Food recall

Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. recall: Eillien's Salted Sunflower Kernels Net WT 4 oz (113G) sealed in original plastic packaging and contained in Garden...

Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc., of Milwaukee, WI, recalled Eillien's Salted Sunflower Kernels Net WT 4 oz (113G) sealed in original plastic packaging and contained in Garden... and 2 other products. The FDA's reason: “Garden Fresh Foods Inc. is recalling 4oz individual packages of sunflower kernels that were included in three of their salad kits. The kernels were distributed by Eillien's Candies whose ingredient...” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on May 24, 2016, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of July 27, 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

Listeria

Status

Terminated

Closed October 5, 2016

The recall

Company
Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. (Milwaukee, WI)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Garden Fresh Foods Inc. is recalling 4oz individual packages of sunflower kernels that were included in three of their salad kits. The kernels were distributed by Eillien's Candies whose ingredient supplier, SunOpta, has stated may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. There have been no reported illnesses to date.”
Where it was sold
US: MI, WI, IL
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
74380

The 3 products recalled

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

  • F-1765-2016 Class I

    Eillien's Salted Sunflower Kernels Net WT 4 oz (113G) sealed in original plastic packaging and contained in Garden Fresh Foods Cool Breeze Health SALD Kit #2052, Net WT 7.06 lbs, 3.20 kg. 0 01 11596 72052 1.

    Codes: Use-By-Dates, which were 5/28, 5/30, 5/31 and 6/4.

    Quantity: 126 kits & 126 sunflower kernel packages.

  • F-1766-2016 Class I

    Eillien's Salted Sunflower Kernels Net WT 4 oz (113G) sealed in original plastic packaging and contained in Garden Fresh Foods Broccoli Raisin Salad Kit #2081, Net Wt 3.38 lbs, 1.53 kg, 0 00 11596 42081 3.

    Codes: Use-By-Dates, which were 5/28, 5/30 and 6/4.

    Quantity: 13 kits and 13 packages of sumflower kernels.

  • F-1767-2016 Class I

    Eillien's Salted Sunflower Kernels Net WT 4 oz (113G) sealed in original plastic packaging and contained in Garden Fresh Foods, Cool Breeze Salad Kit #2092, Net Wt 6.75 lbs 3,06 kg, 0 01 11596 72092 7.

    Codes: Use-By-Dates, 5/25, 5/26, 6/1, 6/3, 6/8, 6/12. 6/16, 6/19 and 6/22.

    Quantity: 221 kits containing 2 individually sealed sumflower kernels/kit for a total of 442 packages

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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 July 27, 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.