Eillien's Salted Sunflower Kernels Net WT 4 oz (113G) sealed in original plastic…
Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 27 July 2016 as Class I. The recall was initiated by the firm. Garden Fresh Foods Inc. is recalling 4oz individual packages of sunflower kernels that were included in three of their salad kits. The kernels were distributed by Eillien's Candies whose ingredient supplier, SunOpta, has stated may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. There have been no reported illnesses to date.
The record
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- Product
- Eillien's Salted Sunflower Kernels Net WT 4 oz (113G) sealed in original plastic packaging and contained in Garden Fresh Foods, Cool Breeze Salad Kit #2092, Net Wt 6.75 lbs 3,06 kg, 0 01 11596 72092 7.
- Reason for recall
- Garden Fresh Foods Inc. is recalling 4oz individual packages of sunflower kernels that were included in three of their salad kits. The kernels were distributed by Eillien's Candies whose ingredient supplier, SunOpta, has stated may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. There have been no reported illnesses to date.
- Recalling firm
- Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc.
- Firm location
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
- Classification
- Class I
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-1767-2016
- Quantity
- 221 kits containing 2 individually sealed sumflower kernels/kit for a total of 442 packages
- Distribution
- US: MI, WI, IL
- Initiated
- 24 May 2016
- Reported by FDA
- 27 July 2016
- Terminated
- 5 October 2016
- Firm notified by
- Telephone
- Product codes
- Use-By-Dates, 5/25, 5/26, 6/1, 6/3, 6/8, 6/12. 6/16, 6/19 and 6/22.
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 3 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 3 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 3. 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 3 of them.
- The recall ran for 4 months, from 24 May 2016 to termination on 5 October 2016. 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 2 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 2 months after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of fresh produce run a median of 7 months, so this one was shorter 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: Wisconsin, Illinois. 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. 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.
Other records from Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc.
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 633 other records name this firm.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-22 | Sliced (1/4") green onions, refrigerated, packaged in plastic bag. Each case consist 5/6lbs. bag (net wt. 30lbs.). Garden Fresh Foods Inc. Woodinville, WA. Product is distributed in bulk package and is not sold directly to consumers. | Garden Fresh Foods, Inc. | Possible positive Listeria monocytogenes. Firm tested one lot of sliced green onions in-house and found Listeria monocytogenes. | Class I |
| 2022-03-02 | Weis Original Potato Salad, Net Wt 64 oz (4 lb) 1.81kg. UPC 41497-19347. Keep Refrigerated | Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. | Undeclared milk. | Class I |
| 2016-07-27 | Eillien's Salted Sunflower Kernels Net WT 4 oz (113G) sealed in original plastic packaging and contained in Garden Fresh Foods Broccoli Raisin Salad Kit #2081, Net Wt 3.38 lbs, 1.53 kg, 0 00 11596 42081 3. | Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. | Garden Fresh Foods Inc. is recalling 4oz individual packages of sunflower kernels that were included in three of their salad kits. The kernels were distributed by Eillien's Candies whose ingredient supplier, SunOpta, has stated may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. There have been no reported illnesses to date. | Class I |
| 2016-07-27 | Eillien's Salted Sunflower Kernels Net WT 4 oz (113G) sealed in original plastic packaging and contained in Garden Fresh Foods Cool Breeze Health SALD Kit #2052, Net WT 7.06 lbs, 3.20 kg. 0 01 11596 72052 1. | Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. | Garden Fresh Foods Inc. is recalling 4oz individual packages of sunflower kernels that were included in three of their salad kits. The kernels were distributed by Eillien's Candies whose ingredient supplier, SunOpta, has stated may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. There have been no reported illnesses to date. | Class I |
| 2015-07-15 | Garden Fresh Steakhouse Potato Salad Kit, CODE#1076, NET WT 10.75 LBS (4.876 KG) , UPC 0 01 11596 51076 4. | Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. | Garden Fresh Foods, Inc. reported one case of Steakhouse Potato Salad Kit tested presumptive for Listeria monocytogenes. | Class I |
| 2014-10-01 | Garden Fresh Egg Salad, Code #2022, Net Wt. 5 lbs. (2.268 Kg) UPC 11596-52022 | Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. | Garden Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling Garden Fresh Egg Salad because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. | Class I |
| 2013-12-25 | Garden-Fresh, Seafood Salad Rouille, 1/5 lb., 0 11596 55187 6, 12/6/2013; | Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. | Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling various cut vegetables, ready-to-eat salads, slaw, spread and dip products sold under various brands and code dates manufactured prior to November 06, 2013 because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. | Class I |
| 2013-12-25 | Garden-Fresh, Red Cabbage Shredded, 1/5 lb., 0 11596 50590, Manufactured on 10/28/2013 - 11/6/2013; Garden-Fresh, Red Cabbage Shredded 4/5 lb., 0 11596 50592 3, 10/28/2013 - 11/6/2013; | Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. | Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling various cut vegetables, ready-to-eat salads, slaw, spread and dip products sold under various brands and code dates manufactured prior to November 06, 2013 because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. | Class I |
| 2013-12-25 | Garden-Fresh, Sweet & Sour Cucumber, 2/5 lb., 0 11596 52014 8, 11/15/2013 - 11/30/2013; | Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. | Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling various cut vegetables, ready-to-eat salads, slaw, spread and dip products sold under various brands and code dates manufactured prior to November 06, 2013 because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. | Class I |
| 2013-12-25 | Grandpa's ,Red Skin Potato Salad, 2/5 lb., 0 11596 51080 4, 11/22/2013 - 12/10/2013; Grandpa's, Red Skin Potato Salad, 12/16 oz,. 0 11596 14061 2, 0 11596 24061 9, 11/25/2013 - 12/10/2013; | Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. | Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling various cut vegetables, ready-to-eat salads, slaw, spread and dip products sold under various brands and code dates manufactured prior to November 06, 2013 because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. | Class I |
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