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You are here: Home / Food Recalls / Amalgamated Produce Recalls Sprouts in the North Eastern US: Listeria Contamination

Amalgamated Produce Recalls Sprouts in the North Eastern US: Listeria Contamination

April 10, 2009 By The FDA Leave a Comment

CONTACT: AMALGAMATED PRODUCE, INC. (800)358-3808

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — APRIL 9, 2009 — AMALGAMATED PRODUCE, INC. (API), BRIDGEPORT, CT, ANNOUNCED A VOLUNTARY RECALL TODAY OF ITS SPECIALTY FARMS, VERMONT SPROUT HOUSE, NATURE’S PROMISE AND BROCCOSPROUTS (NOTED AS DISTRIBUTED BY API, BRIDGEPORT, CT) SPROUT ITEMS WITH SELL BY DATE CODES OF MARCH 31 THROUGH APRIL 27, 2009.

THESE SPROUTS ARE BEING RECALLED BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE CONTAMINATED WITH LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES (LM). LM IS AN ORGANISM WHICH CAN CAUSE SERIOUS AND SOMETIMES FATAL INFECTIONS IN YOUNG CHILDREN, FRAIL OR ELDERLY PEOPLE AND OTHERS WITH WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEMS. ALTHOUGH HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS MAY SUFFER ONLY SHORT-TERM SYMPTOMS SUCH AS HIGH FEVER, SEVERE HEADACHE, STIFFNESS, NAUSEA, ABDOMINAL PAIN AND DIARRHEA, LISTERIA INFECTION CAN CAUSE MISCARRIAGES AND STILLBIRTHS AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN.

THERE HAVE BEEN NO CASES OF LISTERIOSIS REPORTED TO DATE IN CONNECTION WITH THESE PRODUCTS AND API IS ISSUING THIS RECALL AS A PRECAUTION.

AMALGAMATED PRODUCE, INC. VOLUNTARILY RECALLED THESE SPROUTS AFTER LABORATORY ANALYSIS IN A FINISHED PRODUCT SAMPLE COLLECTED BY THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS TESTED POSITIVE.

THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBES THE PRODUCTS THAT ARE BEING RECALLED. ALL THESE PRODUCTS HAVE A SELL BY DATE CODE FROM MARCH 31 THROUGH APRIL 27, 2009. ALL THESE ITEMS ARE NET WEIGHT 4 OUNCES, WITH THE NOTED EXCEPTION OF NATURE’S PROMISE ORGANIC ALFALFA 8 OUNCE.

BRAND

ITEM DESCRIPTION

UPC

SPECIALTY FARMS

ORGANIC ALFALFA SPROUTS

8192400052

SPECIALTY FARMS

ORGANIC SPROUT SALAD

8192400024

SPECIALTY FARMS

ORGANIC SPICY SPROUTS

8192400058

SPECIALTY FARMS

ORGANIC CLOVER SPROUTS

8192400042

SPECIALTY FARMS

LUCKY CLOVER SPROUTS

8192400091

SPECIALTY FARMS

BROCCOLI RABE SPROUTS

8192400076

VERMONT SPROUT HOUSE

ORGANIC ALFALFA SPROUTS

2213601290

VERMONT SPROUT HOUSE

ORGANIC CLOVER

2213601293

VERMONT SPROUT HOUSE

ORGANIC BEAN MIX

2213601180

NATURE’S PROMISE

ORGANIC ZESTY SPROUTS

8826703903

NATURE’S PROMISE

ORGANIC ALFALFA SPOUTS

8826704741

NATURE’S PROMISE

ORGANIC ALFALFA SPROUTS (8 OZ)

8826704102

NATURE’S PROMISE

ORGANIC SPROUTS TO MUNCH

8826704100

BROCCOSPROUTS

BROCCOLI SPROUTS

1509800025

BROCCOSPROUTS SALAD BLEND

BROCCOLI, CLOVER & RADISH

1509800026

BROCCOSPROUTS DELI BLEND

BROCCOLI, CLOVER & MUSTARD

1509800027

BROCCOSPROUTS ORGANIC

BROCCOLI SPROUTS — 100% ORGANIC

1509800118

BROCCOSPROUTS ORGANIC DELI BLEND

100% ORGANIC BROCCOLI, CLOVER & MUSTARD

1509800120

BROCCOSPROUTS ORGANIC SALAD BLEND

100% ORGANIC BROCCOLI, CLOVER & RADISH

1509800119

5 POUND BULK ALFALFA

PLASTIC BAGGED SPROUTS IN A BOX WITH STICKER IDENTIFYING 5 POUND BULK ALFALFA, JULIAN DATES 069 THROUGH 097

THE ABOVE ITEMS ARE ALL IN PLASTIC CONTAINERS, EXCEPT FOR THE NATURE’S PROMISE 8 OUNCE ORGANIC ALFALFA WHICH IS IN A PLASTIC BAG. PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED IN THE FOLLOWING STATES:

NY, NJ, CT, RI, MA, NH, VT, ME, MD, PA & DELAWARE

API IS CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF DETERMINING EXACTLY WHERE THIS POTENTIAL LM CONTAMINATION COULD BE OCCURRING IN ITS FACILITY AND IS IMMEDIATELY REMEDYING THE POTENTIAL SOURCES AS THEY ARE IDENTIFIED. API HOPES TO RETURN TO FULL SPROUT PRODUCTION SOON. CONSUMERS WHO HAVE PURCHASED THIS PRODUCT ARE URGED TO RETURN THEM TO THE POINT OF PURCHASE FOR REFUND AND MAY CONTACT API WITH QUESTIONS AT (800)358-3808 BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M. EST.

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