RAINBOW FARMS 23 LB Hard-Cooked, Peeled Eggs INGREDIENTS: EGGS, WATER, CITRIC ACID…
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
- 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
- UPC
- 044984600238
- 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-0604-2020
- Quantity
- 300/23 lb 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
- LOT: ITEM #60023V BEST IF USED BY 1/22/2020, 2/13/2020
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. 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 29 of them.
- 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 eggs run a median of 6 months, so this one was longer than usual for its category. Shell eggs have their own Salmonella Enteritidis prevention regulation at 21 CFR part 118, which requires testing and refrigeration on farms above a size threshold, and they are separately one of the nine major allergens.
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 eggs. A product can sit in more than one.
Other eggs 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 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 | 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. | 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 |
All 29 records for Almark Foods, LLC
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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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