Lipari Foods Recalls Raw Sunflower Seed Kernels for Listeria Contamination
Lipari Foods is recalling raw sunflower seed kernels contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, which can cause serious infections in vulnerable populations.
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 recall is classified as FDA Class I, which meets the rubric criteria for a Critical severity score.
Plain-English summary
Lipari Foods, Inc. is recalling 1,295 50-pound bags of raw sunflower seed kernels (Item Number 631215) due to contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The affected product is identified by Lot Numbers PRO-1346 and PRO-1349 and has a Best By Date of April 2014. The 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.
Consumers who purchased this product should stop using it and contact Lipari Foods, Inc. for further instructions or a refund.
The recalled product
- Product
- Item Number: 631215 Item Description: SUNFLOWER SEED KERNELS RAW Case Pack: 1 Package Size: 50# Brown Bag UPC Number: 079348999086
- Manufacturer
- Lipari Foods, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Raw Nuts and Seeds
- Hazard
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)
- 50# Lot Numbers: PRO-1346
- PRO-1349 Best By Date: April 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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