Food recall

Taylor Farms Retail, Inc. recall: Private Selections Organic Baby Spinach

Taylor Farms Retail, Inc., of Salinas, CA, recalled Private Selections Organic Baby Spinach. The FDA's reason: “USDA collected a sample and performed random sample on Marketside Organic Baby Spinach lot code TFRS 130B16 Best of Used By 5-25-12. This product tested positive for Salmonella.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on May 22, 2012, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of June 20, 2012. The FDA has closed the recall: it found the company did all it reasonably could to remove or correct the product.

How serious

Class I

It could cause serious harm or death

Why

Salmonella

Status

Terminated

Closed July 23, 2012

The recall

Company
Taylor Farms Retail, Inc. (Salinas, CA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“USDA collected a sample and performed random sample on Marketside Organic Baby Spinach lot code TFRS 130B16 Best of Used By 5-25-12. This product tested positive for Salmonella.”
Where it was sold
AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, ID, KS, LA, MO, MT, NM, NV, OK, OR, TX, UT, WA, WY.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
61911

The product recalled

As the FDA describes them, with the codes that tell whether a package is part of the recall.

  • F-1398-2012 Class I

    Private Selections Organic Baby Spinach, 5 oz plastic clamshell, UPC 0-11110-91128-5; Marketside Baby Spinach Organic, 10 oz plastic clamshell, UPC: 6-8113132900-2

    Codes: Private Selections: Lot TFRS 130B 1503 KT34, Best By 5-25-2012; Lot TFRS 130B 1803 KT34, Best By 5-25-2012. Marketside: Lot TFRS130B16, Best by 5-25-2012.

    Quantity: 5841 lbs.

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Source and notes

U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data) (Public domain (U.S. government work); source U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA), data as of June 20, 2012.

Each week the FDA lists the recalls it has classified in its Enforcement Report, often weeks after the company announced the recall, so a month with five weekly reports tends to count more. Each recall counts once, however many products it covers, in the month FDA first listed it. Class I means the food could cause serious harm or death, Class II temporary or minor harm, and Class III is unlikely to harm anyone. Meat, poultry and most egg products are recalled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, not the FDA, and aren't included. For what to do with a recalled product, see the FDA's recalls page.