Publix Deli BBQ Sauce Recalled for Black Plastic Contamination in Granulated Onion
Ventura Foods is recalling Publix Deli Carolina-Style Mustard BBQ Sauce due to black plastic from planting material found in the granulated onion ingredient. Affected product was distributed across multiple US states and Costa Rica.
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: This recall involves physical foreign-object contamination (black plastic) posing a potential choking or ingestion hazard. The source reports no illnesses or injuries, and the hazard is theoretical. Per the rubric, risk-of-harm products where injury has not been reported receive a High (3) severity rating.
Plain-English summary
Ventura Foods LLC is recalling Publix Deli Carolina-Style Mustard BBQ Sauce (96-count, 2 oz containers, 12 lb total weight, SKU: 10 026700 16964 6) due to the presence of black plastic planting material found in the granulated onion ingredient.
The recalled product was distributed to 7 retail customers across 42 locations in the following states: Kentucky, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Virginia, Missouri, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Washington, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, Texas, Ohio, North Dakota, and Oregon. One customer in Costa Rica also received product. The affected lot is Code B28725.
Consumers who have purchased this product should not consume it. Return the product to the place of purchase or discard it. No illnesses or injuries have been reported to date.
The recalled product
- Product
- Publix Deli Carolina-Style Mustard BBQ Sauce; 96- 2OZ NET WT: 12 LB SKU: 10 026700 16964 6
- Manufacturer
- VENTURA FOODS LLC
- Category
- Food — Deli Condiment
- Hazard
- foreign-object
- choking-risk
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)
- Lot Code: B28725
Distribution
Distributed in 27 states:
- AR
- CO
- FL
- GA
- IL
- IN
- KS
- KY
- LA
- MD
- MI
- MN
- MO
- NC
- ND
- NE
- NH
- NJ
- OH
- OK
- OR
- PA
- SC
- TX
- VA
- WA
- WI
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