The Recall Desk
SevereFDA (Food)·F-0614-2020·Announced 2020-02-12

Almark Foods Recalls Free Range Hard-Cooked Hen Eggs Due to Listeria Risk

Almark Foods, LLC is recalling free range hard-cooked hen eggs sold under the Farmer's Hen House and Nellie's brands due to a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between facility samples and illness outbreak cases.

What this means for you

Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.

Our severity reasoning: The source text indicates a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between facility samples and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak. Listeria is a high-risk pathogen, and the association with reported cases implies significant injury risk, warranting a Severe classification.

Plain-English summary

Almark Foods, LLC is voluntarily recalling 628,531 retail packages of various sizes of Free Range Hard-Cooked Hen Eggs sold under the brand names of Farmer's Hen House and Nellie's. The recall covers all lot codes containing "G" with a USED BY DATE on or before 11/2020.

The firm was notified by the FDA and CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from its facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak. The product was shipped to Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

Consumers who have purchased these products should check their lot codes and used-by dates. If the product matches the recall criteria, it should not be consumed.

The recalled product

Product
Free Range Hard-Cooked Hen Eggs sold under the brand names of Farmer's Hen House and Nellie's
Manufacturer
Almark Foods, LLC
Hazard
Affected units
628,531

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)

  • All lot codes containing "G" with a USED BY DATE on or before 11/2020

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.

See all 29 products in this recall →