Cool Creations Recalls Yellow Onions Due to Listeria Contamination
Cool Creations, LLC is recalling specific lots of packaged yellow onions due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
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
Cool Creations, LLC is voluntarily recalling certain lots of yellow onions, julienne 1/4", packaged in 5-lb. plastic bags. The recall is being conducted because the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The affected product is identified by lot numbers 12201 through 12207, with a last use-by date of August 30, 2012. The firm name on the label is Cool Creations, LLC, located in North Kansas City, MO.
Direct distribution of the recalled product was made to Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Consumers who have purchased these specific lots should discard the product or return it to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Yellow onions: Julienne 1/4", packaged in 5-lb. plastic bags, 4 per case (item 19540) The firm name on the label is Cool Creations, LLC, North Kansas City, MO.
- Manufacturer
- Cool Creations, LLC
- Category
- Food — Vegetables
- 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 (1)
- Lot numbers 12201 thru 12207 (last use by date affected is 8/30/2012)
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 19 recalled by Cool Creations, 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.
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