Rainbow Farms Hard-Cooked Eggs Recalled for Listeria Risk
Almark Foods is recalling Rainbow Farms hard-cooked eggs due to a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match with an illness outbreak.
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 explicitly mentions 'case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak,' indicating reported illnesses, which meets the criteria for a Critical severity score.
Plain-English summary
Almark Foods, LLC is recalling 300 23-pound pails of Rainbow Farms Hard-Cooked, Peeled Eggs. The product is identified by UPC 0 44984 60023 8 and has a best if used by date of 1/22/2020 or 2/13/2020.
The recall was initiated after the firm was notified by the FDA and CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from the facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.
The product was shipped to 41 states and the District of Columbia. Consumers should check their pantries for the specific lot and UPC numbers listed above and dispose of the product if it matches the recall details.
The recalled product
- Product
- RAINBOW FARMS 23 LB Hard-Cooked, Peeled Eggs INGREDIENTS: EGGS, WATER, CITRIC ACID, VINEGAR Manufactured By: Almark Foods Gainesville, GA 30504 UPC 0 44984 60023 8
- Manufacturer
- Almark Foods, LLC
- Category
- Food — Eggs
- 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 (2)
- LOT: ITEM #60023V BEST IF USED BY 1/22/2020
- 2/13/2020
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 29 recalled by Almark Foods, LLC 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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