Hale and Hearty Recalls Chicken Chili Soup Due to Listeria
Hale and Hearty Soups is recalling ready-to-eat chicken chili soup due to possible Listeria contamination. No illnesses have been reported.
The agency’s classification
USDA FSIS: 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 classifies the recall as 'High - Class I' and 'Class I'. According to the rubric, an agency classification of FDA Class I or USDA Class I mandates a severity score of 5 (Critical), regardless of the absence of reported illnesses.
Plain-English summary
Hale and Hearty Soups, LLC, a Brooklyn, N.Y. establishment, is recalling approximately 455 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken chili soup that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The product was produced and packaged on November 9, 2016, and is sold in 6.9-lb. bags with an expiration date of 12/09. The items bear establishment number P-34800 inside the USDA mark of inspection.
The recall was initiated after routine verification testing by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) detected the potential for contamination. The affected products were shipped to food service distributors in Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Vermont. There have been no confirmed reports of illness or adverse health effects associated with the consumption of these products.
Consumers who have purchased the recalled soup are urged not to consume it. The product should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase. FSIS and the company are concerned that some of the recalled product may still be in food service distribution refrigerators.
The recalled product
- Product
- Hale and Hearty Soups, LLC Recalls Ready-To-Eat Chicken Chili Soup Due To Possible Listeria Contamination
- Brand
- Hearty Acquisitions, LLC
- Manufacturer
- Hearty Acquisitions, LLC
- Category
- Food — Ready-to-Eat Soup
- Hazard
Distribution
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