Sunflower Seeds, PLU# 65167; various weights; various sell by dates; Market District…
Giant Eagle, Inc. recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 3 August 2016 as Class I. The recall was initiated by the firm. Giant Eagle supplier SunOpta has informed Giant Eagle of the expansion of their sunflower kernel recall due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Giant Eagle repacked the sunflower kernels under the Market District label, which were sold in the bulk section of 12 of its Market District stores. Giant Eagle has expanded their recall to include all lots of sunflower seeds
The record
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- Product
- Sunflower Seeds, PLU# 65167; various weights; various sell by dates; Market District; Distributed by Giant Eagle, Pittsburgh, PA 15238
- Reason for recall
- Giant Eagle supplier SunOpta has informed Giant Eagle of the expansion of their sunflower kernel recall due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Giant Eagle repacked the sunflower kernels under the Market District label, which were sold in the bulk section of 12 of its Market District stores. Giant Eagle has expanded their recall to include all lots of sunflower seeds
- Recalling firm
- Giant Eagle, Inc.
- Firm location
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- Classification
- Class I
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-1836-2016
- Quantity
- total for bulk and repacked containers (cannot be separated) 2197.53 lbs.
- Distribution
- PA, OH, IN
- Initiated
- 3 May 2016
- Reported by FDA
- 3 August 2016
- Terminated
- 15 August 2017
- Firm notified by
- Product codes
- Sell by dates to 12/1/16
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 15 months, from 3 May 2016 to termination on 15 August 2017. 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 3 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 3 months after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of nuts or seeds run a median of 7 months, so this one was longer 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.
Named in the distribution pattern: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana. 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 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.
Other records from Giant Eagle, Inc.
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 62 other records name this firm.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-29 | Smoked Mozzarella Penne Salad, bulk, UPC 256616000000 | Giant Eagle, Inc. | Recall notification from supplier of Potential listeria contamination. | Class I |
| 2025-10-29 | Smoked Mozzarella Penne Salad-Large, Clam shell and Bowl, 9 lbs, Individual Unit, Keep Refrigerated, UPC 246512000000 | Giant Eagle, Inc. | Recall notification from supplier of Potential listeria contamination. | Class I |
| 2025-10-29 | Smoked Mozzarella Penne Salad-Small, Clam shell and Bowl, 4 lbs 8 oz, Individual Unit, Keep Refrigerated, UPC 246511000000 | Giant Eagle, Inc. | Recall notification from supplier of Potential listeria contamination. | Class I |
| 2025-05-07 | Multigrain Sourdough Freshly Backed, and Half Multigrain Sourdough Artisan Bread, 15 oz; 7 oz, Bag, 1 unit | Giant Eagle, Inc. | Firm is recalling product due to the potential of foreign material (glass) | Class II |
| 2022-04-20 | Giant Eagle, Happy Face Cookie 4 Pack 25051900000, 11 oz, Clam Shell | Giant Eagle, Inc. | Undeclared milk allergen | Class I |
| 2022-04-20 | Giant Eagle, Happy Face Cookie Single 25065900000 | Giant Eagle, Inc. | Undeclared milk allergen | Class I |
| 2022-01-05 | Giant Eagle Diced Green Peppers, 10 oz. 283 g, Frozen bag, 12 packages per case , Best By 10/14/2023 . | Giant Eagle, Inc. | Giant Eagle, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA has initiated a recall of Giant Eagle Diced Green Peppers, 10 oz. 283 g, Frozen bag, 12 packages per case, Best By 10/14/2023 because the product tested positive for Listeriosis Monocytogenes. | Class II |
| 2021-06-09 | Giant Eagle Chicken Street Taco Kit; 20 oz (1 lbs 4 oz) Individual Units, PLU Code beginning 256598 00000 | Giant Eagle, Inc. | Undeclared egg allergen | Class I |
| 2017-11-22 | Giant Eagle Breaded Shrimp Pittsburgh, PA 15238 PLU # 86815 refrigerated, packed in plastic clam shell. Sell by dates: up to and including Oct 25 2017. Located in the Grab "n Go refrigerated cases at Giant Eagle and Market District supermarkets. | Giant Eagle, Inc. | Giant Eagle Voluntarily Recalls Breaded Shrimp Due to an Undeclared Egg Allergen. All lot codes up to and including best by October 24, 2017 of Giant Eagle brand Breaded Shrimp, prepared and sold from the Prepared Foods grab and go sections inside Giant Eagle and Market District supermarkets through October 19, 2017 have been voluntarily recalled by Giant Eagle due to an undeclared egg allergen. | Class I |
| 2017-11-15 | Market District Coffee Beans covered in Dark Chocolate; Net Wt. 8 OZ.; Contains Soy; May Contain: Milk Manufactured in a plant that processes wheat, peanuts, tree nuts and eggs.; Distributed by Giant Eagle, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA 15238-2809 | Giant Eagle, Inc. | On 10/30/2017, Giant Eagle received notice from their contract manufacturer to recall Market District Coffee Beans Covered in Dark Chocolate due to undeclared milk in the dark chocolate. Giant Eagle product labels do carry the advisory statement "May Contain Milk". | Class II |
All 63 records for Giant Eagle, Inc.
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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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