Agency classClass IOur severity:Critical FDA (Food)·F-2258-2017·Announced 2017-06-07

FDA Recalls Cold Smoked Gravlax Salmon Due to Listeria Contamination Risk

The Smokehouse of New York is recalling refrigerated, ready-to-eat gravlax salmon because FDA testing found Listeria monocytogenes in the facility.

The agency’s classification

FDA (Food): Class I

Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work

What this means for you

Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 5/5 (Critical).

Highest-severity recall. The hazard can cause serious injury or death. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.

Our severity reasoning: The agency classification is FDA Class I, which corresponds to a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or the death.

Plain-English summary

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is recalling refrigerated, ready-to-eat, sliced, cold smoked gravlax salmon produced by The Smokehouse of New York, LLC. The affected products are hand-sliced packs in 4 oz., 8 oz., and whole sides in vacuum packages with UPC 0200000608415. The recall covers Lots 82 through 96, which are listed on the back of the packaging, and products with Sell By Dates ranging from 04/5/17 to 04/19/17.

The recall is being issued because the products have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. During an FDA inspection, an environmental sample was collected and submitted to the National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for analysis. The NRL analysis revealed that 37 out of 99 subsamples were positive for L. monocytogenes, including samples from both Zone 1 and Zone 2 locations within the facility.

The affected products were distributed in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois, Alabama, Minnesota, and Montana. Consumers who have purchased these products should check their refrigerators for the specific lot numbers and sell-by dates listed above. If the products are found, consumers should discard them or return them to the place of purchase.

The recalled product

Product: Refrigerated, ready-to-eat, sliced, cold smoked, GRAVLAX SALMON, HAND SLICED PACKS, in 4 oz., 8 oz., & whole sides in vacuum packages, UPC 0200000608415 -- KEEP REFRIGERATED, STORE AT 38 DEGREES F or Below --- THE SMOKEHOUSE OF NY, MAMARONECK, NY 10543
Manufacturer: The Smokehouse of New York, LLC.
Category: Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
Hazard: listeria

Distribution

Distributed in 7 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 12 recalled by The Smokehouse of New York, LLC. 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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