The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Food)·F-2039-2015·Announced 2015-05-06

Twin City Foods Recalls Wild Harvest Organic Cut Leaf Spinach

Twin City Foods Inc is recalling Wild Harvest Organic Cut Leaf Spinach due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

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 High severity score per the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Twin City Foods Inc is voluntarily recalling Wild Harvest Organic Cut Leaf Spinach, 16 oz. (454 g) frozen packages, UPC 11535 50170. The recall involves 1,979 cases, with 12 packages per case. The product was distributed in Arizona, California, Delaware, Maine, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.

The recall is being issued because the product has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Affected packages bear the following sell-by dates and lot codes: SELL BY 08.DEC.2016 L084WE, SELL BY 22.JAN.2017 A225WE, SELL BY 30.JAN.2017 A305WE, and SELL BY 04.MAR.2017 C045WE.

Consumers who have purchased this product should check their pantries for the specific UPC and sell-by dates listed above. If the product is found, consumers should discard it or return it to the place of purchase.

The recalled product

Product
Wild Harvest Organic Cut Leaf Spinach, 16 oz. (454 g) frozen packages, UPC 11535 50170
Hazard

Distribution

Distributed in 11 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 4 recalled by Twin City 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.

See all 4 products in this recall →

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