Class ITerminated · reported 2013-07-17

Item Number: 379235 Item Description: BAG CLEAR PINE NUTS Case Pack: 12 Package Size: 3…

Lipari Foods, Inc. recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 17 July 2013 as Class I. The recall was initiated by the firm. Contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirt

The record

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Product
Item Number: 379235 Item Description: BAG CLEAR PINE NUTS Case Pack: 12 Package Size: 3 OZ Clear Plastic Bag (Pic-A-Nut Label on Front, Nutritional Label on Back) UPC Number: 094776110087
Reason for recall
Contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirt
Recalling firm
Lipari Foods, Inc.
Firm location
Warren, Michigan, United States
Classification
Class I
Status
Terminated
Recall number
F-1702-2013
Quantity
23 cases
Distribution
Ohio, Michigan, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana.
Initiated
4 June 2013
Reported by FDA
17 July 2013
Terminated
17 October 2013
Firm notified by
Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
Product codes
Lot Number: 03201306 Best By Date: 6/3/2014

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 52 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 52 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 52. 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 52 of them.
  • The recall ran for 4 months, from 4 June 2013 to termination on 17 October 2013. 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 6 weeks after the firm began the recall.
  • Recalls of nuts or seeds run a median of 7 months, so this one was shorter than usual for its category. Nuts and seeds carry both hazards at once: they are a major allergen in their own right, and as a low-moisture food they hold Salmonella for months without supporting its growth, which is why a nut butter recall can trace to a lot pressed a year earlier.

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 nuts and seeds. A product can sit in more than one.

Other nuts and seeds 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.

ReportedProductFirmReasonClass
2026-03-18Made Fresh Salads brand Walnut Raisin Cream Cheese; 5 lb white plastic tubMade Fresh Salads IncProducts may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.Class I
2025-09-17Wegmans Caramel Apple Pecan Topped Brie Cheese -Small - 13 OZ - Clear plastic container with lid UPC: 2-77645-XXXXX-3 (X - varies by weighted price)Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.Products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenesClass I
2025-06-11Fresh & Ready Foods Almonds & Chocolate Snack, 3oz. plastic container. Best buy: 05/09/2025-05/12/2025 UPC# 6 82906 90796 8Fresh & Ready Foods LLCListeria Monocytogenes detected on food contact surfaces in Ready To Eat sandwich manufacturer facility.Class I
2024-12-04NATURES PATH ORGANIC 12/7.4oz GRDL WFL CHIA ORG GF-NPTHO UPC 058449590729 NATURES PATH ORGANIC 12/210g GRDL WFL CHIA ORG GF-NPOCN UPC 058449590743Treehouse Foodspotential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenesClass II
2024-08-14Shelled Walnuts 1lb package in plastic flexible packaging. 24 packages per caseStutz Packing CompanyShelled walnuts tested positive for ListeriaClass I
2024-08-07Dolcezza Peanut Butter Stracciatella Gelato 16 fl oz/1 pint, UPC 857838006090. Packaged in paper containers, 8 containers per case.Totally Cool, Inc.Possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenesClass II
2024-08-07Dolcezza Peanut Butter Cup Gelato 16 fl oz/1 pint, UPC 857838006472. Packaged in paper containers, 8 containers per case.Totally Cool, Inc.Possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenesClass II
2024-08-07Marco Peanut Butter Caramel Ice Cream 16 fl oz/1 pint, UPC 860001992878. Packaged in paper containers, 8 containers per case.Totally Cool, Inc.Possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenesClass II

Other records from Lipari Foods, Inc.

The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 79 other records name this firm.

ReportedProductFirmReasonClass
2018-08-15Premo Brand and Fresh Grab turkey and Swiss submarine sandwiches, 4/6 oz, and 18/6 oz.Lipari Foods, Inc.Lipari Foods, LLC has issued a voluntary recall of Premo Brand and Fresh Grab turkey and Swiss submarine sandwiches produced and packaged by sister company JLM due to potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenesClass I
2017-10-04Sunflower Seeds Honey Roasted, 12oz Tubs & 25lb BulkLipari Foods, Inc.Lipari Foods LLC initiated a voluntary recall of Honey Roasted Sunflower Seeds, 12oz Tubs & 25lb Bulk, due to an off taste following a consumer complaint and mislabeled shelf life.Class III
2017-04-12Thortons Italian Footlong 6/12 oz.Lipari Foods, Inc.JLM Manufacturing initiated a recall on 02/21/2017 of multiple ready to eat sandwiches containing cheese because of a supplier's recall of cheese due to Listeria monocytogenes.Class I
2017-04-12Thortons Italian & Provolone 12 oz.Lipari Foods, Inc.JLM Manufacturing initiated a recall on 02/21/2017 of multiple ready to eat sandwiches containing cheese because of a supplier's recall of cheese due to Listeria monocytogenes.Class I
2017-04-12Premo Turkey & Garlic Mayo Item # 207455, Net wt. 5.5 oz; Core-Mark Turkey & Garlic Mayo Item # 568207, Net wt. 5.5 oz; Fresh Grab Turkey & Provolone with Garlic Mayo Item # 455956, Net wt. 5.5 ozLipari Foods, Inc.JLM Manufacturing initiated a recall on 02/21/2017 of multiple ready to eat sandwiches containing cheese because of a supplier's recall of cheese due to Listeria monocytogenes.Class I
2017-04-12Premo Signature Classic Italian, 1/6 oz.Lipari Foods, Inc.JLM Manufacturing initiated a recall on 02/21/2017 of multiple ready to eat sandwiches containing cheese because of a supplier's recall of cheese due to Listeria monocytogenes.Class I
2017-04-12Premo Asiago Italian Item # 207919, Net Wt 6 oz; Fresh Grab Asiago Italian Item # 251847, Net Wt 6 oz; Core-Mark Asiago Italian Item # 568377, Net Wt 6 oz;Lipari Foods, Inc.JLM Manufacturing initiated a recall on 02/21/2017 of multiple ready to eat sandwiches containing cheese because of a supplier's recall of cheese due to Listeria monocytogenes.Class I
2017-04-12Premo Ham & Provolone Item # 207851, Net Wt 6 oz; Fresh Grab Ham & Provolone Item # 251745, Net Wt 6 oz; Core-Mark Ham & Provolone Item # 568343, Net Wt 6 oz;Lipari Foods, Inc.JLM Manufacturing initiated a recall on 02/21/2017 of multiple ready to eat sandwiches containing cheese because of a supplier's recall of cheese due to Listeria monocytogenes.Class I
2017-04-12Premo Italian Wrap, 1/5 oz.Lipari Foods, Inc.JLM Manufacturing initiated a recall on 02/21/2017 of multiple ready to eat sandwiches containing cheese because of a supplier's recall of cheese due to Listeria monocytogenes.Class I
2017-04-12Coffee House Italian Flatbread , Item # 226323 net wt. 6 oz.; Fresh Grab Italian Flatbread , Item # 252323 net wt. 6 oz.Lipari Foods, Inc.JLM Manufacturing initiated a recall on 02/21/2017 of multiple ready to eat sandwiches containing cheese because of a supplier's recall of cheese due to Listeria monocytogenes.Class I

All 80 records for Lipari Foods, Inc.

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