Lipari Foods Recalls Jumbo Cashews Due to Listeria Contamination
Lipari Foods is recalling 255 cases of 6-ounce jumbo cashews due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The product was distributed across nine states.
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 agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a severity score of at least 4. The source text explicitly states that the organism can cause 'serious and sometimes fatal infections,' meeting the criteria for a score of 5.
Plain-English summary
Lipari Foods, Inc. is recalling 255 cases of 6-ounce bags of large jumbo cashews (Item Number 193129, UPC 070207022853). The recall is due to the potential presence of Listeria monocytogenes, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.
The affected product includes Lot Numbers 15201304 and 23201305 with Best By Dates of 4/15/2014 and 5/23/2014. The product was distributed in Ohio, Michigan, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana.
Consumers who have purchased this product should stop using it immediately and return it to the place of purchase for a refund or contact the recalling firm for further instructions.
The recalled product
- Product
- Item Number: 193129 Item Description: BAGS LG CASHEW JUMBO R/S Case Pack: 12 Package Size: 6 OZ Fully Preprinted New Style Pic-A-Nut Bag UPC Number: 070207022853
- Manufacturer
- Lipari Foods, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Nuts
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 255
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 (3)
- Lot Numbers: 15201304
- 23201305 Best By Dates: 4/15/2014
- 5/23/2014
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 52 recalled by Lipari Foods, 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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