Food recall

UNFI General Corporate recall: Apetina Marinated Olives & Feta in Olive Oil

UNFI General Corporate, of Providence, RI, recalled Apetina Marinated Olives & Feta in Olive Oil. The FDA's reason: “Product was held room temperature and the label stated to keep the product refrigerated.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on September 1, 2019, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of October 2, 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

Labeling, packaging or manufacturing problems

Status

Terminated

Closed November 10, 2020

The recall

Company
UNFI General Corporate (Providence, RI)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Product was held room temperature and the label stated to keep the product refrigerated.”
Where it was sold
Products distributed in: KY, IN, IL, MI, FL, OH, MO
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
83685

The product recalled

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

  • F-2248-2019 Class II

    Apetina Marinated Olives & Feta in Olive Oil, packed in 3.1 LB pals; 4 pals/case; UPC: 0009393605697

    Codes: UPC Code: 0009393605697; All lots distributed from UNFI Greenwood and Sarasota

    Quantity: 75 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 October 2, 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.