Food recall

National Frozen Foods Corporation recall: Great Value Chopped Spinach

National Frozen Foods Corporation, of Albany, OR, recalled Great Value Chopped Spinach. The FDA's reason: “Spinach was recalled due to a potential for contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on July 18, 2019, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of July 31, 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 16, 2019

The recall

Company
National Frozen Foods Corporation (Albany, OR)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Spinach was recalled due to a potential for contamination with Listeria monocytogenes”
Where it was sold
Distributed in AL, AR, MO, NE, OK, TX, and WY.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
83369

The product recalled

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

  • F-1944-2019 Class II

    Great Value Chopped Spinach, packed in poly bags, net wt. 12 oz. 12 oz. bag UPC: 0 78742 23740 4. master case UPC: 3 00 78742 23740 5. The retail 12 oz. bag label is read in parts: "*** Great Value Chopped Spinach ***INGREDIENTS: SPINACH *** DISTRIBUTED BY: Walmart Inc., Bentonville, AR 72716 *** MICROWAVE INSTRUCTIONS: Place frozen, unopened bag with the "this side up" indicator facing up in microwave. Do no pierce bag *** Microwave on high for 6 minutes. During cooking, the bag will slowly inflate. A special vent in the bag will allow the steam to escape and a whistling sound may be heard ***Let stand for 1 minute after cooking. Carefully handle bag at corners and remove from microwave with two hands*** STOVETOP INSTRUCTIONS: Empty frozen contents of bag into a 2-quart nonstick saucepan Add 1 cup water ***Cover and cook over medium heat for 6-7 minutes, stirring occasionally***"

    Codes: Best if Used By Date: SEP 14 2020. Lot 19031403A05. The lot breakdown as: 19 Year. 03 Month. 14 Day. 03 Facility (Albany). A Production Interval. 05 Production Line.

    Quantity: 3,124 cases (10/12 oz. bags 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 July 31, 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.