The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-0674-2020·Announced 2020-02-12

Lipari Foods Recalls Premo Ham and Cheese Sandwiches for Listeria Risk

Lipari Foods is recalling Premo Ham & Cheese on a Hawaiian Bun 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 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 identifies the agency classification as Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Lipari Foods Operating Company, LLC. is recalling 203,881 units of Premo Ham & Cheese on a Hawaiian Bun, 6 oz. (UPC: 612510093511). The recall is issued due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.

The affected products have a Best By date of 2/6/20 or prior. These sandwiches were distributed by Lipari Foods in Warren, Michigan, to food service and retail stores in Alabama, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

Consumers who have purchased these products should check their Best By dates and stop consuming them if they fall within the affected range. The FDA classifies this as a Class I recall, indicating a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product may cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

The recalled product

Product
Premo Ham & Cheese on a Hawaiian Bun, 6 oz., UPC: 612510093511
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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