The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Food)·F-2146-2012·Announced 2012-09-19

Whole Foods Florida Recalls Fresh Foods Due to Listeria Risk

Whole Foods Market in Florida is recalling fresh prepared and seafood items that may contain raw yellow onions from a supplier with a Listeria contamination issue.

What this means for you

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 meets the criteria for a High severity score (3) per the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Whole Foods Market in Florida has initiated a recall of certain fresh food items sold in the prepared foods department and one item in the seafood department. The recall is precautionary because these items 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 affected products were sold directly to consumers through Whole Foods Market retail stores in the state of Florida. The source text does not specify the exact number of units recalled or specific lot numbers.

Consumers who have purchased these items should check their refrigerators and discard any affected products or return them to the store of purchase. The recall is driven by the potential for Listeria monocytogenes contamination from the onion supplier.

The recalled product

Product
Russian Coleslaw is sold at the chef's case, self serve counter, or packaged. Packaged product is labeled as listed below: "***WHOLE FOODS MARKET***RUSSIAN COLESLAW***CABBAGE, CARROTS, THOUSAND DRESSING ( CANOLA MAYONNAISE ( CANOLA OIL, EGGS, FILTERED WATER, HONEY, VINEGAR,
Hazard

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Lot numbers (1)

  • None

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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