Food recall

St Clair Foods, Inc. recall: 4/5 SYS SLICED YELLOW ONIONS

St Clair Foods, Inc., of Memphis, TN, recalled 4/5 SYS SLICED YELLOW ONIONS and 1 other product. The FDA's reason: “Onions that firm further processed may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on July 30, 2012, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of August 22, 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

Listeria

Status

Terminated

Closed October 12, 2012

The recall

Company
St Clair Foods, Inc. (Memphis, TN)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Onions that firm further processed may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.”
Where it was sold
TN
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
62690

The 2 products recalled

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

  • F-1941-2012 Class I

    4/5 SYS SLICED YELLOW ONIONS, 720621 SUPC 1232222, Distributed by: SYSCO

    Codes: Codes: 3164, 3174, 3184, 3194

    Quantity: 56 cases

  • F-1942-2012 Class I

    4/5 SYS DICED YELLOW ONIONS, 720611 SUPC 7750243, Distributed by: SYSCO

    Codes: Codes: 3164, 3174, 3184, 3194

    Quantity: 90 cases

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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 August 22, 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.