Food recall

Hanover Foods Corporation recall: Frozen Sliced (blanched) Squash packed in 1400 lb

Hanover Foods Corporation, of Hanover, PA, recalled Frozen Sliced (blanched) Squash packed in 1400 lb. The FDA's reason: “Routine analysis by consignee found one lot of 12 positive for Listeria monocytogenes. Original microbiological analysis conducted in 2016, by Hanover found all lots negative for Listeria...” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on January 26, 2018, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of February 21, 2018. 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 May 6, 2020

The recall

Company
Hanover Foods Corporation (Hanover, PA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Routine analysis by consignee found one lot of 12 positive for Listeria monocytogenes. Original microbiological analysis conducted in 2016, by Hanover found all lots negative for Listeria monocytogenes.”
Where it was sold
PA
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
79044

The product recalled

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

  • F-0820-2018 Class II

    Frozen Sliced (blanched) Squash packed in 1400 lb. plastic totes.

    Codes: Lot #'s: 16198721; 16198708; 16198702; 16198698; 16198692;

    Quantity: 180,900 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 February 21, 2018.

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.