{"chart":{"slug":"listeria-food-recalls-per-year","title":"How many food recalls are for listeria each year?","takeaway":"The FDA classified 63 food recalls for listeria in 2025; the most since 2013 was 139 in 2016. Listeria is a germ that can grow in the refrigerator and is most dangerous for pregnant women, newborns, older adults and people with weak immune systems. A recall counts once however many products it covers, in the year FDA first listed it in its weekly Enforcement Report. Chartly sorted FDA's written reasons by their key words, so a recall naming listeria and another germ counts here. Meat, poultry and most egg products are USDA's to recall and aren't included. 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(New York, NY): Lemon Alfredo Fettuccine packed in a yellow plastic sealed bag with pink and black lettering","details":"Contamination with Listeria monocytogenes"},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-09-30","title":"Elegant Foods, LLC (Madison, WI): Pecorino Toscano D.O.P","details":"Potential Listeria contamination from dripping condensation in cooler."},{"tag":"Class I (most serious)","date":"2026-09-23","title":"Optimus Inc. d/b/a/ Markys Caviar (Miami Gardens, FL): Mon Sire Brie, soft-ripened French cheese","details":"The firm was notified by their Brie Cheese supplier that sample results revealed the presence of Listeria monocytogenes."},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-09-02","title":"CUISINE, KETTLE (Savage, MD): Marketside Tomato Bisque Soup Kit, Tomato Bisque with Cheese Croutons \u0026 White Cheddar Cheese, Ready to Heat","details":"Product had a presumptive positive test result for Listeria monocytogenes"},{"tag":"Class I (most serious)","date":"2026-08-12","title":"Clover Hill Dairy, LLC (Mechanicsville, MD): Clover Hill Dairy LLP, Pepper Jack Cheese Varieties (Jalapeno Cheddar, Pepper Jack, Sizzlin Colby with Habanero Peppers) (18 products)","details":"Product contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes."},{"tag":"Class I (most serious)","date":"2026-08-12","title":"La Colonia Foods Llc (Rockville, MD): Selectos Latinos Requeson Salvadoreno Ricotta Style Salvadorean Cheese (4 products)","details":"Products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes."},{"tag":"Class I (most serious)","date":"2026-08-05","title":"Nelson \u0026 Isa Lacteos LLC (Bay Shore, NY): Requeson (soft ricotta) 1 lb","details":"Products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes."},{"tag":"Class I (most serious)","date":"2026-06-17","title":"HH FRESH TRADING CORP (Los Angeles, CA): HH Fresh Trading Corp","details":"Imported Enoki Mushrooms tested positive for Listeria Monocytogenes."},{"tag":"Class I (most serious)","date":"2026-06-10","title":"IQ PRODUCE, LLC (Vernon, CA): Enoki Mushroom","details":"Imported Enoki Mushrooms samples collected by Florida Department of Health tested positive for Listeria Monocytogenes."},{"tag":"Class I (most serious)","date":"2026-05-06","title":"HEMU TRADING INC (Los Angeles, CA): Black label with blue lettering","details":"product tested positive for Listeria Monocytogenes."},{"tag":"Class I (most serious)","date":"2026-03-18","title":"Made Fresh Salads Inc (Bay Shore, NY): Made Fresh Salads brand Apple Cinnamon Cream Cheese (14 products)","details":"Products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes."},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-03-18","title":"Willamette Valley Pie Company, LLC (Silverton, OR): Frozen Raw Bulk 9 inch Blueberry Crumble Pie ES (4 pies/case) (2 products)","details":"Potential contamination with listeria monocytogenes."},{"tag":"Class I (most serious)","date":"2026-03-04","title":"Oregon Potato Company LLC (Salem, OR): IQF frozen Blueberry (30lbs","details":"Listeria monocytogenes"},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-03-04","title":"SLADE GORTON \u0026 CO., INC. (Waltham, MA): Wellsley Farms Farm- Raised Atlantic Salmon Net WT","details":"Contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes"},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-02-04","title":"Prima Vera Nueva, Inc. (Sonoma, CA): Black Bean Bonanza Tamales with Black Beans NO DAIRY Ingredients (10 products)","details":"Potential contamination with biological hazards (Listeria monocytogenes)."},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-01-28","title":"Southern Rocklobster LTD USA (Vernon, CA): Australian Greenlip Abalone, Frozen","details":"Potential Listeria Monocytogenes contamination"},{"tag":"Class I (most serious)","date":"2026-01-14","title":"Ambriola Co., Inc., The (West Caldwell, NJ): Locatelli Grated Pecorino Romano (8 products)","details":"Product tested positive for Listeria Monocytogenes."},{"tag":"Class I (most serious)","date":"2026-01-14","title":"GBC Food Services, LLC (Farmers Branch, TX): EverRoast Chicken Caesar Salad 850042244142 Net Wt (2 products)","details":"Potential presence of Listeria monocytogenes."},{"tag":"Class I (most serious)","date":"2025-12-31","title":"Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. (Rochester, NY): Locatelli Pecorino Romano Cheese Grated (Wegmans #270010) Packaged and sold by the pound Packaged in cylindrical...","details":"Product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes."},{"tag":"Class I (most serious)","date":"2025-12-17","title":"Boss Dairy Farms (Charlevoix, MI): Charlevoix Cheese Company Mild Cheddar Cheese","details":"Possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination."}]},"docs":"https://chart.ly/developers","terms":"Free to use with credit: wherever you show or quote a chart's data, name Chartly with a link to that chart's url (each chart's credit line does both) and credit its source as its license asks.","credit":"U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data), via Chartly (https://chart.ly/charts/listeria-food-recalls-per-year)"}