Genji Sushi Products Recalled for Salmonella Contamination
Mai Cuisine is recalling approximately 1490 packages of August Box of the Month sushi products sold at Genji Sushi counters in Whole Foods Market stores in Northern California due to Salmonella contamination from frozen shrimp used in the products.
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 Salmonella, a high-risk pathogen, but no illnesses or injuries are reported in the source text. Per the rubric, high-risk pathogen contamination without reported illness qualifies as severity score 3 (High). The FDA classification of Class II supports a score of at least 2, but the pathogen type elevates it to 3.
Plain-English summary
Mai Cuisine is recalling approximately 1490 packages of its August Box of the Month sushi products (UPC: 84003140261) sold from Genji Sushi counters inside Whole Foods Market stores in Northern California. The recall was initiated after the company received notification from its supplier of a recall of frozen shrimp used in the sushi products due to Salmonella contamination.
Affected products can be identified by the hand-crafted dates of 8/12/2021 and 8/13/2021, and best-by dates of 08/13/2021 and 08/14/2021. Consumers who purchased these products should not consume them and should discard them or return them to the point of sale.
Salmonella is a pathogenic bacterium that can cause serious infection, particularly in young children, elderly persons, and those with compromised immune systems. The source text does not indicate any confirmed illnesses or injuries associated with this recall as of the notification date.
The recalled product
- Product
- August Box of the Month NCA UPC: 84003140261 Products were sold from Genji Sushi counters inside Whole Foods Market stores
- Manufacturer
- Mai Cuisine
- Category
- Food — Ready-to-Eat / Sushi
- Affected units
- 1,490
Distribution
Distributed in 1 state:
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 25 recalled by Mai Cuisine 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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