Food recall

Fresh Express Incorporated recall: Fresh Express, Club Size, Chopped Romaine Lettuce

Fresh Express Incorporated, of Salinas, CA, recalled Fresh Express, Club Size, Chopped Romaine Lettuce. The FDA's reason: “Undeclared Allergens: milk, eggs, wheat and fish.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on February 6, 2016, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of March 2, 2016. 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

Allergen not on the label

Status

Terminated

Closed October 12, 2016

The recall

Company
Fresh Express Incorporated (Salinas, CA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Undeclared Allergens: milk, eggs, wheat and fish.”
Where it was sold
CT, FL, MA and MD.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
73245

The product recalled

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

  • F-0634-2016 Class I

    Fresh Express, Club Size, Chopped Romaine Lettuce, 32 oz., in clear flexible plastic bags, containing condiments in a separate clear flexible plastic bag.

    Codes: Use By Feb 19, G034A06A

    Quantity: 322 Cases x 8 bags of 32 oz. each = 2576 32 oz. bags.

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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 March 2, 2016.

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.