The Recall Desk
SevereFDA (Food)·F-2150-2012·Announced 2012-09-19

Whole Foods Florida Recalls Fresh Foods for Listeria Risk

Whole Foods Market in Florida is recalling fresh prepared and seafood items that may contain raw yellow onions contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

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 agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a minimum score of 4 per 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 recall is due to the potential use of raw yellow onions processed by Gill Onions, LLC, which initiated a recall of their product due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

The affected products include the Shrimp Salad Sandwich, which is sold at the chef's case, self-serve counter, or packaged. The packaged product is labeled with ingredients including shrimp, canola mayonnaise, celery, onions, carrots, parsley, kosher salt, pepper, spinach wrap, greenleaf lettuce, and tomato. The product contains eggs, shellfish, and wheat.

Products were sold directly to consumers through Whole Foods Market retail stores in the state of Florida. Consumers should check their refrigerators for these items and discard them or return them to the store of purchase.

The recalled product

Product
The Shrimp Salad Sandwich is sold at the chef's case, self serve counter, or packaged. Packaged product is labeled as listed below: "***WHOLE FOODS MARKET***SHRIMP SALAD SANDWICH***SHRIMP, CANOLA MAYONNAISE ( CANOLA OIL, EGGS, FILTERED WATER, HONEY, VINEGAR, SEA SALT, DRY M
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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