Berner Food Recalls Our Family Alfredo Pasta Sauce Due to Bacteria
Berner Food & Beverage, LLC is recalling Our Family Alfredo Pasta Sauce contaminated with spoilage bacteria. Consumers should discard 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 2/5 (Moderate).
Minor labeling or packaging issue, or a voluntary precautionary recall. Risk of harm is low but real — follow the manufacturer's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: The recall is classified as FDA Class II, but the source text explicitly states no illnesses or injuries are reported and the hazard is limited to spoilage bacteria, fitting the criteria for a moderate severity voluntary precautionary recall.
Plain-English summary
Berner Food & Beverage, LLC is voluntarily recalling 204 cases of Our Family Alfredo Pasta Sauce, 15 oz glass jars. The recall is due to the product being contaminated with spoilage bacteria, specifically Enterobacter cloacae and Pantoea species.
The affected product is identified by Lot 180525 and a Best By date of 5/25/2018. The product was distributed in Texas, Minnesota, Florida, Iowa, Ohio, Tennessee, and Kansas.
Consumers who have purchased this product should discard it or return it to the place of purchase. The source text does not report any illnesses or injuries associated with this recall.
The recalled product
- Product
- Our Family Alfredo, Pasta Sauce; NET WT. 15 OZ, CONT. NET 425g; Glass jar, metal lid; UPC 70253266867
- Manufacturer
- Berner Food & Beverage, LLC
- Category
- Food — Pasta Sauce
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 204
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)
- Lot: 180525
- Best By 5/25/2018
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 5 recalled by Berner Food & Beverage, LLC 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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