Summary of Recall Cases in Calendar Year 2018
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Summary
| Recall Summary for Calendar Year 2018 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Total |
Number of Recalls | Number of Pounds Recalled | |
| 125 | 20,552,911 | ||
| Recalls by Class (N=125) | |||
| Class | I | 97 | 19,328,046 |
| II | 21 | 1,199,689 | |
| III | 7 | 25,176 | |
| Recalls by Reason (N=125) | |||
| Reason For Recall | STEC* | 9 | 287,758 |
| Listeria monocytogenes | 21 | 4,127,696 | |
| Salmonella | 6 | 12,963,341 | |
| Undeclared Allergen | 26 | 446,138 | |
| Extraneous Material | 23 | 1,587,250 | |
| Processing Defect | 8 | 88,285 | |
| Undeclared Substance | 3 | 4,377 | |
| Residue | 1 | 69,016 | |
| Unapproved Substance | 1 | 15,363 | |
| Other** | 27 | 963,687 | |
| Recall by Species/Product (N=125) | |||
| Species | Beef | 31 | 13,185,563 |
| Mixed | 32 | 5,267,834 | |
| Pork | 25 | 670,369 | |
| Poultry*** | 34 | 1,214,839 | |
| Siluriformes fish (catfish) | 3 | 214,306 | |
* STEC includes recalls due to Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC). STEC organisms include E. coli O157:H7, E. coli O26, E. coli O45, E. coli O103, E. coli O111, E. coli O121, and E. coli O145.
**Other includes producing without inspection, failure to present for import inspection, and labeling issues, among others.
***Poultry includes egg products.
Calendar Year 2018 Recalls
| Recall Number | Open Date | Class | Pounds Recalled | Product | Problem Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001-2018 | Jan 4, 2018 | I | 4,068 | Pepperoni Sticks | Extraneous Material |
| 002-2018 | Jan 5, 2018 | I | 430 | RTE Tasso Spicy Ham | Processing Defect |
| 003-2018 | Jan 18, 2018 | III | 743 | RTE Chicken Salad | Other |
| 004-2018 | Jan 18, 2018 | I | 289 | RTE Chicken Salad Products | Undeclared Allergen |
| 005-2018 | Jan 23, 2018 | I | 530 | CHICKEN TENDER FRITTER | Undeclared Allergen |
| 006-2018 | Jan 24, 2018 | I | 3,420 | Meatball product | Listeria monocytogenes |
| 007-2018 | Feb 1, 2018 | I | 1,391 | RTE beef jerky | Undeclared Allergen |
| 008-2018 | Feb 6, 2018 | I | 4,618 | Raw Intact Pork | Other |
| 009-2018 | Feb 6, 2018 | I | 4,202 | Pork Soup with Rendered Pork Fat | Processing Defect |
| 010-2018 | Feb 14, 2018 | I | 19,757 | Chicken Empanada and Pork Empanada | Undeclared Allergen |
| 011-2018 | Feb 16, 2018 | I | 101,310 | Chicken Patty Products | Extraneous Material |
| 012-2018 | Feb 20, 2018 | I | 167 | Frozen Beef Products | Undeclared Allergen |
| 013-2018 | Feb 21, 2018 | I | 20,630 | Chicken salad | Salmonella |
| 014-2018 | Feb 21, 2018 | I | 572 | Pork and Shrimp Dumplings | Undeclared Allergen |
| 015-2018 | Mar 1, 2018 | I | 1,925 | Raw Turkey Sausage | Undeclared Allergen |
| 016-2018 | Mar 1, 2018 | I | 4,050 | Chicken sausages | Undeclared Allergen |
| 017-2018 | Mar 2, 2018 | I | 0 | Ready-To-Eat Meat Products | Other |
| 018-2018 | Mar 2, 2018 | I | 3,946 | Salami | Listeria monocytogenes |
| 019-2018 | Mar 3, 2018 | I | 14,806 | Raw Ground Beef and Pork Products | E. coli |
| 020-2018 | Mar 9, 2018 | II | 69,016 | Raw, Intact Siluriformes | Residue |
| 021-2018 | Mar 15, 2018 | I | 109,603 | Pork Sausage Product | Extraneous Material |
| 022-2018 | Mar 15, 2018 | I | 53,154 | Raw Non-Intact Beef Products | Salmonella |
| 023-2018 | Mar 16, 2018 | I | 484,800 | Raw Beef Product | Salmonella |
| 024-2018 | Mar 20, 2018 | I | 4,130 | Mickey Brown's Beef Burritos | Other |
