Food recall

Buurma Farms Inc recall: Buurma Farms Cilantro, fresh

Buurma Farms Inc, of Willard, OH, recalled Buurma Farms Cilantro, fresh. The FDA's reason: “The firm was notified by one of their customers of a positive Listeria monocytogenes results they received from the Michigan Department of Agriculture.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on August 15, 2013, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of September 4, 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 January 15, 2014

The recall

Company
Buurma Farms Inc (Willard, OH)
Reason, in FDA's words
“The firm was notified by one of their customers of a positive Listeria monocytogenes results they received from the Michigan Department of Agriculture.”
Where it was sold
Product was distributed to the following states: IL, IN, MI and OH.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
66023

The product recalled

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

  • F-1852-2013 Class I

    Buurma Farms Cilantro, fresh, 4 oz bunch, #4889 UPC 0 33383 80104 9

    Codes: Lot # 02D312A4

    Quantity: 468 boxes

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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 4, 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.