Holley Cold Storage Recalls Europe's Best Bananas and Berries for Salmonella
Holley Cold Storage Fruit & Produce Co., Inc. is recalling Europe's Best Bananas & Berries 12/600g in Canada due to potential Salmonella contamination.
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 source text identifies this as an FDA Class I recall involving Salmonella contamination, which meets the rubric criteria for a Critical severity score.
Plain-English summary
Holley Cold Storage Fruit & Produce Co., Inc. is recalling Europe's Best Bananas & Berries 12/600g (Bananas, Strawberries, Blueberries) in Canada. The recall involves 8,881 cases of the product. The specific lot numbers for the 600g bags are HP38128682SMF822 and HP38129682SMF822, with best-before dates of May 8, 2020, and May 9, 2020.
The recall is being issued because the product may be contaminated with Salmonella. This is a Class I recall, which indicates a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
Consumers who have purchased this product should check their pantries for the specific lot numbers and best-before dates listed above. If the product is found, it should be discarded or returned to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Europe's Best Bananas & Berries 12/600g (Bananas, Strawberries, Blueberries)
- Manufacturer
- Holley Cold Storage Fruit & Produce Co., Inc.
- Category
- Food — Fresh Produce
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 8,881
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 (6)
- 600g: HP38128682SMF822 and HP38129682SMF822 (finished product lot numbers)
- UPC# 871454036033 (bag)
- UPC# 10871454036030 (case)
- Best Before May 8
- 2020 and May 9
- 2020
Distribution
Distribution scope not specified by the agency.
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 3 recalled by Holley Cold Storage Fruit & Produce Co., 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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