREADABLE CREAM CHEESE SPREAD, 8oz. and 5 lb. UPC: 045049117708
- 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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