Baker Farms CURLY MUSTARD 16 oz NET WT 16 oz UPC 8 13098 02018 4 Baker Farms 3667…
Terry and Joe Baker Farms, LLC dba Baker Farms recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 25 December 2024 as Class I. The recall was initiated by the firm. The firm was notified by the Texas Department of Agriculture that the product test positive for Listeria monocytogenes.
The record
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- Product
- Baker Farms CURLY MUSTARD 16 oz NET WT 16 oz UPC 8 13098 02018 4 Baker Farms 3667 Ellenton-Norman Park Road Norman Park, GA 31771
- UPC
- 813098020184
- Reason for recall
- The firm was notified by the Texas Department of Agriculture that the product test positive for Listeria monocytogenes.
- Recalling firm
- Terry and Joe Baker Farms, LLC dba Baker Farms
- Firm location
- Norman Park, Georgia, United States
- Classification
- Class I
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-0302-2025
- Quantity
- 449cs/8/16oz bags
- Distribution
- Product was shipped to distribution centers in the following states: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, TN & TX.
- Initiated
- 29 November 2024
- Reported by FDA
- 25 December 2024
- Terminated
- 9 January 2026
- Firm notified by
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Product codes
- Lot code: bak144-6806 BEST BY 11-21-2024
Reading this record
Five things about this record are not in the record itself, and each one changes how it should be read.
- Class I means the FDA judged a reasonable probability that the product would cause serious health consequences or death. The class is assigned by an agency health hazard evaluation under 21 CFR 7.41, not by the firm.
- The firm started this recall itself. Most FDA food recalls are voluntary, and a recall is a food safety plan working rather than failing. The circumstances in which the agency asks for one instead are set out in 21 CFR 7.45.
- This record is the only one the FDA opened for its recall event, so it covers a single product code.
- The recall ran for 13 months, from 29 November 2024 to termination on 9 January 2026. Termination means the agency judged that all reasonable effort had been made, under 21 CFR 7.55, and it says nothing about whether product remained in circulation.
- The distribution pattern names 6 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 4 weeks after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of a sauce, dip or condiment run a median of 6 months, so this one was longer than usual for its category. Sauces and dips sit at the intersection of the acidified foods rule and the allergen rule: an equilibrium pH above 4.6 turns a shelf-stable product into a botulism risk, and the ingredient list is long enough that an allergen is easy to lose.
Named in the distribution pattern: Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi. Those pages count recalls by where the RECALLING FIRM sits, which is a different question from where this product went.
What this recall was for
Listeria monocytogenes
Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium that grows at refrigeration temperature, which is why it dominates recalls of ready-to-eat foods that are never cooked again before they are eaten.
A preventive controls plan covers Listeria contamination under the clauses below. This is where the control belongs, not a finding against any firm named on this page: a recall record states a reason, and most of these recalls were initiated by the firm itself.
- 21 CFR 117.135(c)(3)
- Sanitation controls: the controls on cleaning food-contact surfaces and on preventing cross-contact and cross-contamination from insanitary objects, people and equipment.
- 21 CFR 117.165(a)(3)
- Environmental monitoring: testing the processing environment for an environmental pathogen, required when a ready-to-eat food is exposed to the environment before packaging.
- 21 CFR 117.150
- Corrective actions: what a facility does when a preventive control was not properly implemented, including identifying and correcting the problem and evaluating the food for safety.
Filed under sauces, dips and condiments. A product can sit in more than one.
Other sauces, dips and condiments recalls for the same reason
These are the closest records in the corpus: the same kind of food, recalled for a hazard this record also names. Unlike the firm’s own records below, they come from different companies, which is what makes them a pattern rather than a history.
Other records from Terry and Joe Baker Farms, LLC dba Baker Farms
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-13 | KALE NET WT 16 OZ (1 LB) 454g Sold under the following brand names: Baker Farms 3667 Ellenton Norman Park Road, Norman Park GA 31771 UPC 8 13098 02001 6; Kroger DISTRIBUTED BY THE KROGER CO. CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202 UPC 0 11110 18170 1 & SEG Grocers DISTRIBUTED BY: SOUTHEASTERN GROCERS 8928 PROMINENCE PKWY #200, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32256 UPC 0 38259 11482 7 | Terry and Joe Baker Farms, Llc dba Baker Farms | The firm was notified by one of their customers that during a random testing by ODA the product test positive for Listeria monocytogenes. | Class I |
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21 CFR 117.135(c)(3) is the clause behind this recall, and it is one somebody has to produce evidence for at their next audit. Krolda maps supplier documents to the clause they satisfy in FSSC 22000, IFS Food and 21 CFR 117, and routes the corrective action when the evidence is missing.
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