GoldCoast Salads Blue Crab Spread Recalled for Listeria Contamination
GoldCoast Salads is recalling Blue Crab Spread due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Consumers should discard the product or return it to the store.
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 indicates a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to the violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death. Additionally, Listeria monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen.
Plain-English summary
GoldCoast Salads is voluntarily recalling 6,857 cases of Blue Crab Spread in 8oz and 16oz flexible plastic cups. The product is being recalled because it may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The affected products have UPC codes 33555 00325 (8oz) and 33555 00125 (16oz) with expiration dates of 01/31/2013 and 02/14/2013. The recall covers distribution in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Virginia.
Consumers who have purchased this product should discard it or return it to the place of purchase. Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium that can cause serious illness, particularly in pregnant women, newborns, the elderly, and individuals with weakened immune systems.
The recalled product
- Product
- GoldCoast Salads Blue Crab Spread (8oz and 16oz in flexible plastic cup with flexible plastic lids - keep refrigerate at 38 or below)
- Manufacturer
- GoldCoast Salads
- Category
- Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 6,857
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 4 recalled by GoldCoast Salads 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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