Parkers Farm Hot Salsa Recalled for Potential Listeria Contamination
Parkers Farm Inc is recalling Hot Salsa due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Consumers should check sell-by dates and discard affected products.
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 recall involves a high-risk pathogen (Listeria monocytogenes) without reported illness, which corresponds to a score of 3 (High) per the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Parkers Farm Inc is recalling specific varieties of Hot Salsa sold in 16-ounce containers with snap-on lids and 32-ounce jugs with screw-on lids. The recall involves 369,840 total cases for all varieties. The products were distributed nationwide within the United States.
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. This is a Class II recall, indicating a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences.
Consumers should check their pantries for Parkers Farm or Parkers label Hot Salsa with a sell-by date before July 20, 2014. If found, these products should be discarded or returned to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Hot Salsa sold under the following sizes and brands: 1. Parkers Farm or Parkers label in 16 ounce (51205) container with snap on lid, 32 ounce (10894) jug with screw on lid;
- Manufacturer
- Parkers Farm Inc
- Category
- Food — Salsa
- 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 7/20/2014
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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