Whole Foods Recalls Pesto Greens for Salmonella Risk
Whole Foods Market is recalling Hot Bar Item; Pasta Pesto Greens due to potential Salmonella contamination. The product was sold in eight northeastern and southeastern 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 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 agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a minimum severity score of 4 according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Whole Foods Market is recalling 30 units of Hot Bar Item; Pasta Pesto Greens. The recall is being issued because the product is potentially contaminated with Salmonella.
The affected items were sold in Connecticut, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island. Consumers should look for products with a bar date on or before January 23, 2019.
Consumers who have purchased this product should discard it or return it to the store of purchase. The source text does not specify any reported illnesses or injuries associated with this recall.
The recalled product
- Product
- Hot Bar Item; Pasta Pesto Greens
- Manufacturer
- Whole Foods Market
- Category
- Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 30
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 (1)
- On the bar on or before 1/23/2019
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 34 recalled by Whole Foods Market 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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