Class ITerminated · reported 2020-02-12

Bulk Pail Product - Almark Foods HARD COOKED EGGS Peeled Eggs INGREDIENTS: EGGS, WATER…

Almark Foods, LLC recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 12 February 2020 as Class I. The recall was initiated by the firm. The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.

The record

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Product: Bulk Pail Product - Almark Foods HARD COOKED EGGS Peeled Eggs INGREDIENTS: EGGS, WATER, CITRIC ACID sold under the following brand names: ALMARK EGGS 20 LB pail, Manufactured By: Almark Foods Gainesville, GA 30504 UPC 0 44984 30020 6; Egggs NET WT WHEN PACKED 23 LBS Distributed by: Carolina Egg Development Corporation 5645 Deans Street, Bailey, NC 27807 UPC o 29653 00599 6; Nic's Peeled Pearls 20 lb. Salad Grade Hard Boiled Eggs NET WT. WHEN PACKED 20 LBS UPC 1 00 39401 17395 9 & 23LBS UPC 1 00 39401 00011 8 Manufactured By: Almark Foods Gainesville, GA 30504; RAINBOW FARMS 20 LB UPC 0 44984 60020 7, 23 LB UPC 0 44984 60023 8, 25 LB UPC 0 44984 60025 2 Manufactured By: Almark Foods Gainesville, GA 30504 & SUTHERLAND'S FOOD SERVICE INC. NET WT. 20 LBS.
UPC: 044984300206
Reason for recall: The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.
Recalling firm: Almark Foods, LLC
Firm location: Gainesville, Georgia, United States
Classification: Class I
Status: Terminated
Recall number: F-0603-2020
Quantity: 6,854 various size pails
Distribution: Product was shipped to the following states: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI & WY.
Initiated: 19 December 2019
Reported by FDA: 12 February 2020
Terminated: 17 September 2021
Firm notified by: Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
Product codes: Almark: ITEM #30020 BEST IF USED BY 1/29/2020, 2/10/2020, 2/24/2019 & 2/14/2020. Egggs: ITEM #64023-05 BEST IF USED BY 1/27/2020 Nics: ITEM #17394 BEST IF USED BY 1/20/2020, 2/3/2020, 2/4/2020 & 2/24/2020 Nics: ITEM #17295 BEST IF USED BY 12/24/2019, 12/25/2019, 12/31/2019, 1/6/2020, 1/7/2020, 1/8/2020, 1/13/2020, 1/14/2020, 1/28/2020, 1/28/2020, 1/29/2020, 2/4/2020, 2/5/2020 Rainbow: ITEM #60020 BEST IF USED BY 1/13/2020, 1/20/2020, 1/21/2020, 1/22/2020, 1/27/2020, 1/28/2020, 1/29/2020, 2/3/2020, 2/10/2020, 2/11/2020, 2/14/2020, 2/17/2020, 2/18/2020, 2/24/2020 Rainbow: ITEM #60023 BEST IF USED BY 1/13/2020, 1/15/2019, 1/20/2020, 1/22/2019, 1/27/2020, 1/29/2020, 2/3/2020, 2/10/2020, 2/13/2020, 2/17/2020, 2/19/2020, 2/24/2020, 2/26/2020 Rainbow: ITEM #60025 BEST IF USED BY 1/13/2020, 1/28/2020, 2/13/2020, 2/17/2020 Sutherland: ITEM #60020-3 BEST IF USED BY 1/15/2020

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 is one of 29 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 29 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 29. All 29 of them are listed on this page.
The recall ran for 21 months, from 19 December 2019 to termination on 17 September 2021. 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 37 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 8 weeks after the firm began the recall.
Recalls of fresh produce run a median of 7 months, so this one was longer than usual for its category. Fresh produce is the category where contamination arrives before the facility does: irrigation water, soil amendments and field workers are the routes, and nothing downstream of the farm is a kill step for a product eaten raw.

Named in the distribution pattern: Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington. 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 fresh produce and eggs. A product can sit in more than one.

Every product in this recall

The FDA opened 29 enforcement records for this one recall, one per product code. This page carries all of them; the 28 below each have their own page with that product’s lot codes and distribution, and search engines are pointed here for the recall as a whole.

