Alex Kontos/Flavor-Pic Tomato Company Recall: Product has potential contamination with Salmonella
United States
TerminatedClass I
- Company
- Alex Kontos/Flavor-Pic Tomato Company
- Product
- Whole select cucumbers, 1/2 bushel, packed in a generic card…
- Recall date
- May 21, 2025
- Terminated
- August 27, 2025
- Source
- FDA
Reason for recall
Product has potential contamination with Salmonella
- - Recall initiated
- - Reported by source
- - Recall terminated
| Product description | UPC | Quantity | Lot / code information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole select cucumbers, 1/2 bushel, packed in a generic cardboard box, labeled as CUCUMBER Grn Ctn 24ct Box Packed By: Alex Kontos Fruit Co., Inc. Birmingham, AL | Not published in this source record | 20 cases | GTIN: 70095175008424; Lot Number: 3-182769; Pack Date: May07; Internal Item: 2320 |
Distribution
- One (1) distributor in: KY
Official source record
- Agency
- FDA
- Dataset
- FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)
- Recall number
- H-0013-2025
- Event ID
- 96940
- Status
- Terminated
- Classification
- Class I
- Company
- Alex Kontos/Flavor-Pic Tomato Company
- Product description
- Whole select cucumbers, 1/2 bushel, packed in a generic cardboard box, labeled as CUCUMBER Grn Ctn 24ct Box Packed By: Alex Kontos Fruit Co., Inc. Birmingham, AL
- Quantity
- 20 cases
- Reason
- Product has potential contamination with Salmonella
- Recall initiation date
- May 21, 2025
- Report date
- June 11, 2025
- Classification date
- Not published in this source record
- Termination date
- August 27, 2025
- Distribution pattern
- One (1) distributor in: KY
- UPC, lot, and code information
- GTIN: 70095175008424; Lot Number: 3-182769; Pack Date: May07; Internal Item: 2320
- 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
Responsible company: Alex Kontos/Flavor-Pic Tomato Company
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Shading reflects state-level totals only, as published by the source. It does not imply county-level or point-level precision.
| State | Distributed |
|---|---|
| Kentucky | 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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