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Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-1295-2015·Announced 2015-03-04

Washington Harvest Recalls Mixed Fruit Due to Listeria Risk

Washington Harvest is recalling The World's Finest Mixed Fruit because it contains Granny Smith apples linked to a Listeria monocytogenes outbreak.

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 recall is classified as FDA Class I, which meets the criteria for a Critical severity score (5) according to the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Washington Harvest Wapato is recalling The World's Finest Mixed Fruit, a combination of Red Delicious Apples, Granny Smith Apples, and Navel Oranges. The product is packed in poly bags of 6/4 lb. bags per case. The recall is being conducted because the product contains Bidart's Granny Smith apples that have been implicated in a Listeria monocytogenes outbreak.

The affected product was distributed in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington. The total quantity involved is 1950/24 lbs. Euro boxes. The product can be identified by the UPC 0 92304 XXXXX 4 located on the back of the poly bag next to the nutrition information, and the barcode on the case is (01) 00033383006987(10). No coding is used by Washington Harvest on the poly bag.

Consumers who have purchased this product should stop consuming it and check for the specific packaging details listed above. The recall is classified as Class I by the FDA, indicating a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

The recalled product

Product
The World's Finest Mixed Fruit. Product is a combination of Red Delicious Apples, Granny Smith Apples and Navel Oranges. The product is packed in Poly bags 6/4 lb. bags per case. UPC 0 92304 XXXXX 4 is located on back of the poly bag next to the nutrition information…
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)

  • No coding is used by Washington Harvest on the poly bag.

Distribution

Distributed in 13 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 2 recalled by Washington Harvest Wapato 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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