Food recall

Superior Nut Co. Inc. recall: Raw Pistachio Halves

Superior Nut Co. Inc., of Cambridge, MA, recalled Raw Pistachio Halves. The FDA's reason: “Positive laboratory result for Salmonella sp. Speciation in progress.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on August 1, 2013, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of August 14, 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

Salmonella

Status

Terminated

Closed November 4, 2014

The recall

Company
Superior Nut Co. Inc. (Cambridge, MA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Positive laboratory result for Salmonella sp. Speciation in progress.”
Where it was sold
Nationwide: AZ, AK, CA, CT, CO, DE, FL,HI, GA, IL, IN, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NL, NV, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN,TX, VA, WA, WV, WY Canada
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
65860

The product recalled

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

  • F-1795-2013 Class I

    Raw Pistachio Halves, 1 pound bag. Item Number 11910, UPC Code: 172043119107; Raw Pistachio Halves, 4 pound bag. Item Number 11911, UPC Code: 172043119114; Raw Pistachio Halves, 10 pound bag in box. Item Number 11912, UPC Code: 172043119121; Raw Pistachio Halves, 25 pound case, bag in box. Item Number 11913, UPC Code: 172043119138

    Codes: Lot 024413

    Quantity: 120 - 1 pound units; 52 - 4 pound bags; 32 - 10 lb. cases; 23 - 25 pound units

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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 14, 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.