CRF Frozen Foods Recalls Organic Vegetable Medleys for Listeria Risk
CRF Frozen Foods is recalling organic vegetable medleys with shelled edamame due to potential Listeria monocytogenes 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 explicitly identifies the agency classification as Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
CRF Frozen Foods, LLC is recalling specific lots of organic vegetable medleys containing shelled edamame. The affected products include Bybee Foods Organic Mixed Vegetables with Shelled Edamame (5 lb), Live Smart Organic Vegetable Medley (16 oz), and Organic by Nature Organic Vegetable Medley With Shelled Edamame (5 lb). The ingredients for these products are declared as beans, carrots, corn, peas, and edamame.
The recall is being conducted because the products have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The agency has classified this recall as Class I, indicating a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to the violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
Consumers should check their freezers for these specific products. Affected items have best by or sell by dates between April 26, 2016, and April 26, 2018. The Live Smart Organic Vegetable Medley specifically carries the code format "Product of USA 2B6101 02:11 B". The recall covers approximately 11,051,858 lbs. of product distributed in the United States, Canada, and Japan.
The recalled product
- Product
- Organic Mixed Vegetables with Shelled Edamame, brand Bybee Foods, frozen, net wt. 5lb. UPC 4635800001 Organic Vegetable Medley, brand Live Smart, frozen, net wt. 16oz. UPC 604345 Organic Vegetable medley With Shelled Edamame, brand Organic by Nature, frozen, net wt. 5lb.…
- Manufacturer
- CRF Frozen Foods, LLC
- Category
- Food — Frozen Vegetables
- 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)
- All affected products have the best by dates or sell by dates between April 26
- 2016 and April 26
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 27 recalled by CRF Frozen Foods, 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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