Amrita Pineapple Chia Energy Bar Recalled for Listeria Contamination
Amrita Health Foods is recalling Pineapple Chia Energy Bars due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Consumers should check their pantry for affected products.
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 FDA has classified this recall as Class I, which meets the rubric criteria for a Critical severity score (5).
Plain-English summary
Amrita Health Foods is voluntarily recalling Amrita Pineapple Chia Energy Bars, 50gm, due to the potential for contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The recall involves 115,000 bars distributed nationwide. The affected products have a Best Buy date between 04/24/2018 and 05/31/2018 and can be identified by the UPC 853009004025.
Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium that can cause serious illness, particularly in pregnant women, newborns, the elderly, and individuals with weakened immune systems. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has classified this recall as Class I, indicating a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
Consumers who have purchased these energy bars should check their pantries for the specific UPC and Best Buy dates listed above. If found, consumers should discard the product or return it to the place of purchase for a refund. No specific instructions for disposal are provided in the source text, but standard food safety practices apply.
The recalled product
- Product
- Amrita Pineapple Chia Energy Bar, 50gm UPC: 853009004025
- Manufacturer
- Amrita Health Foods
- Category
- Food — Energy Bars
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 115,000
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 Buy date between 04/24/2018 to 05/31/2018
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 9 recalled by Amrita Health 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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