| 025-2018 | Mar 21, 2018 | I | 1,238 | Beef Jerky Products | Processing Defect |
| 026-2018 | Mar 28, 2018 | I | 96,384 | Thermally Processed Chicken | Extraneous Material |
| 027-2018 | Mar 29, 2018 | I | 0 | Frozen meat and poultry products | Other |
| 028-2018 | Mar 31, 2018 | I | 7,146 | Raw Beef Products | Other |
| 029-2018 | Apr 3, 2018 | I | 130 | Curry Chicken Salad | Undeclared Allergen |
| 030-2018 | Apr 7, 2018 | II | 14,525 | Bar-B-Q Sauce with Pulled Beef | Extraneous Material |
| 031-2018 | Apr 11, 2018 | I | 135,159 | Banquet Family Salisbury Steak with | Extraneous Material |
| 032-2018 | Apr 11, 2018 | II | 119,480 | RTE beef pattys | Extraneous Material |
| 033-2018 | Apr 14, 2018 | I | 8,757 | RTE Poultry and Meat Salad Products | E. coli |
| 034-2018 | Apr 28, 2018 | I | 32,479 | Armour Dried Sliced Beef | Processing Defect |
| 035-2018 | May 2, 2018 | II | 35,464 | Ground Beef | Extraneous Material |
| 036-2018 | May 4, 2018 | I | 49,558 | FCNSS Meat Sausage Products | Extraneous Material |
| 037-2018 | May 16, 2018 | II | 720 | Chicken Tortilla Soup | Undeclared Allergen |
| 038-2018 | May 16, 2018 | II | 308,430 | RTE sausage and hot dog products | Undeclared Allergen |
| 039-2018 | May 18, 2018 | I | 8,535 | Hempler's Family Classic Pepperoni | Undeclared Allergen |
| 040-2018 | May 23, 2018 | III | 1,881 | Calzone | Other |
| 041-2018 | May 26, 2018 | I | 228,614 | Canned Pork and Chicken products | Extraneous Material |
| 042-2018 | May 31, 2018 | II | 50,706 | Egg and Pork Sausage Burritos | Extraneous Material |
| 043-2018 | May 31, 2018 | II | 18,390 | RTE Smoked Pork and Beef Sausage | Extraneous Material |
| 044-2018 | Jun 1, 2018 | I | 15,315 | Various Raw, Frozen Beef, Pork, Poultry and Siluriformes | Other |
| 045-2018 | Jun 4, 2018 | I | 34,400 | RTE ground beef patty products | Extraneous Material |
| 046-2018 | Jun 8, 2018 | I | 738 | Meat Raviolis | Other |
| 047-2018 | Jun 8, 2018 | II | 3,120 | NRTE Breaded Poultry Products | Extraneous Material |
| 048-2018 | Jun 12, 2018 | II | 410,985 | Smoked Beef Sausages | Other |
| 049-2018 | Jun 13, 2018 | I | 142 | RTE Sliced Ham | Other |
| 050-2018 | Jun 15, 2018 | II | 28,346 | Poultry, Pork, and Beef products | Other |
| 051-2018 | Jun 20, 2018 | I | 489 | Raw Ground Beef | E. coli |
| 052-2018 | Jun 21, 2018 | II | 3,592 | Pastrami | Processing Defect |
| 053-2018 | Jun 22, 2018 | I | 258,121 | Pork Lard | Other |
| 054-2018 | Jun 25, 2018 | III | 4,944 | Black Forest Ham | Other |
| 055-2018 | Jun 25, 2018 | I | 13,554 | Jerky and Meat Sticks | Other |
| 056-2018 | Jun 26, 2018 | I | 10,805 | Canned chicken gravy products | Processing Defect |
| 057-2018 | Jun 29, 2018 | I | 3 | Wasabi Chicken Wrap | Undeclared Allergen |
| 058-2018 | Jul 2, 2018 | III | 12,946 | Fully cooked pork products | Other |
| 059-2018 | Jul 6, 2018 | III | 102 | Beef Jerky product | Undeclared Substance |
| 060-2018 | Jul 9, 2018 | I | 0 | Raw poultry products | Other |
| 061-2018 | Jul 13, 2018 | I | 0 | Raw and cooked pork and beef | Other |
| 062-2018 | Jul 16, 2018 | I | 0 | Chicken Salad | Undeclared Allergen |
| 063-2018 | Jul 17, 2018 | I | 24,048 | pepperoni five cheese calzones | Extraneous Material |
| 064-2018 | Jul 18, 2018 | I | 6,020 | Ground beef, beef patty mix | E. coli |
| 065-2018 | Aug 3, 2018 | II | 10,385 | Pork egg rolls | Extraneous Material |
| 066-2018 | Aug 3, 2018 | I | 20,000 | Raw pork sausage products | Undeclared Allergen |
| 067-2018 | Aug 6, 2018 | III | 656 | Pork and beef bologna | Other |
