Wegmans Recalls Seasoned Whole Rainbow Trout Due to Listeria Risk
Wegmans Food Markets is recalling seasoned whole rainbow trout potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Consumers should check their refrigerators and discard or return the product.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Food): Class II
Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.
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 illness, which corresponds to a High severity score per the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. is recalling seasoned whole rainbow trout packaged in oven-ready trays. The product is sold by the pound and requires refrigeration. The recall involves 2,688 total units sold in Virginia, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and New York.
The recall is being issued because the products are potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The trout was purchased from August 5, 2020, through August 7, 2020. Affected packages display UPC 20679600000 and have sell-by dates ranging from August 9, 2020, to August 12, 2020.
Consumers who have purchased this product should check their refrigerators. If they find the affected trout, they should discard it or return it to the place of purchase. Listeria monocytogenes is a pathogen that can cause serious illness, particularly in high-risk groups such as older adults, pregnant women, and individuals with weakened immune systems.
The recalled product
- Product
- Seasoned Whole Rainbow Trout; by the lb.; seasoned rainbow trout; packaged in an oven ready tray; package size varies; keep refrigerated
- Manufacturer
- Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Seafood
- 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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