Lipari Foods Recalls Tuna Salad Sandwiches for Listeria Risk
Lipari Foods is recalling Premo and Fresh Grab Tuna Salad Wedge Sandwiches due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
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 minimum severity score of 4 per the rubric. Additionally, Listeria monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen.
Plain-English summary
Lipari Foods Operating Company, LLC. is recalling Premo and Fresh Grab Tuna Salad Wedge Sandwiches, 5 oz., UPC: 612510002049. The recall involves 203,881 sandwiches with a Best By date of 2/6/20 and prior. The products were distributed to food service and retail stores in Alabama, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
The recall is being conducted due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. This bacterium can cause serious illness, particularly in pregnant women, newborns, the elderly, and individuals with weakened immune systems.
Consumers who have purchased these products should check their Best By dates and discard any sandwiches with a date of 2/6/20 or earlier. Retailers and food service establishments should stop selling or serving the affected items immediately.
The recalled product
- Product
- Premo and Fresh Grab Tuna Salad Wedge Sandwich, 5 oz., UPC: 612510002049
- Manufacturer
- Lipari Foods Operating Company, LLC.
- Category
- Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
- 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
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.
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