Food recall

Natural Foods Inc recall: BulkFoods.com brand dehydrated chopped celery in 1lb and 5lb plastic bags

Natural Foods Inc, of Toledo, OH, recalled BulkFoods.com brand dehydrated chopped celery in 1lb and 5lb plastic bags and 2 other products. The FDA's reason: “Firm received celery from BCFoods.com and BCFoods.com recalled the celery due to potential safety issue with Salmonella.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on May 17, 2021, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of June 23, 2021. 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 June 23, 2021

The recall

Company
Natural Foods Inc (Toledo, OH)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Firm received celery from BCFoods.com and BCFoods.com recalled the celery due to potential safety issue with Salmonella.”
Where it was sold
Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
87969

The 3 products recalled

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

  • F-0675-2021 Class I

    BulkFoods.com brand dehydrated chopped celery in 1lb and 5lb plastic bags

    Codes: Product codes: chopped celery 1lb bag-42404 and 5lb bag-42406; Chopped celery lot 730-741

    Quantity: 23 Total

  • F-0676-2021 Class II

    BulkFoods.com brand Basic Vegetable Starter containing carrots, onions, celery, broccoli, and parsley in 1lb and 5lb bags and 20lb boxes

    Codes: Product codes: 1lb bag-44776; 5lb bag-44774; and 20lb-44771 Vegetable starter lots 736-741

    Quantity: 14 Total

  • F-0677-2021 Class II

    BulkFoods.com brand Vegetable Mixture containing potatoes, carrots, onions, celery, tomato, peas, green peppers, and parsley in 1lb and 5lb bags and 45lb boxes

    Codes: Product codes: 1lb bag-44826; 5lb bag-44821; and 45lb-44822 Vegetable mixture lots 735-741

    Quantity: 24

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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 23, 2021.

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.