Food recall

Northwest Gourmet Food Products, Inc. recall: Hummus is packed in 1.5 oz plastic portion cups with foil peel lids

Northwest Gourmet Food Products, Inc., of Seattle, WA, recalled Hummus is packed in 1.5 oz plastic portion cups with foil peel lids. The FDA's reason: “Hummus, 1.5 oz. plastic portion cups with foil peel lids, is recalled due to a potential to 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 15, 2013, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of August 7, 2013. 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 August 28, 2013

The recall

Company
Northwest Gourmet Food Products, Inc. (Seattle, WA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Hummus, 1.5 oz. plastic portion cups with foil peel lids, is recalled due to a potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.”
Where it was sold
Distributed in Washington
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
65768

The product recalled

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

  • F-1769-2013 Class I

    Hummus is packed in 1.5 oz plastic portion cups with foil peel lids, 100 cups in a case. The product labeled in parts: "***HUMMUS***1.5 oz*** KEEP REFRIGERATED***

    Codes: BEST BY: 07/20/13

    Quantity: 40 cases/100 cups/1.5 oz

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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 7, 2013.

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.