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. - F-0617-2020

🇺🇸 United States

1. December 19, 2019 - Recall initiated
2. February 12, 2020 - Reported by source
3. September 17, 2021 - Recall terminated

Official source record

Agency

FDA

Dataset

FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)

Recall number

F-0617-2020

Event ID

84543

Status

Terminated

Classification

Class I

Company

Almark Foods, LLC

Product description

Vital Farms PASTURE RAISED HARD BOILED EGGS NET WT. 3oz (88g) Distributed by Vital Farms, Austin, TX 78704 UPC 8 51387 00734 8

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

July 18, 2026 ET

Other products recalled under this same event

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

Responsible company: Almark Foods, LLC

Other recalls from Almark Foods, LLC

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
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.

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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Status as reported: Terminated.

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