Food recall

Nature's Touch Frozen Foods (West) recall: Signature Select Avocado Chunks

Nature's Touch Frozen Foods (West), of Abbotsford, British Columbia, recalled Signature Select Avocado Chunks. The FDA's reason: “Washington State Department of Agriculture sampled and tested frozen avocado and found Listeria monocytogenes.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on June 18, 2019, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of July 10, 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 I

It could cause serious harm or death

Why

Listeria

Status

Terminated

Closed August 27, 2019

The recall

Company
Nature's Touch Frozen Foods (West) (Abbotsford, British Columbia)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Washington State Department of Agriculture sampled and tested frozen avocado and found Listeria monocytogenes.”
Where it was sold
Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, Wyoming, Texas and Utah
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
83160

The product recalled

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

  • F-1528-2019 Class I

    Signature Select Avocado Chunks, 12 oz. (340 g) Stand-up pouch Re-sealable, Keep Frozen; UPC 2113009412 Ingredient: Avocado Chunks, Key Lime Juice Distributed by Better Living Brands Pleasanton, CA Product of Peru, Packed in Canada

    Codes: Best Before OCT 11 20

    Quantity: 1334 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 10, 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.