Food recall

UNFI General Corporate recall: Wild Harvest Organic Fresh Basil packaged in the following sized plastic containers

UNFI General Corporate, of Providence, RI, recalled Wild Harvest Organic Fresh Basil packaged in the following sized plastic containers. The FDA's reason: “Wild Harvest Organic Basil has the potential to be contaminated with Cyclospora cayetanensis.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on May 7, 2020, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of June 17, 2020. 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

Other germs or toxins (botulism, hepatitis A, mold...)

Status

Terminated

Closed June 4, 2021

The recall

Company
UNFI General Corporate (Providence, RI)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Wild Harvest Organic Basil has the potential to be contaminated with Cyclospora cayetanensis.”
Where it was sold
MN, SD, and WI
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
85638

The product recalled

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

  • F-0983-2020 Class II

    Wild Harvest Organic Fresh Basil packaged in the following sized plastic containers: Net Wt 2 oz (57g), UPC 11535-50762, Net Wt 0.25 oz. (7g), UPC 11535-50450, Net Wt 0.75 oz. (21g), UPC 11535-50322, Net Wt. 4 oz. (113g), UPC 11535-50323. Distributed by Supervalu, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN 55344

    Codes: Code is on back of container, is black ink on a white sticker stating "Product of Colombia" and "112"

    Quantity: 77.28 Kg

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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 June 17, 2020.

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.