Food recall

Lipari Foods Operating Company, LLC recall: Inspired Organic Sunflower Butter 16oz

Lipari Foods Operating Company, LLC, of Warren, MI, recalled Inspired Organic Sunflower Butter 16oz and 3 other products. The FDA's reason: “Product testing returned positive test results for Listeria monocytogenes.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on December 11, 2018, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of December 26, 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 I

It could cause serious harm or death

Why

Listeria

Status

Terminated

Closed May 20, 2019

The recall

Company
Lipari Foods Operating Company, LLC (Warren, MI)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Product testing returned positive test results for Listeria monocytogenes.”
Where it was sold
FL, IA, IL, IN, KY, MD, MI, MN, MO, NY, OH, PA, TN, WI, WV, CANADA
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
81754

The 4 products recalled

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

  • F-0775-2019 Class I

    Inspired Organic Sunflower Butter 16oz. plastic jar, 6 per case UPC #: 863669742526 refrigerate after opening

    Codes: All Lots All Dates Item number 967064

    Quantity: 972 cases

  • F-0776-2019 Class I

    Inspired Organic Almond Butter 16oz. plastic jar, 6 per case UPC #: 863669742540 refrigerate after opening

    Codes: All lots All dates Item number 967067

    Quantity: 1309 cases

  • F-0777-2019 Class I

    Inspired Organic Tahini Butter 16oz. plastic jar, 6 per case UPC #: 863669742564 refrigerate after opening

    Codes: All lots All dates Item number 967070

    Quantity: 925 cases

  • F-0778-2019 Class I

    Inspired Organic Peanut Butter 16oz. plastic jar, 6 per case UPC #: 863669742588 refrigerate after opening

    Codes: All lots All dates Item number 967073

    Quantity: 1739 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 December 26, 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.