Food recall

Lancaster Foods LLC recall: Red Onions, Bulk

Lancaster Foods LLC, of Jessup, MD, recalled Red Onions, Bulk. The FDA's reason: “Lancaster Foods LLC, 7700 Conowingo Avenue, Jessup, MD 20794 is initiating a recall of products that may have been made with the 500 pounds (bulk) of red onions out of a lot of 12,000 pounds (bulk)...” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on August 10, 2020, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of September 23, 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 I

It could cause serious harm or death

Why

Salmonella

Status

Terminated

Closed December 9, 2020

The recall

Company
Lancaster Foods LLC (Jessup, MD)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Lancaster Foods LLC, 7700 Conowingo Avenue, Jessup, MD 20794 is initiating a recall of products that may have been made with the 500 pounds (bulk) of red onions out of a lot of 12,000 pounds (bulk) that were under the recalled Thomson International lots because of potential presence of salmonella bacteria. Lancaster Foods LLC. states that all minimally processed items go through a sanitize step of chlorine dioxide.”
Where it was sold
Bulk Product distributed PA,AR,MD,MA,VA,DE,CT to various retailers.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
86259

The product recalled

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

  • F-1436-2020 Class I

    Red Onions, Bulk

    Codes: All SKUs

    Quantity: 3,640 total 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 September 23, 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.