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CriticalFDA (Food)·F-2164-2012·Announced 2012-09-19

Whole Foods Florida Recalls Tuna Salad Due to Listeria Risk

Whole Foods Market in Florida is recalling fresh 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

Highest-severity recall. Risk of serious injury or death is documented or strongly suspected. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.

Our severity reasoning: The source text explicitly states the agency classification is Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 per the rubric.

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 the Tuna With Cranberries Salad Sandwich, which is sold at the chef's case, self-serve counter, or packaged. These products were 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 FDA has classified this recall as Class I, indicating a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

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

The recalled product

Product
Gills Onions were used in this product. The Tuna With Cranberries Salad Sandwich is sold at the chef's case, self serve counter, or packaged. Packaged product is labeled as listed below: "***WHOLE FOODS MARKET***TUNA SALAD WITH CRANBERRIES (TUNA ( TUNA, WATER, VEGETABLE
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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