The other 28 records of FDA event 84543
Reported	Product	Firm	Reason	Class
2020-02-12	Cage Free Hard-Cooked Eggs sold under the following brand names: Almark, Fresh Thyme, Giant Eagle, Kroger, Lucerne, Members Mark, Naturally Better, Rembrandt Foods & Shop Rite.	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	Eggland's Best Hard Cooked Eggs	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	PECKISH PERFECTLY BOILED FREE RANGE ORGANIC Egg Rancheros Flavor Distributed by PECKISH, LLC, Sonoma, CA 95476	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	Organic Hard Cooked Eggs sold under the brand names of Almark Foods, Inspired Organics, Kirkland Signature, O Organics, Pete & Gerry's Simple Truth Organics & Wild Harvest	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	Almark Foods Classic ProBox Classic Flavor - Cage Free Eggs	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	Almark Foods Smokehouse ProBox Cage Free Hard Cooked Eggs	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	Free Range Hard-Cooked Hen Eggs sold under the brand names of Farmer's Hen House and Nellie's	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	Eggland's Best Cage Free Hard Cooked Eggs	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	Almark Foods Barbecue Probox Mini BBQ Flavor Nuts - White Medium Eggs	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	Almark Foods Cage Free Hard Cooked Eggs w/Salt & Pepper	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	Eggland's Best Cage Free Hard Cooked Eggs w/Salt & Pepper	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	PECKISH PERFECTLY BOILED FREE RANGE ORGANIC Egg Distributed by PECKISH, LLC, Sonoma, CA 95476	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	PECKISH PERFECTLY BOILED FREE RANGE ORGANIC Egg Fried Rice Flavor Distributed by PECKISH, LLC, Sonoma, CA 95476	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	Almark Foods Barbecue ProBox BBQ Flavor Nuts - Cage-Free Eggs	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	White Medium Hard Cooked Eggs sold under the brand names of: Almark Foods, Best Choice, CMI, Dairy Fresh, Deb-El, Everyday Essentials, Food Club, Great Day, Great Value, LIDL, Rainbow Farms & Sunshine	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	PECKISH PERFECTLY BOILED FREE RANGE ORGANIC Egg Maple Walnut Flavor Distributed by PECKISH, LLC, Sonoma, CA 95476	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	Bulk Pail Product -- Almark Foods HARD COOKED BROKEN EGG WHITES 20 LB pail, DIST BY: ALMARK FOODS, GAINESVILLE, GA 30504 UPC 0 44984 42020 1	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	Almark Foods Classic ProBox Mini Classic Flavor - White Medium Eggs	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	Eggland's Best ORGANIC Hard-Cooked Eggs	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	RAINBOW FARMS 23 LB Hard-Cooked, Peeled Eggs INGREDIENTS: EGGS, WATER, CITRIC ACID, VINEGAR Manufactured By: Almark Foods Gainesville, GA 30504 UPC 0 44984 60023 8	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	Vital Farms PASTURE RAISED HARD BOILED EGGS NET WT. 3oz (88g) Distributed by Vital Farms, Austin, TX 78704 UPC 8 51387 00734 8	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	Almark Red Beet Hard-Boiled Eggs Distributed By: Almark Foods Gainesville, GA 800-849-EGGS UPC 0 44984 20242 0	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	White Medium Hard Cooked Eggs w/Salt & Pepper sold under the brand names of: 7 Select, Almark Foods & Sunshine	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	PECKISH PERFECTLY BOILED FREE RANGE ORGANIC Egg Salt & Pepitas Flavor Distributed by PECKISH, LLC, Sonoma, CA 95476	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	Vital Farms Pasture Raised Hard Cooked Eggs w/Salt & Pepper	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	PECKISH PERFECTLY BOILED FREE RANGE ORGANIC Egg Everything Bagel Flavor Distributed by PECKISH, LLC, Sonoma, CA 95476	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	Frozen Diced Eggs sold under the brand names of Almark Foods, Crystal Lake, Rainbow Farms & Rembrandt Foods	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	Almark Foods Smokehouse ProBox Mini White Medium Hard Cooked Eggs	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I

Other fresh produce 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.

