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SevereFDA (Food)·F-2140-2012·Announced 2012-09-19

Whole Foods Florida Recalls Miso Dressing and Fresh Foods for Listeria Risk

Whole Foods Market in Florida is recalling Miso Dressing and other fresh items that may contain raw yellow onions processed by Gill Onions, LLC due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

What this means for you

Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.

Our severity reasoning: The source text explicitly identifies the agency classification as Class I. According to the severity rubric, an FDA Class I recall must be scored as at least 4 (Severe), regardless of whether illnesses have been reported.

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 items include Miso Dressing, which was sold at the chef's case, self-service bar, or in packaged form. These products were sold directly to consumers through Whole Foods Market retail stores in the state of Florida.

The recall was initiated because these items could 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. Listeria monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen that can cause serious illness.

Consumers who purchased these items should check their refrigerators and discard any affected products. The source text does not specify specific lot numbers, expiration dates, or the total quantity of units affected.

The recalled product

Product
Miso Dressing sold at the chef's case, self service bar, or sold packaged. Packaged product is labeled as listed below: "WHOLE FOODS MARKET***MISODRESSING***WHITE MISO (WATER, RICE, WHOLE SOYBEAN, SEA SALT, KOJI STARTER), TOFU (FILTERED WATER, (NON-GMO) SOYBEANS, NATURAL COAG
Hazard

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Lot numbers (1)

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Distribution

Distributed in 1 state:

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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