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Sprout's Farmers Market Recall: Testing revealed the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in the frozen spinach

United States

TerminatedClass II

Company
Sprout's Farmers Market
Product
Sprouts Farmers Market Cut Leaf Spinach, Net Wt 16 Oz (1 lb)…
Recall date
June 14, 2019
Terminated
September 3, 2019
Source
FDA

Reason for recall

Testing revealed the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in the frozen spinach

  1. - Recall initiated
  2. - Reported by source
  3. - Recall terminated
Recalled products
Product description UPC Quantity Lot / code information
Sprouts Farmers Market Cut Leaf Spinach, Net Wt 16 Oz (1 lb), 453 g, Manufactured exclusively for Sprouts Farmers Market, Phoenix, AZ UPC 8 74875 00982 2, packaged in plastic bags, 12 bags per case. Not published in this source record 1,046 cases USE BY 12 03 21 19031203A03 USA

Distribution

  • The product was shipped from the manufacturer to a food distributor for distribution exclusively to Sprouts Farmers Market grocery stores in the following states: AZ
  • CA
  • NV
  • UT
  • NM
  • CO
  • TX
  • KS
  • OK
  • MO
  • TN
  • AL
  • GA
  • FL
  • SC
  • NC
  • PA
  • MD
  • and VA.

Official source record

Agency
FDA
Dataset
FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)
Recall number
F-1553-2019
Event ID
83147
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Company
Sprout's Farmers Market
Product description
Sprouts Farmers Market Cut Leaf Spinach, Net Wt 16 Oz (1 lb), 453 g, Manufactured exclusively for Sprouts Farmers Market, Phoenix, AZ UPC 8 74875 00982 2, packaged in plastic bags, 12 bags per case.
Quantity
1,046 cases
Reason
Testing revealed the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in the frozen spinach
Recall initiation date
June 14, 2019
Report date
July 24, 2019
Classification date
Not published in this source record
Termination date
September 3, 2019
Distribution pattern
The product was shipped from the manufacturer to a food distributor for distribution exclusively to Sprouts Farmers Market grocery stores in the following states: AZ, CA, NV, UT, NM, CO, TX, KS, OK, MO, TN, AL, GA, FL, SC, NC, PA, MD, and VA.
UPC, lot, and code information
USE BY 12 03 21 19031203A03 USA
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

Other products recalled under this same event

This recall shares FDA event ID 83147 with 1 other product entry in Public Health Trace.

FDA Recall United States Terminated Historical recordClass II

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Product
Sprouts Farmers Market Organic Cut Leaf Spinach, Net Wt 16 O…
Published
July 24, 2019
Distribution
The product was shipped from the manufac…

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Responsible company: Sprout's Farmers Market

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Published
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Distribution
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FDA Recall United States Terminated Historical recordClass II

Sprout's Farmers Market

Product
Sprouts Farmers Market Organic Cut Leaf Spinach, Net Wt 16 O…
Published
July 24, 2019
Distribution
The product was shipped from the manufac…

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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
Arizona 1
California 1
Nevada 1
Utah 1
New Mexico 1
Colorado 1
Texas 1
Kansas 1
Oklahoma 1
Missouri 1
Tennessee 1
Alabama 1
Georgia 1
Florida 1
South Carolina 1
North Carolina 1
Pennsylvania 1
Maryland 1
Virginia 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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