Food recall

Tanimura & Antle recall: Tanimura & Antle Romaine Lettuce (Laitue Romaine) in plastic bag Wrapped Single Head Romaine marked Field Packed for...

Tanimura & Antle, of Salinas, CA, recalled Tanimura & Antle Romaine Lettuce (Laitue Romaine) in plastic bag Wrapped Single Head Romaine marked Field Packed for.... The FDA's reason: “FDA was notified by CFIA of a positive result for E-cole O157:H7 in Romaine Lettuce with the brand name of Tanimura & Antle, Salinas, CA.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on August 18, 2012, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of September 5, 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

E. coli

Status

Terminated

Closed September 7, 2012

The recall

Company
Tanimura & Antle (Salinas, CA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“FDA was notified by CFIA of a positive result for E-cole O157:H7 in Romaine Lettuce with the brand name of Tanimura & Antle, Salinas, CA.”
Where it was sold
AL, AR, AZ, CA, GA, KS, KY, MD, NC, NM, NV, NJ, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA and WA and Canada.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
62910

The product recalled

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

  • F-2103-2012 Class I

    Tanimura & Antle Romaine Lettuce (Laitue Romaine) in plastic bag Wrapped Single Head Romaine marked Field Packed for Freshness.. Distributed by Tanimura & Antle, Salinas, CA.

    Codes: May have a best buy date of 8/19/12 and available at retail locations from August 2 to 19, 2012.

    Quantity: 2095 cases: 1969 cases in US, 126 cases in Canada - 12 to 18 heads per case.

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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 September 5, 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.