The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-2457-2016·Announced 2016-10-12

Treehouse Foods Recalls Nature's Harvest Trail Mix for Listeria Risk

Treehouse Foods is recalling Nature's Harvest Sweet Nut & Berry Munch Trail Mix because it may contain sunflower seeds contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

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

Treehouse Foods is voluntarily recalling Nature's Harvest Sweet Nut & Berry Munch Trail Mix (UPC 071725728203) with a Best By date of 12/27/2016. The recall is being conducted because the product may be impacted by sunflower seeds contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

The recall covers 92,865 cases of the product. Distribution included 38 U.S. states and three countries: Honduras, Nicaragua, and Chile.

Consumers who have purchased this product should stop using it and return it to the place of purchase for a refund or dispose of it. The FDA classifies this as a Class I recall, which is the most serious type of recall.

The recalled product

Product
UPC 071725728203 Nature's Harvest Sweet Nut & Berry Munch Trail Mix, Best By/Date Code: 12/27/2016.
Manufacturer
Treehouse Foods
Hazard
Affected units
92,865

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)

  • Best By/Date Code: 12/27/2016

Distribution

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 55 recalled by Treehouse Foods 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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