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Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-2135-2012·Announced 2012-09-19

Whole Foods Florida Recalls Fresh Items for Listeria Risk

Whole Foods Market in Florida is recalling prepared foods and seafood items that may contain raw yellow onions from Gill Onions, LLC due to possible 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 agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric. Additionally, the hazard involves Listeria monocytogenes, a high-risk pathogen.

Plain-English summary

Whole Foods Market in Florida is recalling certain fresh food items sold in the prepared foods department and one item in the seafood department. The recalled products were prepared at Whole Foods Market and distributed in retail chef's cases or on the self-service bar. The specific product identified is Beet & Goat Cheese Salad with Raspberry Vinaigrette, which was not sold labeled. These items were sold directly to consumers through Whole Foods Market retail stores in the state of Florida.

The recall was initiated because the products may have been made using raw yellow onions processed by Gill Onions, LLC. Gill Onions, LLC initiated a recall of their product due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The source text does not specify the exact number of units recalled or the specific dates of sale.

Consumers who purchased these items from Whole Foods Market in Florida should check their refrigerators for the described products. If you have the recalled items, you should discard them or return them to the store of purchase. The source text does not provide specific instructions for disposal or refund procedures beyond the standard recall context.

The recalled product

Product
Gills Onions were used in this product. The product listed below is prepared at Whole Foods Market and distributed in their retail chef's case or on the self-service bar. It was not sold labeled. BEET & GOAT CHEESE SALAD WITH RASPBERRY VINAIGRETTE
Hazard

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Lot numbers (1)

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Distribution

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Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 31 recalled by Ron Stockman Whole Foods 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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