Food recall

Tanimura & Antle recall: Tanimura & Antle brand Romaine lettuce

Tanimura & Antle, of Salinas, CA, recalled Tanimura & Antle brand Romaine lettuce. The FDA's reason: “Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development found E.coli O157:H7 in romaine lettuce during routine sampling.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on November 6, 2020, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of December 9, 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

E. coli

Status

Terminated

Closed December 9, 2020

The recall

Company
Tanimura & Antle (Salinas, CA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development found E.coli O157:H7 in romaine lettuce during routine sampling.”
Where it was sold
AK, OR, CA, TX, WI, AR, OK, IN, NE, MO, TN, WI, NM, SC, WA, NC, OH, PR, IL, MI
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
86720

The product recalled

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

  • F-0145-2021 Class I

    Tanimura & Antle brand Romaine lettuce. 1 head 12,15,018 and 24 case Product of USA UPC: 2-27918 20314-9 Tanimura & Antle, Salinas, CA

    Codes: Pack date of 10/15/2020 or 10/16/2020 Product Traceability Initiative (PTI) 571280289SRS1 (10/15) and 571280290SRS1 (10/16).

    Quantity: 3396 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 December 9, 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.