Food recall

Sprout's Farmers Market recall: Sprouts Farmers Market Cut Leaf Spinach

Sprout's Farmers Market, of Phoenix, AZ, recalled Sprouts Farmers Market Cut Leaf Spinach and 1 other product. The FDA's reason: “Testing revealed the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in the frozen spinach.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on June 14, 2019, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of July 24, 2019. 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 September 3, 2019

The recall

Company
Sprout's Farmers Market (Phoenix, AZ)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Testing revealed the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in the frozen spinach”
Where it was sold
The product was shipped from the manufacturer to a food distributor for distribution exclusively to Sprouts Farmers Market grocery stores in the following states: AZ, CA, NV, UT, NM, CO, TX, KS, OK, MO, TN, AL, GA, FL, SC, NC, PA, MD, and VA.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
83147

The 2 products recalled

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

  • F-1553-2019 Class II

    Sprouts Farmers Market Cut Leaf Spinach, Net Wt 16 Oz (1 lb), 453 g, Manufactured exclusively for Sprouts Farmers Market, Phoenix, AZ UPC 8 74875 00982 2, packaged in plastic bags, 12 bags per case.

    Codes: USE BY 12 03 21 19031203A03 USA

    Quantity: 1,046 cases

  • F-1554-2019 Class II

    Sprouts Farmers Market Organic Cut Leaf Spinach, Net Wt 16 Oz (1 lb), 453 g, Manufactured exclusively for Sprouts Farmers Market, Phoenix, AZ UPC 8 74875 00991 4, packaged in plastic bags, 12 bags per case.

    Codes: USE BY 12 03 21 19031203A03 USA

    Quantity: 2,549 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 July 24, 2019.

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.