Wegmans Recalls Bay Seasoned Soft Shell Crab Due to Listeria Risk
Wegmans is recalling Bay Seasoned Soft Shell Crab potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Consumers should discard or return the product.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Food): Class III
Class III is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product is not likely to cause adverse health consequences.
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 3/5 (High).
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a high-risk pathogen (Listeria monocytogenes) without reported illnesses, which corresponds to a High severity score per the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. is recalling Bay Seasoned Soft Shell Crab, a breaded soft-shell crab product packaged in an oven-ready tray. The recall is issued because the product is potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
A total of 2,688 units were sold in Virginia, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and New York. The product was purchased between August 5, 2020, and August 7, 2020. Affected items carry UPC 20198400000 and have sell-by dates ranging from August 9, 2020, to August 12, 2020.
Consumers who have purchased this product should discard it or return it to the place of purchase. The product must be kept refrigerated.
The recalled product
- Product
- Bay Seasoned Soft Shell Crab; Individual; bay seasoned and breaded soft-shell crab; packaged in an oven ready tray; package size varies; keep refrigerated
- Manufacturer
- Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Seafood / Ready-to-Eat
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 2,688
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 23 recalled by Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. 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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