Food recall

Blue Apron Inc recall: Spicy Beef & Vegetables with Rice & Sesame Seeds meal kits containing onions delivered the week of July 27

Blue Apron Inc, of New York, NY, recalled Spicy Beef & Vegetables with Rice & Sesame Seeds meal kits containing onions delivered the week of July 27 and 2 other products. The FDA's reason: “Onions included various meal kits delivered the week of July 27, 2020 may be contaminated with Salmonella.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on August 1, 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 II

It could cause temporary or minor harm

Why

Salmonella

Status

Terminated

Closed October 21, 2020

The recall

Company
Blue Apron Inc (New York, NY)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Onions included various meal kits delivered the week of July 27, 2020 may be contaminated with Salmonella.”
Where it was sold
AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KY, LA, ME, MD, MO, MN, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
86267

The 3 products recalled

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

  • F-1523-2020 Class II

    Spicy Beef & Vegetables with Rice & Sesame Seeds meal kits containing onions delivered the week of July 27, 2020.

    Codes: Delivered the week of 7/27/2020. Menu: 072720, 2PRE11

    Quantity: 29,970 total meal kits

  • F-1524-2020 Class II

    Smoked Gouda & Onion Burgers with Corn on the Cob meal kits containing onions delivered the week of July 27, 2020.

    Codes: Delivered the week of 7/27/2020. Menu: 072720, 2PM

    Quantity: 29,970 total meal kits

  • F-1525-2020 Class II

    Carmelized Onion & Gouda Burgers with Creamy Mustard Dressed Corn on the Cob meal kits containing onions delivered the week of July 27, 2020.

    Codes: Delivered the week of 7/27/2020. Menu: 072720, FPM

    Quantity: 29,970 total meal kits

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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.