The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Food)·F-2393-2016·Announced 2016-09-28

Vegetable Soup Mix Recalled for Listeria Contamination

Cambridge Farms of Hanover LLC is recalling vegetable soup mixes after a related product tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes.

What this means for you

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a high-risk pathogen (Listeria monocytogenes) without reported illness, which corresponds to a severity score of 3 per the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Cambridge Farms of Hanover LLC is recalling specific lots of Key Foods Soup Mix Vegetables and Laura Lynn Vegetable Soup Mix. The recall was initiated after the North Carolina Department of Agriculture notified the firm that a sample of Better Valu Cut Corn tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes.

The affected products are 16-ounce packages of Key Foods Soup Mix Vegetables with a Best By date of 05/02/18 and 16-ounce packages of Laura Lynn Vegetable Soup Mix with a Best By date of 04/12/18. The recall covers 1,050 cases, with 12 units per case.

These products were distributed in Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. Consumers should check their pantries for these specific products and dates, and should not consume them if found.

The recalled product

Product
Key Foods Soup Mix Vegetables, Key Foods Stores/ Staten Island, NY 10314; 16 oz. pkgs; BB 05/02/18; Laura Lynn Vegetable Soup Mix, Ingle's Markets Inc./Asheville, NC 28816; 16 oz. pkgs.; BB 04/12/18
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 (1)

  • Key Foods: Best By: 05/02/18 Laura Lynn: Best By: 4/12/18

Distribution

Distributed in 6 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 6 recalled by CAMBRIDGE FARMS OF HANOVER LLC D 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.

See all 6 products in this recall →