Whole Foods Market Recalls Fresca Cauliflower Tacos Due to Salmonella Risk
Whole Foods Market is recalling Fresca Cauliflower Tacos sold in eight Northeastern and Southeastern states because they may be contaminated with Salmonella.
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 source text explicitly identifies the agency classification as Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Whole Foods Market is voluntarily recalling specific units of the Fresca Cauliflower Taco, a hot bar item, due to a potential Salmonella contamination. The recall affects 3 units of the product that were sold on or before January 23, 2019.
The affected products were distributed in Connecticut, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island. The recall is classified as Class I by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, indicating a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product may cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
Consumers who purchased these items should check their hot bar receipts or product labels for the date on or before January 23, 2019. If you have this product, you should discard it or return it to the store of purchase. No specific lot numbers or additional identifying codes are provided in the source text.
The recalled product
- Product
- Hot Bar Item; Fresca Cauliflower Taco
- Manufacturer
- Whole Foods Market
- Category
- Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 3
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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