Russian Coleslaw is sold at the chef's case, self serve counter, or packaged.
Ron Stockman Whole Foods recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 19 September 2012 as Class I. The recall was initiated by the firm. Whole Foods Market in Florida recalled certain fresh food items sold in the prepared foods department and one item in the seafood department as they could of been made using raw yellow onions processed by Gill Onions, LLC. Gill Onions, LLC initiated a recall on their product due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

The record
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- Product
- Russian Coleslaw is sold at the chef's case, self serve counter, or packaged. Packaged product is labeled as listed below: "***WHOLE FOODS MARKET***RUSSIAN COLESLAW***CABBAGE, CARROTS, THOUSAND DRESSING ( CANOLA MAYONNAISE ( CANOLA OIL, EGGS, FILTERED WATER, HONEY, VINEGAR, SEA SALT, DRY MUSTARD, LEMON JUICE), SWEET PICKLE RELISH ( CUCUMBERS, CRYSTALLIZED CANE JUICE, WATER, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SALT, DEHYDRATED PEPPERS, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, XANTHAN GUM, NATURAL SPICE FLAVORS, GUM ARABIC), SWEET THAI CHILI SAUCE ( SUGAR, WATER, CHILI, VINEGAR, GARLIC, SALT, GUAR GUM, CITRIC ACID), ONION, RED HOT SAUCE ( AGED CAYENNE PEPPERS, VINEGAR, WATER, SALT, GARLIC POWDER), LIQUID AMINOS ( FORMULATED SOY PROTEIN, WATER), PAPRIKA, KETCHUP ( TOMATO PUREE, EVAPORATED CANE JUICE, SUGAR, WHITE VINEGAR, SALT, ONION POWDER & SPICES). CONTAINS: EGG, SOY***"
- Reason for recall
- Whole Foods Market in Florida recalled certain fresh food items sold in the prepared foods department and one item in the seafood department as they could of been made using raw yellow onions processed by Gill Onions, LLC. Gill Onions, LLC initiated a recall on their product due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
- Recalling firm
- Ron Stockman Whole Foods
- Firm location
- Ft Lauderdale, Florida, United States
- Classification
- Class I
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-2146-2012
- Quantity
- UNKNOWN
- Distribution
- Products were sold directly to the consumers though our Whole Foods Market Retail stores in the state of Florida.
- Initiated
- 27 July 2012
- Reported by FDA
- 19 September 2012
- Terminated
- 19 September 2012
- Firm notified by
- Other
- Product codes
- None
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 31 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 31 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 31. 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 31 of them.
- The recall ran for 8 weeks, from 27 July 2012 to termination on 19 September 2012. 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 8 weeks 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.
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, sauces, dips and condiments, spices and seasonings, beverages and juice and eggs. 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 Ron Stockman Whole Foods
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 30 other records name this firm.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-09-19 | Gills Onions were used in this product. The Tuna With Sun-Dried Cranberries & Lemon is sold at the chef's case, self serve counter, or packaged. Packaged product is labeled as listed below: "***WHOLE FOODS MARKET***TUNA WITH SUN-DRIED CRANBERRIES AND LEMON*** TUNA ( TUNA, WATER, VEGETABLE BROTH (CARROTS & PEAS), SALT), ONIONS....***" | Ron Stockman Whole Foods | Whole Foods Market in Florida recalled certain fresh food items sold in the prepared foods department and one item in the seafood department as they could of been made using raw yellow onions processed by Gill Onions, LLC. Gill Onions, LLC initiated a recall on their product due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. | Class I |
| 2012-09-19 | Gills Onions were used in this product. The product listed below is prepared at Whole Foods Market and distributed in their retail chef's case or on the self-service bar. It was not sold labeled. SHRIMP WITH SNOW PEAS | Ron Stockman Whole Foods | Whole Foods Market in Florida recalled certain fresh food items sold in the prepared foods department and one item in the seafood department as they could of been made using raw yellow onions processed by Gill Onions, LLC. Gill Onions, LLC initiated a recall on their product due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. | Class I |
| 2012-09-19 | Gills Onions were used in this product. The product listed below is prepared at Whole Foods Market and distributed in their retail chef's case or on the self-service bar. It was not sold labeled. SOY & THE SEA | Ron Stockman Whole Foods | Whole Foods Market in Florida recalled certain fresh food items sold in the prepared foods department and one item in the seafood department as they could of been made using raw yellow onions processed by Gill Onions, LLC. Gill Onions, LLC initiated a recall on their product due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. | Class I |
