Food recall

Trader Joes Company recall: Trader Joe's Artisan Bread - Organic French Baguette

Trader Joes Company, of Monrovia, CA, recalled Trader Joe's Artisan Bread - Organic French Baguette. The FDA's reason: “FDA was notified by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency of that two lot codes of Trader Joe's Organic French Baguette may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on May 28, 2018, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of June 13, 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 July 2, 2018

The recall

Company
Trader Joes Company (Monrovia, CA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“FDA was notified by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency of that two lot codes of Trader Joe's Organic French Baguette may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.”
Where it was sold
Distribution Centers in CA and PA - retail locations in MA, NH, RI, ME, CT, NY, NJ, DC, PA, VA, MD.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
80189

The product recalled

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

  • F-1539-2018 Class II

    Trader Joe's Artisan Bread - Organic French Baguette; (Brown and Serve) Keep frozen; Product code 53835; 24 x 11.5 oz. (326g) - 24 loaves per case. UPC 0053 8350 Product of Canada Manufactured by Groupe Premiere Moisson Inc., 189 Harwood, Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec, Canada Distributed and sold exclusively by Trader Joe's, Monrovia, CA 91016

    Codes: Code BF118127 and BF118128; Cases codes : 53835 LOT BDUMAY-7-18 Cases codes : 53835 LOT BDUMAY-8-18

    Quantity: 666 cases (24 loaves per case)

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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 June 13, 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.