Agency classClass IOur severity:Critical FDA (Food)·F-2263-2017·Announced 2017-06-07

FDA Recalls Sliced Hot Smoked Sable and Black Cod for Listeria Risk

The Smokehouse of New York is recalling refrigerated, ready-to-eat sliced hot smoked sable and black cod due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination found during FDA sampling.

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 source text explicitly identifies the agency classification as Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.

Plain-English summary

The Smokehouse of New York, LLC. is recalling refrigerated, ready-to-eat, sliced, hot smoked sable and black cod in 8 oz. vacuum packages. The affected products are identified by UPC 0200000810801 and Lots 82 through 96, with Sell By Dates ranging from 04/5/17 to 04/19/17. The products were distributed in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois, Alabama, Minnesota, and Montana.

The recall was initiated because FDA sampling and analysis revealed the potential for contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. During an FDA inspection, an environmental sample was collected and analyzed by the National Reference Laboratory (NRL). The analysis showed that 37 out of 99 subsamples were positive for L. monocytogenes, including samples from both Zone 1 and Zone 2 locations.

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 FDA classifies this as a Class I recall, indicating a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product may cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

The recalled product

Product: Refrigerated, ready-to-eat, sliced, hot SMOKED SABLE, BLACK COD, in 8 oz. vacuum packages, UPC 0200000810801 -- KEEP REFRIGERATED - 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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Same manufacturer · The Smokehouse of New York, LLC.

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