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Almark Foods, LLC Recall: The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.

United States

TerminatedClass I

Company
Almark Foods, LLC
Product
Eggland's Best ORGANIC Hard-Cooked Eggs
Recall date
December 19, 2019
Terminated
September 17, 2021
Source
FDA

Reason for recall

The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.

  1. - Recall initiated
  2. - Reported by source
  3. - Recall terminated
Recalled products
Product description UPC Quantity Lot / code information
Eggland's Best ORGANIC Hard-Cooked Eggs Not published in this source record 628,531 retail packages of various sizes (total) All lot codes containing "G" with a USED BY DATE on or before 11/2020

Distribution

  • Product was shipped to the following states: AL
  • AR
  • AZ
  • CA
  • CO
  • CT
  • DC
  • FL
  • GA
  • IA
  • IL
  • IN
  • KS
  • KY
  • LA
  • MA
  • MD
  • ME
  • MI
  • MN
  • MO
  • MS
  • NC
  • ND
  • NH
  • NJ
  • NV
  • NY
  • OH
  • OK
  • OR
  • PA
  • SC
  • TN
  • TX
  • UT
  • VA
  • WA
  • WI & WY.

Official source record

Agency
FDA
Dataset
FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)
Recall number
F-0613-2020
Event ID
84543
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class I
Company
Almark Foods, LLC
Product description
Eggland's Best ORGANIC Hard-Cooked Eggs
Quantity
628,531 retail packages of various sizes (total)
Reason
The firm was notified by FDA & CDC of a potential Listeria monocytogenes genetic match between environmental samples from our facility and case patient samples associated with an illness outbreak.
Recall initiation date
December 19, 2019
Report date
February 12, 2020
Classification date
Not published in this source record
Termination date
September 17, 2021
Distribution pattern
Product was shipped to the following states: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI & WY.
UPC, lot, and code information
All lot codes containing "G" with a USED BY DATE on or before 11/2020
Voluntary or mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Initial notification method
Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
Source last updated
Not tracked separately from the Public Health Trace retrieval date below
Public Health Trace retrieval date

Other products recalled under this same event

This recall shares FDA event ID 84543 with 10 other product entries in Public Health Trace.

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Product
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Published
February 12, 2020
Distribution
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Product
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Published
February 12, 2020
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Product
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Published
February 12, 2020
Distribution
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Product
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Published
February 12, 2020
Distribution
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Product
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Published
February 12, 2020
Distribution
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Product
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Published
February 12, 2020
Distribution
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Product
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Published
February 12, 2020
Distribution
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Product
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Published
February 12, 2020
Distribution
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Responsible company: Almark Foods, LLC

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Product
White Medium Hard Cooked Eggs sold under the brand names of:…
Published
February 12, 2020
Distribution
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Product
Almark Foods Smokehouse ProBox Mini White Medium Hard Cooked…
Published
February 12, 2020
Distribution
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Product
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Published
February 12, 2020
Distribution
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Distribution map

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

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
Alabama 1
Arkansas 1
Arizona 1
California 1
Colorado 1
Connecticut 1
District of Columbia 1
Florida 1
Georgia 1
Iowa 1
Illinois 1
Indiana 1
Kansas 1
Kentucky 1
Louisiana 1
Massachusetts 1
Maryland 1
Maine 1
Michigan 1
Minnesota 1
Missouri 1
Mississippi 1
North Carolina 1
North Dakota 1
New Hampshire 1
New Jersey 1
Nevada 1
New York 1
Ohio 1
Oklahoma 1
Oregon 1
Pennsylvania 1
South Carolina 1
Tennessee 1
Texas 1
Utah 1
Virginia 1
Washington 1
Wisconsin 1
Wyoming 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.

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