Food recall

Costco Wholesale recall: Cold-Smoked Atlantic Salmon in vacuum packed plastic, labeled in part

Costco Wholesale, of Issaquah, WA, recalled Cold-Smoked Atlantic Salmon in vacuum packed plastic, labeled in part. The FDA's reason: “Salmon was produced in a plant in Greece, owned by Foppen of the Netherlands, where Salmonella was found on one of the lines.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on October 1, 2012, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of December 19, 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 II

It could cause temporary or minor harm

Why

Salmonella

Status

Terminated

Closed January 18, 2013

The recall

Company
Costco Wholesale (Issaquah, WA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Salmon was produced in a plant in Greece, owned by Foppen of the Netherlands, where Salmonella was found on one of the lines.”
Where it was sold
Product was distributed in Costco Warehouse stores throughout the United States
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
63546

The product recalled

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

  • F-0823-2013 Class II

    Cold-Smoked Atlantic Salmon in vacuum packed plastic, labeled in part: "FOPPEN NORWEGIAN SMOKED SALMON SLICES INCLUDES PACKET OF HONEY MUSTARD DILL SAUCE READY TO EAT PEPPERED TRADITIONAL DILL NET WT 12oz / 341g (291g Salmon + 50g Sauce 8 712224 129277***INGREDIENTS SALMON: Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar), salt, pepper, dill, paprika, parsley, smoke, color added***Manufactured by: Foppen Salmon Daltonstraat 24, 3846 BX HARDERWIJK, The Netherlands***"

    Codes: Expiration dates between 10.1.12 - 10.27.12.

    Quantity: 41,601 - 12 ounce packages

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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 December 19, 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.