Food recall

Samsung Bean Sprout recall: Soy Bean Sprouts in a package labeled in part

Samsung Bean Sprout, of Jessup, MD, recalled Soy Bean Sprouts in a package labeled in part. The FDA's reason: “Listeria monocytogenes.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on December 29, 2023, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of April 10, 2024. 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

Listeria

Status

Terminated

Closed April 16, 2024

The recall

Company
Samsung Bean Sprout (Jessup, MD)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Listeria monocytogenes.”
Where it was sold
The product was distributed in Virgnia .
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
93901

The product recalled

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

  • F-1114-2024 Class I

    Soy Bean Sprouts in a package labeled in part: Sam Sung Soy Bean Sprouts, Net Wt. 1LB have a Sell By date of December 21, 2023.

    Codes: Sell By date of December 21, 2023

    Quantity: 500 bags

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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 April 10, 2024.

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.