Lipari Foods Recalls Pine Nuts Due to Listeria Contamination
Lipari Foods is recalling 3-ounce bags of clear pine nuts contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The product was distributed to nine states.
What this means for you
Highest-severity recall. Risk of serious injury or death is documented or strongly suspected. 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 5 according to the rubric. Additionally, the source text explicitly states the organism can cause fatal infections.
Plain-English summary
Lipari Foods, Inc. is recalling 23 cases of 3-ounce clear plastic bags of pine nuts (Item Number 379235, UPC 094776110087) due to contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled product is identified by Lot Number 03201306 and a Best By Date of 6/3/2014. The packaging features a Pic-A-Nut label on the front and a nutritional label on the back.
The recalled product was distributed in Ohio, Michigan, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana. Listeria monocytogenes is 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 recalled product
- Product
- Item Number: 379235 Item Description: BAG CLEAR PINE NUTS Case Pack: 12 Package Size: 3 OZ Clear Plastic Bag (Pic-A-Nut Label on Front, Nutritional Label on Back) UPC Number: 094776110087
- Manufacturer
- Lipari Foods, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Nuts
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 23
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 (1)
- Lot Number: 03201306 Best By Date: 6/3/2014
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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