Food recall

Del Mar Food Products Corp. recall: I.Q.F Chopped Spinach, Del Mar Foods Product Corp

Del Mar Food Products Corp., of Watsonville, CA, recalled I.Q.F Chopped Spinach, Del Mar Foods Product Corp. The FDA's reason: “Firm was notified by customer of a positive Listeria Monocytogenes result during routine testing upon receipt of IQF frozen chopped spinach supplied by Del Mar Food Products.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on April 25, 2017, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of May 24, 2017. 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 May 31, 2017

The recall

Company
Del Mar Food Products Corp. (Watsonville, CA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Firm was notified by customer of a positive Listeria Monocytogenes result during routine testing upon receipt of IQF frozen chopped spinach supplied by Del Mar Food Products.”
Where it was sold
Four customers in CA and MI
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
77149

The product recalled

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

  • F-2235-2017 Class I

    I.Q.F Chopped Spinach, Del Mar Foods Product Corp; 35 lb. Net Weight. brown case fiber with polyliner Del Mar Food Products; Watsonville, CA 95077

    Codes: Frozen Spinach Code 1231V 160422; A black stencil with: 1231V 160422

    Quantity: 708 x 35 lb. cases

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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 May 24, 2017.

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.