Whole Foods Recalls Cold Smoked Salmon Spread Due to Listeria Risk
Whole Foods Market is recalling cream cheese and cold smoked salmon spread because the salmon trim used was processed the same day as a sample testing positive for Listeria monocytogenes.
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, as Class I recalls represent a reasonable probability of serious adverse health consequences or death.
Plain-English summary
Whole Foods Market Pacific NW Distribution Center is recalling cream cheese/cold smoked salmon (Gravlox) spread in plastic containers. The recall is due to the discovery that cold-smoked salmon trim used to manufacture the product was processed on the same day as a surveillance sample that tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes.
The affected product was distributed to 14 Whole Foods Market retail stores in Oregon and Washington. The product was sold before January 29, 2013. The label features a light blue watermark reading "WHOLE FOODS MARKET" and includes the PLU 95307 and UPC 0295307 014144.
Consumers who purchased this product should check their refrigerators and discard any items matching the description and dates provided. The source text does not specify a specific action for consumers beyond the standard recall protocol, nor does it report any illnesses or injuries associated with the product.
The recalled product
- Product
- Cream cheese/cold smoked salmon (Gravlox) spread in plastic containers. A sample of product label (SELL BY and PACK DATES may differ): "0295307 014144 LOX & CREAM CHEESE WHOLE FOODS MARKET CCOLD SMOKED SALMON (SALMON, SALT, SUGAR AND NATURAL HARDWOOD SMOKE). CREAM CHEESE…
- Category
- Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 14
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 (2)
- PLU: 95307
- UPC: 0295307 014144 Product sold before 1/29/13.
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 3 recalled by Whole Foods Market Pacific NW Distribution Center (PDC) 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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