Benzs Brand Smoked Salmon Recalled for Listeria Risk
Benzs brand Everything Bagel Spice Pre-Sliced Smoked Salmon may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The product was distributed across multiple states, and consumers should not eat it.
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 FDA classified this as a Class I recall involving a high-risk pathogen (Listeria monocytogenes) in a ready-to-eat food product. Although no illnesses have been reported in the source text, Class I designation requires a minimum severity score of 4 per the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Banner Smoked Fish Inc. is recalling Benzs brand Everything Bagel Spice Pre-Sliced Smoked Salmon due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled product consists of farm-raised Atlantic salmon with spices, salt, sugar, natural hardwood smoke, and sodium nitrite.
All lots, all package sizes, and all products within expiration date are included in this recall. The product was distributed in NY, NJ, IL, PA, CA, FL, NE, AZ, MA, MD, VA, NV, OR, WI, NC, SC, and GA.
Listeria monocytogenes can cause serious infection, particularly in pregnant women, young children, older adults, and people with weakened immune systems. Consumers who have purchased this product should not eat it and should dispose of it or return it to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Benzs brand Everything Bagel Spice Pre-Sliced Smoked Salmon (Farm raised Atlantic Salmon (astaxanthin color added to feed), spices, salt, sugar, natural hardwood smoke, sodium nitrite)
- Manufacturer
- Banner Smoked Fish Inc.
- Category
- Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
- Hazard
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 (3)
- All lots
- all package sizes
- all product within expiry
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 36 recalled by Banner Smoked Fish Inc. 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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