Food recall

Alex Kontos/Flavor-Pic Tomato Company recall: Whole select cucumbers

Alex Kontos/Flavor-Pic Tomato Company, of Birmingham, AL, recalled Whole select cucumbers. The FDA's reason: “Product has potential contamination with Salmonella.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on May 21, 2025, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of June 11, 2025. 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 August 27, 2025

The recall

Company
Alex Kontos/Flavor-Pic Tomato Company (Birmingham, AL)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Product has potential contamination with Salmonella”
Where it was sold
One (1) distributor in: KY
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
96940

The product recalled

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

  • H-0013-2025 Class I

    Whole select cucumbers, 1/2 bushel, packed in a generic cardboard box, labeled as CUCUMBER Grn Ctn 24ct Box Packed By: Alex Kontos Fruit Co., Inc. Birmingham, AL

    Codes: GTIN: 70095175008424; Lot Number: 3-182769; Pack Date: May07; Internal Item: 2320

    Quantity: 20 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 June 11, 2025.

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.