Tarrier Foods Recalls Roasted Sunflower Seeds for Listeria Risk
Tarrier Foods Corp is recalling specific lots of roasted and salted sunflower seeds due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
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 4/5 (Severe).
The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: The recall is classified as FDA Class I, which indicates a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death. Per the rubric, FDA Class I recalls are assigned a score of 4 or higher.
Plain-English summary
Tarrier Foods Corp is voluntarily recalling specific lots of roasted and salted sunflower seeds. The recall was initiated after the firm was notified by its supplier that the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The affected products are packed in corrugated boxes with poly line blue bags. The recall includes 10-pound bags labeled with Item 0540 and 25-pound bags labeled with Item 0545. Specific lot numbers and use-by dates are listed in the official recall notice. The products were distributed to Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Virginia.
Consumers who have purchased these specific lots should stop using the product and contact Tarrier Foods Corp for further instructions. The source text does not report any illnesses or injuries associated with this recall.
The recalled product
- Product
- Product is packed in a corrugated box with poly line blue bag. For 25lbs bag labeled as "LOT NO 0545*****" "SUNFLOWER ROASTED & SALTED" " NET WT 25 LBS (11.33 KG)" "Ingredients: Sunflower Seeds, Soybean Oil, Salt." "Tarrier Foods Corp. Columbus, Ohio, 43228 USA" and for…
- Manufacturer
- Tarrier Foods Corp
- Category
- Food — Nuts and Seeds
- Hazard
Is your product affected?
Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.
Lot numbers (6)
- Item 0540/ 10lbs: LOT NO 054008816 use by 7/26/2016
- LOT NO 054009816 use by 8/5/2016
- LOT NO 054509816 use by 8/5/2016
- LOT NO 054511916 use by 8/26/2016
- LOT NO 054512616 use by 9/2/2016
- and LOT NO 054513216 use by 9/8/2016.
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