Lipari Foods Recalls Ready-to-Eat Sandwiches Due to Listeria Risk
Lipari Foods is recalling specific lots of Asiago Italian sandwiches because a supplier recalled cheese contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
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 identifies the agency classification as Class I and cites Listeria monocytogenes, a high-risk pathogen, which meets the criteria for a Critical severity score.
Plain-English summary
Lipari Foods, Inc. is recalling 8,695 ready-to-eat Asiago Italian sandwiches. The recall was initiated on February 21, 2017, because a supplier recalled cheese used in these products due to the presence of Listeria monocytogenes.
The affected products include Premo Asiago Italian (Item # 207919), Fresh Grab Asiago Italian (Item # 251847), and Core-Mark Asiago Italian (Item # 568377). All items are 6 oz net weight. Specific lot numbers and best-by dates are listed in the structured product information. The products were distributed domestically in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin, and West Virginia.
Consumers should check their pantries for these specific items and lot numbers. If they possess the recalled products, they should discard them or return them to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Premo Asiago Italian Item # 207919, Net Wt 6 oz; Fresh Grab Asiago Italian Item # 251847, Net Wt 6 oz; Core-Mark Asiago Italian Item # 568377, Net Wt 6 oz;
- Manufacturer
- Lipari Foods, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 8,695
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 (17)
- Item #: 207919
- Lot #s: 05201701
- 06201701
- 09201701
- 10201701
- 11201701
- 13201701
- 16201701
- 18201701
- Best By 1/26/17 to 2/8/17
- Item # 251847
- Lot #s: 025201701
- 17201701
- Best By: 1/26/17 to 2/7/17
- Item # 568377
- Lot #s: 06201701 and 13201701
- Best By: 1/26/17 and 1/27/17
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 8 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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