Agency classClass IOur severity:Critical FDA (Food)·F-1795-2016·Announced 2016-08-03

CRF Frozen Foods Recalls Supreme Healthy Garden Blend for Listeria Risk

CRF Frozen Foods is recalling Supreme Healthy Garden Blend frozen vegetables due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The product was distributed in the US, Canada, and Japan.

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 FDA has classified this recall as Class I, which is the most serious classification indicating a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to the violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

Plain-English summary

CRF Frozen Foods, LLC is recalling Supreme Healthy Garden Blend, a frozen vegetable product sold under the VIP brand. The recall is issued because the product has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The affected product is a 14-ounce frozen blend with UPC 7007705011, and the ingredients statement declares broccoli, carrots, soybeans, squash, and zucchini.

The recall covers 216,699 lbs. of the product. Distribution was nationwide in the United States, as well as in Canada and Japan. Affected products have best by or sell by dates between April 26, 2016, and April 26, 2018. The code format for affected items is 3756 107 16 08:27 A USA/CANADA.

Consumers should check their pantries for this specific product and stop consuming it if it matches the description and dates provided. The FDA classifies this as a Class I recall, which is the most serious type of recall.

The recalled product

Product: Supreme Healthy Garden Blend, brand VIP, frozen, net wt. 14oz. UPC 7007705011 The ingredients statement declares: Broccoli, Carrots, Soybeans, Squash, and Zucchini.
Manufacturer: CRF Frozen Foods, LLC
Category: Food — Frozen Vegetables
Hazard: listeria

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)

All affected products have the best by dates or sell by dates between April 26
2016 and April 26
2018. This product has the code format: 3756 107 16 08:27 A USA/CANADA

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.

See all 27 products in this recall →

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