The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Food)·F-0794-2016·Announced 2016-03-30

ConAgra Recalls Watts Bros Super Sweet Cut Corn Due to Listeria Risk

ConAgra Foods is recalling one lot of Watts Bros Super Sweet Cut Corn due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

The agency’s classification

FDA (Food): Class II

Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.

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 3/5 (High).

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a high-risk pathogen (Listeria monocytogenes) without reported illness, which meets the criteria for a High severity score.

Plain-English summary

ConAgra Foods Inc is recalling one lot of Watts Bros Super Sweet Cut Corn bulk packed. The product is blanched, frozen, and placed in a plastic-lined cardboard box. The specific lot code is P: 2015. 12. 05, with a manufacturing date of December 5, 2015, and an expiration date of December 5, 2017.

The recall is being conducted because the product has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The agency has classified this recall as Class II. The distribution pattern includes California, Michigan, Oregon, and Tennessee. The source text notes that there was no distribution to schools or the military, and no distribution outside the U.S.

Consumers who have purchased this specific lot of corn should check their inventory for the matching lot code and expiration date. If the product is found, it should be discarded or returned to the place of purchase.

The recalled product

Product
Label reads in part "***Watts Brothers FARMS SUPERSWEET CUT CORN***NET WT 20 LB*** Distributed by ConAgra Foods Kennewick, WA 99336 PRODUCT OF U.S.A.***" Product is blanched then frozen and placed in a plastic lined cardboard box. UPC 1 06 81241 05167 8
Manufacturer
ConAgra Foods Inc
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)

  • Lot code on package P: 2015. 12. 05. Manufacturing date December 5
  • 2015. Expiration date December 5
  • 2017 (E: 2017. 12. 05).

Distribution

Distributed in 4 states:

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