Class IITerminated · reported 2018-11-14

Evol Butternut Squash & Sage Ravioli 18oz. UPC 91627 00776 Frozen 4, 18oz. units per case

Request Foods Incorporated recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 14 November 2018 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. The firm was notified by their supplier that ingredients used in their products were possibly contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella.

The record

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Product: Evol Butternut Squash & Sage Ravioli 18oz. UPC 91627 00776 Frozen 4, 18oz. units per case
UPC: 9162700776
Reason for recall: The firm was notified by their supplier that ingredients used in their products were possibly contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella.
Recalling firm: Request Foods Incorporated
Firm location: Holland, Michigan, United States
Classification: Class II
Status: Terminated
Recall number: F-0375-2019
Quantity: 24,568 cases
Distribution: Nationwide and Canada
Initiated: 15 October 2018
Reported by FDA: 14 November 2018
Terminated: 20 May 2020
Firm notified by: E-Mail
Product codes: Item # 00062 Lot: 17348 18036 18120 18184

Reading this record

Five things about this record are not in the record itself, and each one changes how it should be read.

Class II means the FDA judged a remote probability of serious harm, or a probability of temporary or medically reversible harm. 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 is one of 31 records covering the same recall event. The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so a recall of a product line appears here many times. Counting these records as 31 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 31. Every product code in this event is listed together on the record that covers the whole recall, which is the page a search engine is pointed to for all 31 of them.
The recall ran for 19 months, from 15 October 2018 to termination on 20 May 2020. 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 FDA published the enforcement report 4 weeks after the firm began the recall.
The product description on this record names no food this site can classify, so it appears on no food-type page. That is a limit of the description rather than of the recall.

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.

Salmonella

Salmonella is a bacterium that survives in low-moisture foods for months, which is why it appears in recalls of products that carry no water for it to grow in: nut butters, spices, flour and dry pet food.

A preventive controls plan covers Salmonella 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)(1): Process controls: the controls that apply a treatment, such as a validated kill step, at the point where it reduces the hazard to a safe level.
21 CFR 117 subpart G: Supply-chain programme: the approval and verification a receiving facility runs on a supplier when the hazard is controlled before the ingredient arrives.
21 CFR 117.165(a)(2): Product testing: testing as a verification activity, appropriate to the facility, the food and the nature of the preventive control.

Other records from Request Foods Incorporated

The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 34 other records name this firm.

Reported	Product	Firm	Reason	Class
2025-04-30	Cuban-Style Black Bean Soup, 4 / 4lb pouches, Net Wt. 16lb	Request Foods Incorporated	Potential contamination with foreign material (wood)	Class II
2025-04-30	Moroccan Style Lentil Soup, 4 x 8lb pouches, Net wt. 32lb	Request Foods Incorporated	Potential contamination with foreign material (wood)	Class II
2025-04-30	Mexican Street Corn Soup, 4 / 4lb pouches, Net Wt. 16lb	Request Foods Incorporated	Potential contamination with foreign material (wood)	Class II
2025-04-30	Beecher's Street Corn, 18oz, 8 retail units per case, UPC 782045 115009	Request Foods Incorporated	Potential contamination with foreign material (wood)	Class II
2018-11-14	Kashi, Fire Roasted Quinoa Bowl 9.5oz. UPC 18627 10769 Frozen 8, 9.5oz. units per case	Request Foods Incorporated	The firm was notified by their supplier that ingredients used in their products were possibly contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella.	Class II
2018-11-14	Kashi, Creamy Cashew Noodle Bowl 8oz. UPC 18627 10767 Frozen 8, 8oz. units per case	Request Foods Incorporated	The firm was notified by their supplier that ingredients used in their products were possibly contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella.	Class II
2018-11-14	PC Presidents Choice Roasted Vegetable Lasagna 1.13kg. UPC 60383 75647 Frozen 12 units per case	Request Foods Incorporated	The firm was notified by their supplier that ingredients used in their products were possibly contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella.	Class II
2018-11-14	Jenny Craig Butternut Squash Ravioli 7.5oz. UPC 55447 00625 Frozen 30, 7.5oz. units per case	Request Foods Incorporated	The firm was notified by their supplier that ingredients used in their products were possibly contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella.	Class II
2018-11-14	Kashi, Sweet Potato Quinoa Bowl 9oz. UPC 18627 10547 Frozen 8, 9oz. units per case	Request Foods Incorporated	The firm was notified by their supplier that ingredients used in their products were possibly contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella.	Class II
2018-11-14	Evol Portabello Goat Cheese Ravioli 18oz UPC 91627 00789 Frozen 6, 18oz. units per case	Request Foods Incorporated	The firm was notified by their supplier that ingredients used in their products were possibly contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella.	Class II

All 35 records for Request Foods Incorporated

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