Food recall

BrightFarms recall: BrightFarms Southwest Chipotle Salad Kit Ready to eat salad kit containing green lettuce (grown by indoors at...

BrightFarms, of Irvington, NY, recalled BrightFarms Southwest Chipotle Salad Kit Ready to eat salad kit containing green lettuce (grown by indoors at.... The FDA's reason: “Product ingredient may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on February 7, 2024, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of March 20, 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 June 28, 2024

The recall

Company
BrightFarms (Irvington, NY)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Product ingredient may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.”
Where it was sold
Delaware, Maryland, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington D.C
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
93967

The product recalled

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

  • F-1065-2024 Class I

    BrightFarms Southwest Chipotle Salad Kit Ready to eat salad kit containing green lettuce (grown by indoors at BrightFarms) and a master pack supplied by Latitude 36 Foods, which contain cotija cheese, dressing and toppings. Intended for retail distribution to consumers. Cotija Cheese is manufactured by Rizo Lopez Foods Inc.

    Codes: Best by dates Dec. 31, 2023 through Feb. 22, 2024 2.3 - UPC Codes: 8-50051-82500-4

    Quantity: 24960 units

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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 March 20, 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.