Food recall

Restaurant Depot recall: JAMES FARM brand CUT GREEN BEANS (EJOTES CORTADOS), FRESH FROZEN

Restaurant Depot, of College Point, NY, recalled JAMES FARM brand CUT GREEN BEANS (EJOTES CORTADOS), FRESH FROZEN. The FDA's reason: “The product was found to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes based on private laboratory testing.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on September 4, 2013, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of October 2, 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 II

It could cause temporary or minor harm

Why

Listeria

Status

Terminated

Closed July 29, 2014

The recall

Company
Restaurant Depot (College Point, NY)
Reason, in FDA's words
“The product was found to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes based on private laboratory testing.”
Where it was sold
NY, NJ, CT, RI, MA, PA, MD, VA
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
66255

The product recalled

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

  • F-1945-2013 Class II

    JAMES FARM brand CUT GREEN BEANS (EJOTES CORTADOS), FRESH FROZEN, NET WT. 32 OZ. (2 LBS.) 907 g, UPC 7 60695 01004 2, PRODUCT OF POLAND -- Distributed by RD/JET, LLC 15-24 132nd Street, College Point, NY 11356 --- Product is harvested, sorted, graded, washed, cut/processed and blanched before snap freezing and packing. The cut green beans are instantly quick frozen (IQF) and packaged in a pre-printed sealed plastic bag, 2 lbs. of product per bag, 12 - 2 lbs. bags per master carton.

    Codes: Lots: L6X 0424130911RY, Best before 04/24/2015; L1X 0404130814RY, Best before 04/04/2015; L1X 0404130815RY, Best before 04/04/2015; L1Y 0311132059RY, Best before 03/11/2015

    Quantity: Potentially 35,896 lbs.

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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 October 2, 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.