Ocean Beauty Recalls Lascco Smoked Salmon for Listeria Contamination
Ocean Beauty Seafoods is recalling Lascco brand smoked salmon after samples tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes. The product was distributed nationwide to retailers in 12 states.
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 recall is classified as FDA Class I, which is the highest severity level indicating a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to the violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
Plain-English summary
Ocean Beauty Seafoods, LLC is recalling 95 cases of Lascco brand 4-ounce Nova Salmon. The recall was initiated after a sample of the product was found positive for Listeria monocytogenes. The affected product is cold-smoked salmon packaged in vacuum plastic that is partially clear and partially colored blue, yellow, and white. The front panel is labeled "Lascco BRAND SLICED SMOKED NOVA SALMON NET WT 4 OZ (113g)" and includes the UPC 0 72840 01751 7. A white stick-on label on the back panel displays the code M228208, the date 07 09 285 12 14 09, and the number 10632. The product was produced on October 11, 2012.
The recalled salmon was distributed nationwide to distributors and retailers in Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, and Washington. The press release initially reported 96 cases distributed, but the correct quantity is 95 cases, with 12 four-ounce packages per case.
Consumers who have purchased this product should check their refrigerators for the specific packaging and labeling described above. If they have the recalled product, they should discard it or return it to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Cold-smoked salmon in vacuum plastic that are partially clear and partially colored blue, yellow, and white. Lascco, 4 oz Nova Salmon, has the UPC 0 72840 01751 7. The front panel is labeled in parts: "***Lascco BRAND SLICED*** SMOKED NOVA SALMON NET WT 4 OZ (113g)…
- Manufacturer
- Ocean Beauty Seafoods, LLC
- 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)
- Produced on October 11
- 2012
- Julian Date 285.
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 2 recalled by Ocean Beauty Seafoods, 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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