The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-0651-2020·Announced 2020-02-12

Lipari Foods Recalls Fresh Grab Club Sub Sandwiches for Listeria Risk

Lipari Foods is recalling Fresh Grab Club Sub Sandwiches due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The affected products were distributed to food service and retail stores in 15 states.

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 FDA has classified this recall as Class I, which is the most serious type of recall and indicates a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to the violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

Plain-English summary

Lipari Foods Operating Company, LLC. is recalling Fresh Grab Club Sub Sandwiches, 6 oz., UPC: 612510001165, due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The recall covers 203,881 sandwiches total. All product with a Best By date of 2/6/20 and prior is affected.

The products were distributed exclusively by Lipari Foods in Warren, Michigan, to food service and retail stores throughout Alabama, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

Consumers who have purchased the affected product should check their Best By dates and dispose of the product if it matches the recall criteria. The FDA classifies this as a Class I recall, which is the most serious type of recall.

The recalled product

Product
Fresh Grab Club Sub Sandwich, 6 oz., UPC: 612510001165
Hazard
Affected units
203,881

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 product with Best By date of 2/6/20 and prior

Distribution

Distributed in 15 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 32 recalled by Lipari Foods Operating Company, 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 32 products in this recall →

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