Santa Barbara Smokehouse Recalls Smoked Salmon Pastrami Due to Listeria
The Santa Barbara Smokehouse is recalling smoked salmon pastrami because environmental and finished product samples tested positive for 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 metadata explicitly identifies the agency classification as Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
The Santa Barbara Smokehouse, Inc. is recalling 1,013 lbs. of smoked salmon pastrami sliced side under the Cambridge House Royal brand. The recall is being conducted because environmental and finished product samples were found positive for Listeria monocytogenes.
The affected products are vacuum-packed, cold-smoked, and available in fresh or frozen forms. A gold sticker on the vacuum package identifies the flavor. The specific SKU is 8 30859 01013 0.
Products were distributed to customers in California, New York, Texas, Hawaii, Colorado, Massachusetts, Arizona, Connecticut, Kentucky, Illinois, Nevada, Utah, Maryland, Florida, Michigan, Missouri, and New Jersey. Consumers should check their refrigerators and freezers for these specific batches and dispose of them or return them to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Smoked salmon pastrami sliced side under the following brand; Cambridge House Royal SKU: 8 30859 01013 0 All products are vacuum packed and are either fresh or frozen. Products are cold smoked. A gold sticker is placed directly on the vacuum package of flavored smoked…
- Manufacturer
- The Santa Barbara Smokehouse, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
- 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 (20)
- Batches: 4261
- 5264
- 5609
- 5699
- 5731
- 5761
- 5792
- 5924
- 5934
- 5969
- 5979
- 6012
- 6029
- 6042
- 6054
- 6061
- 6072
- 6082
- 6194
- 6204
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 12 recalled by The Santa Barbara Smokehouse, 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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