Parkers Farm Recalls Pimento Cheese Balls for Listeria Risk
Parkers Farm Inc is recalling Pimento Cheese Balls due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Consumers should not eat the product.
What this means for you
Highest-severity recall. Risk of serious injury or death is documented or strongly suspected. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: The agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Parkers Farm Inc is recalling Pimento Cheese Balls sold in 10-ounce balls with Parkers Farm and Parkers labels. The product is identified by the code 80208 and is packaged in film overwrap. The recall covers 369,840 total cases for all varieties.
The recall is being issued because various peanut butters, cheese spreads, cold pack cheese, salsa, and cheese balls/logs have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The agency has classified this as a Class I recall. The affected products have a sell-by date before 3/20/2015.
The product was distributed nationwide, with no distribution outside the US. Consumers should not eat the recalled product and should check their pantries for the specific items described.
The recalled product
- Product
- Pimento Cheese Ball sold under the following sizes and brands: 1. Parkers Farm and Parkers label in 10 ounce ball (80208) in film overwrap.
- Manufacturer
- Parkers Farm Inc
- Category
- Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 369,840
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 (1)
- Sell by Date before 3/20/2015
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 40 recalled by Parkers Farm 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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