Santa Barbara Smokehouse Recalls Smoked Salmon for Listeria Risk
The Santa Barbara Smokehouse is recalling specific batches of smoked salmon after testing positive for Listeria monocytogenes, an organism that can cause serious infections.
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 states that Listeria monocytogenes can cause 'serious and sometimes fatal infections,' and the agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a score of 5 per the rubric.
Plain-English summary
The Santa Barbara Smokehouse, Inc. is recalling two batches of smoked salmon products, including Cambridge House Balmoral and Coastal Harbor brands. The recall involves Batch 6549 (2,224 lbs) and Batch 8589 (1,188.44 lbs). The firm was notified by two customers that these specific lot numbers tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes.
Listeria monocytogenes is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, and abdominal pain, the risk is significant for vulnerable populations.
The affected products were distributed to food service facilities in California, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, New York, and Illinois. Some of these facilities provide food for airlines. The firm confirmed that none of the products were sold as retail packs directly to consumers. Consumers who may have purchased these products through food service establishments should check with the facility or discard the product if it matches the recalled batch numbers.
The recalled product
- Product
- Cambridge House Balmoral Thinly Sliced Exceptional Ready to Enjoy Smoked Salmon Keep Refrigerated at 38 or below Ingredients Atlantic Salmon, Salt, Sugar, and Oakwood Smoke Produced By: The Santa Barbara Smokehouse 312 N. Nopal Santa Barbara, CA 93103…
- Manufacturer
- The Santa Barbara Smokehouse, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Smoked Seafood
Distribution
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