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Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-2776-2015·Announced 2015-07-01

Santa Barbara Smokehouse Recalls Smoked Salmon for Listeria Risk

The Santa Barbara Smokehouse is recalling fresh and frozen cold smoked salmon 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 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 agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a minimum severity score of 4, and the presence of Listeria Monocytogenes contamination in ready-to-eat food is a high-risk pathogen scenario typically associated with severe health consequences, warranting the highest severity rating in the absence of specific injury reports that would lower the classification.

Plain-English summary

The Santa Barbara Smokehouse, Inc. is recalling fresh and frozen cold smoked salmon due to potential Listeria Monocytogenes contamination. The affected products include Cambridge House Mild Smoked Salmon Sliced Side and Grade A Smoked Salmon Trimmings 1lb, which are packaged in Reduced Oxygen Packages (ROP) and priced per pound.

The recall covers approximately 250,000 lbs. of product across batches 1144-3949. The use-by dates for these items range from April 29th to May 6th, 2015. The products were distributed within the United States to California, Hawaii, Illinois, Florida, Georgia, Colorado, Nevada, Texas, New York, Ohio, Michigan, Louisiana, Arizona, Connecticut, Nebraska, New Jersey, Missouri, Minnesota, North Carolina, Maryland, and Kentucky. There was no foreign distribution.

Consumers who have purchased these products should check their use-by dates and batch numbers against the recall information. If the product matches the recalled description, consumers should stop using it and follow the instructions provided by the recalling firm or the FDA regarding disposal or return.

The recalled product

Product
- Cambridge House Mild Smoked Salmon Sliced Side - Grade A Smoked Salmon Trimmings 1lb Products are packaged in Reduced Oxygen Package (ROP). Product is priced per pound.
Manufacturer
The Santa Barbara Smokehouse, Inc.
Category
Food — Smoked Fish
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 (2)

  • Batches 1144-3949 Use By Dates: April 29th to May 6th
  • 2015 SKU: 8 30859 01079 6 SKU: 8 30859 02484 7

Distribution

Distributed in 21 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 9 recalled by The Santa Barbara Smokehouse, Inc. 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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