Reported	Product	Firm	Reason	Class
2026-09-02	Marketside Tomato Bisque Soup Kit, Tomato Bisque with Cheese Croutons & White Cheddar Cheese, Ready to Heat, Net Wt. 14 OZ (397g), with UPC 1 94346474004. Must Keep Refrigerated.	CUISINE, KETTLE	Product had a presumptive positive test result for Listeria monocytogenes	Class II
2026-03-18	Frozen Raw Bulk 9 inch Blueberry Crumble Pie ES (4 pies/case). Net wt. 38oz. UPC 00022518893257. Handmade - Willamette Valley Pie Company LLC. 1651 Eska Way, Silverton, OR. Frozen raw pies were sold frozen in bulk packaging to grocery retailers' in-store bakeries. They are intended to be baked by the retailer before consumer sale. Frozen raw pies were not sold to consumers at retail stores. Product is labeled with BAKING INSTRUCTIONS: Preheat convection oven to 340 degrees Fahrenheit. Bake pies for 70-80 minutes. Ovens will vary. Adjust time and temperature accordingly to ensure center of pie reaches 210F.	Willamette Valley Pie Company, LLC	Potential contamination with listeria monocytogenes.	Class II
2026-03-18	Made Fresh Salads brand Strawberry Cream Cheese; 5 lb white plastic tub	Made Fresh Salads Inc	Products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.	Class I
2026-03-18	Frozen Raw Bulk 8 inch Blueberry Crumble Pie (4 pies/case). Net wt. 24.5oz. UPC 0002251881223. Handmade - Willamette Valley Pie Company LLC. 1651 Eska Way, Silverton, OR. Frozen Raw pies were sold frozen in bulk packaging to grocery retailers' in-store bakeries. They are intended to be baked by the retailer before consumer sale. Frozen pies were not sold to consumers at retail stores. Product is labeled with BAKING INSTRUCTIONS: Convection Oven: Preheat convection oven to 350 degrees F. Bake pies for 25 minutes. Reduce heat to 335 degrees. Bake for an additional 30-35 minutes. Ovens will vary. Adjust time and temperature accordingly. Conventional Oven: Preheat to 350 degrees F. Bake for 40-45 minutes. Suggestions: Brush a sugar wash, then sprinkle with turbinado sugar, or use egg wash before baking. For best results, allow to cool 3-4 hours.	Willamette Valley Pie Company, LLC	Potential contamination with listeria monocytogenes.	Class II
2026-03-18	Made Fresh Salads brand Blueberry Cream Cheese; 5 lb white plastic tub	Made Fresh Salads Inc	Products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.	Class I
2026-03-18	Made Fresh Salads brand Garlic & Herb Cream Cheese; 5 lb white plastic tub	Made Fresh Salads Inc	Products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.	Class I
2026-03-18	Made Fresh Salads brand Apple Cinnamon Cream Cheese; 5 lb white plastic tub	Made Fresh Salads Inc	Products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.	Class I
2026-03-18	Made Fresh Salads brand Sundried Tomato Cream Cheese; 5 lb white plastic tub	Made Fresh Salads Inc	Products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.	Class I

Other records from Almark Foods, LLC

The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 28 other records name this firm.

Reported	Product	Firm	Reason	Class
2020-02-12	Cage Free Hard-Cooked Eggs sold under the following brand names: Almark, Fresh Thyme, Giant Eagle, Kroger, Lucerne, Members Mark, Naturally Better, Rembrandt Foods & Shop Rite.	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	Eggland's Best Hard Cooked Eggs	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	PECKISH PERFECTLY BOILED FREE RANGE ORGANIC Egg Rancheros Flavor Distributed by PECKISH, LLC, Sonoma, CA 95476	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	Organic Hard Cooked Eggs sold under the brand names of Almark Foods, Inspired Organics, Kirkland Signature, O Organics, Pete & Gerry's Simple Truth Organics & Wild Harvest	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	Almark Foods Classic ProBox Classic Flavor - Cage Free Eggs	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	Almark Foods Smokehouse ProBox Cage Free Hard Cooked Eggs	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	Free Range Hard-Cooked Hen Eggs sold under the brand names of Farmer's Hen House and Nellie's	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	Eggland's Best Cage Free Hard Cooked Eggs	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	Almark Foods Barbecue Probox Mini BBQ Flavor Nuts - White Medium Eggs	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I
2020-02-12	Almark Foods Cage Free Hard Cooked Eggs w/Salt & Pepper	Almark Foods, LLC	The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.	Class I

All 29 records for Almark Foods, LLC

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