Class ITerminated · reported 2019-05-15

Fresh cut watermelon, fresh cut honeydew melon, fresh cut cantaloupe and fresh cut mixed…

Caito Foods LLC. recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 15 May 2019 as Class I. The recall was initiated by the firm. Potential to be contaminated with Salmonella Carrau

The record

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Product: Fresh cut watermelon, fresh cut honeydew melon, fresh cut cantaloupe and fresh cut mixed fruit containing one of these melons.
Reason for recall: Potential to be contaminated with Salmonella Carrau
Recalling firm: Caito Foods LLC.
Firm location: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Classification: Class I
Status: Terminated
Recall number: F-1338-2019
Quantity: 279,205 retail units
Distribution: see below.
Initiated: 12 April 2019
Reported by FDA: 15 May 2019
Terminated: 4 November 2020
Firm notified by: Press Release
Product codes: Best by or Use by 4/19/2019 and any date prior

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 19 months, from 12 April 2019 to termination on 4 November 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 5 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.

What this recall was for

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.

Filed under fresh produce. A product can sit in more than one.

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
2026-08-26	Whole Foods Mild Guacamole Dip No Tomatoes, Keep Refrigerated. Packed in various sized clear plastic containers. Product is weighed and a finished product label is applied. Products contain the following PLU Cods located under label bar code: 24293900000, 25745000000, 24367500000, 25658600000, Packed for Whole Foods Market, located at either 1745 W. Market Street, Akron, OH 44313 or 4301 W. William Cannon, Austin, TX 78749.	WFM Purchasing, LP	Salsa and Guacamole products were made with jalapenos that may be contaminated with Salmonella.	Class I
2026-08-26	Whole Foods Spicy Guacamole Dip No Tomatoes, Keep Refrigerated. Packed in various sized clear plastic containers. Product is weighed and a finished product label is applied. Products contain the following PLU Cods located under label bar code: 25745200000, 284324000000, 23501500000, 25744900000. Packed for Whole Foods Market, located at either 1745 W. Market Street, Akron, OH 44313 or 4301 W. William Cannon, Austin, TX 78749.	WFM Purchasing, LP	Salsa and Guacamole products were made with jalapenos that may be contaminated with Salmonella.	Class I
2026-08-26	Whole Foods Salsa, Heirloom Tomato. Keep Refrigerated. Packed in various sized clear plastic containers. Product is weighed and a finished product label is applied. Products contain the following PLU Cods located under label bar code: 22860200000, 24091700000, 24118800000, 25024800000, 29648100000, 29648700000, 46000049560. Packed for Whole Foods Market, located at either 1745 W. Market Street, Akron, OH 44313 or 4301 W. William Cannon, Austin, TX 78749.	WFM Purchasing, LP	Salsa and Guacamole products were made with jalapenos that may be contaminated with Salmonella.	Class I
2026-08-26	Whole Foods Mango Pineapple Salsa sold as a condiment in Caribbean Mango Pineapple Turkey Burger. Keep Refrigerated. Packed in various sized clear plastic containers. Product is weighed and a finished product label is applied. Products contain the following PLU Cods located under label bar code: 25867600000, 21195900000, 46000040275, 27578600000. Packed for Whole Foods Market, 4301 W. William Cannon, Austin, TX 78749.	WFM Purchasing, LP	Salsa and Guacamole products were made with jalapenos that may be contaminated with Salmonella.	Class I
2026-07-01	2.0 oz Dirty Sour Cream and Onion Potato Chips, Plastic Bag.	Utz Quality Foods, LLC	Potential presence of Salmonella.	Class I
2026-07-01	Spring & Mulberry Mango Chili Date-Sweetened Chocolate, Net Wt. 2.1 oz. (60g), individually packaged in an orange box, UPC 850055470033, Dist. By Spring & Mulberry Raleigh, NC 27606. Wholesale product packed 48 bars (caddied)/56 bars (uncaddied) per case. Retail product sold individually or as a 3-pk, 6-pk, or 12-pk (Amazon only).	Spring & Mulberry Inc.	Potential Salmonella contamination	Class I
2026-07-01	Spring & Mulberry Mulberry Fennel Date-Sweetened Chocolate, Net Wt. 2.1 oz. (60g), individually packaged in a burgundy box, UPC 850055470149, Dist. By Spring & Mulberry Raleigh, NC 27606. Wholesale product packed 48 bars (caddied)/56 bars (uncaddied) per case. Retail product sold individually or as a 3-pk, 6-pk, or 12-pk (Amazon only).	Spring & Mulberry Inc.	Potential Salmonella contamination.	Class I
2026-07-01	2.0 oz Dirty Maui Onion Chip, Plastic Bag.	Utz Quality Foods, LLC	Potential presence of Salmonella.	Class I

Other records from Caito Foods LLC.

The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 19 other records name this firm.

Reported	Product	Firm	Reason	Class
2018-11-07	SOUTHWEST SWEET POTATO RICE; 12oz. Plastic Clamshell; Keep Refrigerated; UPC 0826766185610	Caito Foods LLC.	Products recalled due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes or Salmonella.	Class II
2018-11-07	SOUTHWEST STUFFED PORTABELLA MUSHROOM; 8oz. Black Foam Over-wrapped Trays; Keep Refrigerated; UPC 0081851202676	Caito Foods LLC.	Products recalled due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes or Salmonella.	Class II
2018-11-07	STREET CORN; 6oz. Plastic Clamshell; Keep Refrigerated; UPC 0884853641067	Caito Foods LLC.	Products recalled due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes or Salmonella.	Class II
2018-11-07	ANCHO CHILI & CORN CAULIFLOWER RICE; 12oz. Plastic Clamshell; Keep Refrigerated; UPC 0826766185900	Caito Foods LLC.	Products recalled due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes or Salmonella.	Class II
2018-11-07	MUSHROOM CRIMINI SOUTHWEST STUFFED; 7oz. Black Foam Over-wrapped Trays; Keep Refrigerated; UPC 0884853631044	Caito Foods LLC.	Products recalled due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes or Salmonella.	Class II
2018-11-07	SOUTHWEST CRIMINI STUFFED MUSHROOM; 7oz. Black Foam Over-wrapped Trays; Keep Refrigerated; UPC 0081851202683	Caito Foods LLC.	Products recalled due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes or Salmonella.	Class II
2018-11-07	MUSHROOM PRTBELA SOUTHWEST STUFFED; 8oz. Black Foam Over-wrapped Trays; Keep Refrigerated; UPC 0884853631037	Caito Foods LLC.	Products recalled due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes or Salmonella.	Class II
2018-09-12	Delish Vegetable Garden Salad, 10.5 oz. UPC 49022542426	Caito Foods LLC.	The recalling firm learned from their supplier that an ingredient distributed to them tested positive for Cyclospora.	Class II
2018-09-12	Garden Salad with Homestyle Ranch Dressing, 11.5 oz. UPC 0826766141036	Caito Foods LLC.	The recalling firm learned from their supplier that an ingredient distributed to them tested positive for Cyclospora.	Class II
2018-09-12	Vegetable Garden Salad, 8 oz. UPC 0081851223497	Caito Foods LLC.	The recalling firm learned from their supplier that an ingredient distributed to them tested positive for Cyclospora.	Class II

All 20 records for Caito Foods LLC.

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