The Recall Desk
CriticalFDA (Food)·F-0675-2020·Announced 2020-02-12

Lipari Foods Recalls Premo Italian Footlong Sandwiches for Listeria Risk

Lipari Foods is recalling Premo Italian Footlong Sandwiches due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The recall affects products with Best By dates of 2/6/20 and prior.

What this means for you

Highest-severity recall. Risk of serious injury or death is documented or strongly suspected. 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 Italian Footlong Sandwiches, 8 oz., UPC: 612510093535. The recall is issued due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.

The affected products were distributed exclusively 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. The recall includes all product with a Best By date of 2/6/20 and prior.

Consumers who have purchased these products should check their Best By dates and dispose of the items or return them to the place of purchase. The FDA classifies this as a Class I recall, which is the most serious type of recall.

The recalled product

Product
Premo Italian Footlong Sandwich, 8 oz., UPC: 612510093535
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 →