The Horton Fruit Co Inc Recall: The firm received notification from their supplier of possible listeria contamination.
United States
TerminatedClass I
- Company
- The Horton Fruit Co Inc
- Product
- Spinach Sold under the brand names of Harris Teeter Farmers…
- Recall date
- May 5, 2017
- Terminated
- August 7, 2017
- Source
- FDA
Reason for recall
The firm received notification from their supplier of possible listeria contamination.
- - Recall initiated
- - Reported by source
- - Recall terminated
| Product description | UPC | Quantity | Lot / code information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spinach Sold under the brand names of Harris Teeter Farmers Market, 10 oz bag, PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY: HARRIS TEETER, LLC MATTHEWS, NC 28105 UPC 0 72036 88023 9 & Peak 10 OZ & 40 oz bags, PACKED BY THE HORTON FRUIT CO., INC. LOUISVILLE, KY 40218 UPC 0 78951 50002 3 & 30 lb totes | Not published in this source record | 455cs/8/10 oz bags + 7cs/4/40 oz bags + 3/30 lb totes | Lot #820062; Hariss Teeter Best IF Used By: 05/11/17; Peak 10 oz Best If Used By: 05/11/17 40 oz bag 05/13/17; 30 lb totes F1ELD 1S3 4 28 17 G1ELD 1S3 4 27 17. |
Distribution
- Product was shipped to the following states: IL
- KY
- NC & WV.
Official source record
- Agency
- FDA
- Dataset
- FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)
- Recall number
- F-2368-2017
- Event ID
- 77212
- Status
- Terminated
- Classification
- Class I
- Company
- The Horton Fruit Co Inc
- Product description
- Spinach Sold under the brand names of Harris Teeter Farmers Market, 10 oz bag, PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY: HARRIS TEETER, LLC MATTHEWS, NC 28105 UPC 0 72036 88023 9 & Peak 10 OZ & 40 oz bags, PACKED BY THE HORTON FRUIT CO., INC. LOUISVILLE, KY 40218 UPC 0 78951 50002 3 & 30 lb totes
- Quantity
- 455cs/8/10 oz bags + 7cs/4/40 oz bags + 3/30 lb totes
- Reason
- The firm received notification from their supplier of possible listeria contamination.
- Recall initiation date
- May 5, 2017
- Report date
- June 21, 2017
- Classification date
- Not published in this source record
- Termination date
- August 7, 2017
- Distribution pattern
- Product was shipped to the following states: IL, KY, NC & WV.
- UPC, lot, and code information
- Lot #820062; Hariss Teeter Best IF Used By: 05/11/17; Peak 10 oz Best If Used By: 05/11/17 40 oz bag 05/13/17; 30 lb totes F1ELD 1S3 4 28 17 G1ELD 1S3 4 27 17.
- Voluntary or mandated
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Initial notification method
- Telephone
- Source last updated
- Not tracked separately from the Public Health Trace retrieval date below
- Public Health Trace retrieval date
Responsible company: The Horton Fruit Co Inc
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.
| State | Distributed |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 1 |
| Kentucky | 1 |
| North Carolina | 1 |
| West 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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