GoldCoast Salads Marine Lobster Spread Recalled for Listeria Contamination
GoldCoast Salads is recalling Marine Lobster Spread due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Consumers should discard the product.
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 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. The presence of Listeria monocytogenes in a ready-to-eat food product is a high-risk hazard.
Plain-English summary
GoldCoast Salads is voluntarily recalling 6,919 cases of Marine Lobster Spread in 8oz and 16oz flexible plastic cups. The product is being recalled because it may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The affected product was distributed in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Virginia. The 8oz units have UPC 33555 00234 and the 6oz units have UPC 33555 00124, both with an expiration date of 02/14/2013B.
Consumers who have purchased this product should discard it or return it to the place of purchase. Listeria monocytogenes is a bacteria that can cause serious illness, particularly in pregnant women, newborns, the elderly, and people with weakened immune systems.
The recalled product
- Product
- GoldCoast Salads Marine Lobster 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
- 6,919
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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