Agency classClass IIOur severity:High FDA (Food)·F-1750-2022·Announced 2022-09-28

Strawberries Recalled Due to Inadequate Sanitization in Wash Water

Russ Davis Wholesale LLC is recalling 87,915 units of 5-pound strawberries because wash water may have had inadequate sanitizer, potentially allowing contamination.

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 3/5 (High).

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: The FDA classified this as a Class II recall. While no illnesses or hospitalizations have been reported, inadequate sanitization of fresh produce presents a real risk of contamination with foodborne pathogens, qualifying this as a risk-of-harm product where injury has not yet been reported.

Plain-English summary

Russ Davis Wholesale LLC is recalling 87,915 units of strawberries (5-pound packages, item #80309) due to inadequate sanitizer in the wash water used during processing. The affected products were distributed in Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

The product may have been contaminated due to insufficient sanitizer in the wash water. No illnesses have been reported to date.

Consumers who have purchased these strawberries should check the product lot code and use-by date. The recalled lots are X5984225, X5986962, X5989173, X5992954, X5995744, X5998449, and X6001087, with use-by dates from July 26, 2022 through August 2, 2022. Consumers with matching lot codes should not consume the product and should return it to the place of purchase.

The recalled product

Product: Strawberries, Net Wt 5 lb., item # 80309, Keep Refrigerated
Manufacturer: Russ Davis Wholesale, LLC
Category: Food — Fresh Produce
Hazard: contamination
Affected units: 87,915

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 (7)

Lots: X5984225
X5986962
X5989173
X5992954
X5995744
X5998449
X6001087. Use by dates: 7/26/2022 thru 8/2/2022

Distribution

Distributed in 6 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 37 recalled by Russ Davis Wholesale, 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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