4 Earth Farms formerly Mcl Fresh Inc Recall: potential contamination with E. coli O121:H19

🇺🇸 United States

1. November 18, 2024 - Recall initiated
2. December 18, 2024 - Reported by source
3. January 23, 2025 - Recall terminated

Official source record

Agency

FDA

Dataset

FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)

Recall number

F-0280-2025

Event ID

95803

Status

Terminated

Classification

Class I

Company

4 Earth Farms formerly Mcl Fresh Inc

Product description

Organic Carrots. Bulk 1 pound bags. Washed and ready to prepare, Perishable keep refrigerated. Distributed by 4Earth Farms, LLC., Commerce, CA 92022 USA

Quantity

6,036 cases total

Reason

potential contamination with E. coli O121:H19

Recall initiation date

November 18, 2024

Report date

December 18, 2024

Classification date

Not published in this source record

Termination date

January 23, 2025

Distribution pattern

The firm distributed to seven (7) direct account consignees. Five(5) of those were distribution centers, two (2) were direct retail locations. States include NH, FL, CA, PA, MN, IL, NC, OH, PA,

UPC, lot, and code information

SKU# 20023

Voluntary or mandated

Voluntary: Firm initiated

Initial notification method

E-Mail

Source last updated

Not tracked separately from the Public Health Trace retrieval date below

Public Health Trace retrieval date

July 18, 2026 ET

Other products recalled under this same event

This recall shares FDA event ID 95803 with 8 other product entries in Public Health Trace.

Responsible company: 4 Earth Farms formerly Mcl Fresh Inc

Other recalls from 4 Earth Farms formerly Mcl Fresh Inc

A map highlighting the states named in the source's distribution description.

Distributed No data published

Shading reflects state-level totals only, as published by the source. It does not imply county-level or point-level precision.

Distribution map

State	Distributed
New Hampshire	1
Florida	1
California	1
Pennsylvania	1
Minnesota	1
Illinois	1
North Carolina	1
Ohio	1

States shown are extracted from the source's free-text distribution description above; a narrative description (e.g. "distributed nationwide") may not list individual states to extract.

Where this information comes from

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Technical source data

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Retrieved by Public Health Trace: July 18, 2026 ET

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