Whole Foods Recalls Loose Spinach for Potential Salmonella Contamination
Whole Foods Market is recalling loose spinach sold at hot bars in eight states due to potential Salmonella contamination.
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 agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a minimum severity score of 4, and the presence of Salmonella, a high-risk pathogen, in a ready-to-eat product typically warrants the highest severity rating in the absence of mitigating factors.
Plain-English summary
Whole Foods Market is voluntarily recalling loose spinach sold as a hot bar item in Connecticut, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island. The recall involves 63 cases and 167.4 units of the product.
The recall is being issued because the product is potentially contaminated with Salmonella. The source text does not specify a particular lot number or expiration date, but notes the product was on the bar on or before January 23, 2019.
Consumers who have purchased this product should stop using it and return it to the place of purchase for a refund. The source text does not report any specific illnesses or injuries associated with this recall.
The recalled product
- Product
- Hot Bar Item; Spinach, loose
- Manufacturer
- Whole Foods Market
- 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 (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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