| 2012-09-19 | Gills Onions were used in this product. The product listed below is prepared at Whole Foods Market and distributed in their retail chef's case or on the self-service bar. It was not sold labeled. CHUNKY RANCH VEGETABLE SALAD NO OIL ADDED | Ron Stockman Whole Foods | Whole Foods Market in Florida recalled certain fresh food items sold in the prepared foods department and one item in the seafood department as they could of been made using raw yellow onions processed by Gill Onions, LLC. Gill Onions, LLC initiated a recall on their product due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. | Class I |
| 2012-09-19 | Gills Onions were used in this product. The product listed below is prepared at Whole Foods Market and distributed in their retail chef's case or on the self-service bar. It was not sold labeled. RANCH ICEBERG SALAD WEDGE NO OIL ADDED | Ron Stockman Whole Foods | Whole Foods Market in Florida recalled certain fresh food items sold in the prepared foods department and one item in the seafood department as they could of been made using raw yellow onions processed by Gill Onions, LLC. Gill Onions, LLC initiated a recall on their product due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. | Class I |
| 2012-09-19 | Gills Onions were used in this product. The Thousand Island Potato Salad is sold at the chef's case, self serve counter, or packaged.It is also sold as "Family Sized Savings Thousand Island Potato Salad". Packaged product is labeled as listed below: "***WHOLE FOODS MARKET***THOUSAND ISLAND POTATO SALAD***POTATOES, CAGE-FREE HARD COOKED EGGS (EGGS, WATER, CITRIC ACID), THOUSAND ISLAND DRESSING....***" | Ron Stockman Whole Foods | Whole Foods Market in Florida recalled certain fresh food items sold in the prepared foods department and one item in the seafood department as they could of been made using raw yellow onions processed by Gill Onions, LLC. Gill Onions, LLC initiated a recall on their product due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. | Class I |
| 2012-09-19 | Gills Onions were used in this product. The product listed below is prepared at Whole Foods Market and distributed in their retail chef's case or on the self-service bar. It was not sold labeled. SEASONAL SUCCOTASH | Ron Stockman Whole Foods | Whole Foods Market in Florida recalled certain fresh food items sold in the prepared foods department and one item in the seafood department as they could of been made using raw yellow onions processed by Gill Onions, LLC. Gill Onions, LLC initiated a recall on their product due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. | Class I |
| 2012-09-19 | Gills Onions were used in this product. The product listed below is prepared at Whole Foods Market and distributed in their retail chef's case or on the self-service bar. It was not sold labeled. RUSSIAN SALAD | Ron Stockman Whole Foods | Whole Foods Market in Florida recalled certain fresh food items sold in the prepared foods department and one item in the seafood department as they could of been made using raw yellow onions processed by Gill Onions, LLC. Gill Onions, LLC initiated a recall on their product due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. | Class I |
| 2012-09-19 | Miso Dressing sold at the chef's case, self service bar, or sold packaged. Packaged product is labeled as listed below: "WHOLE FOODS MARKET***MISODRESSING***WHITE MISO (WATER, RICE, WHOLE SOYBEAN, SEA SALT, KOJI STARTER), TOFU (FILTERED WATER, (NON-GMO) SOYBEANS, NATURAL COAGULANTS (CALCIUM CHLORIDE (NIGARI), CALCIUM SULFATE), EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL, WATER, APPLE CIDER VINEGAR (APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, WATER), ONIONS, TAMARI (WATER, SOYBEANS, SALT, ALCOHOL (TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS)), PARSLEY CONTAINS: SOY***" | Ron Stockman Whole Foods | Whole Foods Market in Florida recalled certain fresh food items sold in the prepared foods department and one item in the seafood department as they could of been made using raw yellow onions processed by Gill Onions, LLC. Gill Onions, LLC initiated a recall on their product due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. | Class I |
| 2012-09-19 | Gills Onions were used in this product. The product listed below is prepared at Whole Foods Market and distributed in their retail chef's case or on the self-service bar. It was not sold labeled. Thousand Island Surimi Crab Salad Roll | Ron Stockman Whole Foods | Whole Foods Market in Florida recalled certain fresh food items sold in the prepared foods department and one item in the seafood department as they could of been made using raw yellow onions processed by Gill Onions, LLC. Gill Onions, LLC initiated a recall on their product due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. | Class I |
All 31 records for Ron Stockman Whole Foods
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