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SevereFDA (Food)·F-2158-2012·Announced 2012-09-19

Whole Foods Florida Recalls Prepared Foods 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.

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, Listeria monocytogenes is 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 items include Thousand Island Shrimp Salad, which was prepared at Whole Foods Market and distributed in retail chef's cases or on the self-service bar. These products were not sold labeled.

The recall was initiated 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 products were sold directly to consumers through Whole Foods Market retail stores in the state of Florida.

Consumers who purchased these items should stop using them. The source text does not specify specific lot numbers, dates, or quantities for the affected Whole Foods products, but identifies the risk as stemming from the supplier's onion contamination.

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. THOUSAND ISLAND SHRIMP SALAD
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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