| 068-2018 | Aug 21, 2018 | I | 62 | Homestyle Meatloaf | Undeclared Allergen |
| 069-2018 | Aug 23, 2018 | I | 25,288 | Ground Beef | E. coli |
| 070-2018 | Aug 29, 2018 | I | 75 | Beef and Pork Meatloaf | Undeclared Allergen |
| 071-2018 | Aug 29, 2018 | I | 45 | Dried Smoked Siluriformes | Other |
| 072-2018 | Aug 30, 2018 | I | 0 | Ground beef chuck products | E. coli |
| 073-2018 | Aug 31, 2018 | I | 960 | RTE Beef Patty Crumbles | Listeria monocytogenes |
| 074-2018 | Sep 4, 2018 | I | 2,520 | Beef Manti products | Other |
| 075-2018 | Sep 5, 2018 | I | 242 | RTE Chicken Salad | Undeclared Allergen |
| 076-2018 | Sep 5, 2018 | I | 438,960 | Various RTE chicken | Extraneous Material |
| 077-2018 | Sep 5, 2018 | II | 371 | Chorizo | Undeclared Substance |
| 078-2018 | Sep 11, 2018 | I | 6,720 | Philly Beef Steak | Listeria monocytogenes |
| 079-2018 | Sep 12, 2018 | I | 438 | Beef dumplings | Other |
| 080-2018 | Sep 13, 2018 | II | 46,734 | Raw pork sausage links | Extraneous Material |
| 081-2018 | Sep 19, 2018 | I | 132,606 | Ground beef chuck products | E. coli |
| 082-2018 | Sep 20, 2018 | II | 6,028 | RTE Olive Loaf | Other |
| 083-2018 | Sep 21, 2018 | II | 690 | RTE Teriyaki Beef Jerky Products | Extraneous Material |
| 084-2018 | Oct 3, 2018 | I | 89,096 | RTE Ham | Listeria monocytogenes |
| 085-2018 | Oct 3, 2018 | I | 12,093,271 | Raw nonintact beef | Salmonella |
| 086-2018 | Oct 5, 2018 | I | 1,778 | RTE Breaded Chicken products | Undeclared Allergen |
| 087-2018 | Oct 6, 2018 | I | 18,296 | Beef and poultry products | Listeria monocytogenes |
| 088-2018 | Oct 10, 2018 | I | 26,323 | RTE Pork Head Cheese | Listeria monocytogenes |
| 089-2018 | Oct 11, 2018 | I | 23 | Chicken Jerky Products | Processing Defect |
| 090-2018 | Oct 11, 2018 | II | 35,516 | NRTE meat and poultry products | Processing Defect |
| 091-2018 | Oct 15, 2018 | I | 30,438 | RTE meat and poultry products | Other |
| 092-2018 | Oct 16, 2018 | I | 217 | RTE salad with bacon | Listeria monocytogenes |
| 093-2018 | Oct 17, 2018 | I | 987 | RTE salads | Listeria monocytogenes |
| 094-2018 | Oct 17, 2018 | I | 916 | RTE salad and wrap products | Listeria monocytogenes |
| 095-2018 | Oct 17, 2018 | I | 276 | RTE pork products | Listeria monocytogenes |
| 096-2018 | Oct 17, 2018 | I | 738 | RTE salad with meat | Listeria monocytogenes |
| 097-2018 | Oct 19, 2018 | I | 1,786 | RTE salads with chicken | Listeria monocytogenes |
| 098-2018 | Oct 19, 2018 | I | 2,490,593 | Taquitos | Listeria monocytogenes |
| 099-2018 | Oct 19, 2018 | I | 1,532 | RTE salads and bowls with chicken | Listeria monocytogenes |
| 100-2018 | Oct 19, 2018 | I | 292,764 | Ready-to-Eat (RTE) chicken and beef | Listeria monocytogenes |
| 101-2018 | Oct 19, 2018 | I | 212,746 | RTE Meat and Poultry products | Listeria monocytogenes |
| 102-2018 | Oct 19, 2018 | I | 174,207 | Ready-to-Eat (RTE) chicken wrap pro | Listeria monocytogenes |
| 103-2018 | Oct 20, 2018 | I | 795,261 | RTE meat and poultry products | Listeria monocytogenes |
| 104-2018 | Oct 25, 2018 | III | 3,904 | Smoked whole chicken | Undeclared Substance |
| 105-2018 | Oct 26, 2018 | II | 15,363 | RTE Grilled chicken strips | Unapproved Substance |
| 106-2018 | Oct 27, 2018 | I | 0 | NRTE meat and poultry products | Undeclared Allergen |
| 107-2018 | Oct 31, 2018 | I | 10,200 | Corned beef | Extraneous Material |
| 108-2018 | Oct 31, 2018 | I | 3,880 | Chicken Tortellini | Other |
| 109-2018 | Nov 6, 2018 | I | 14,760 | Pork patties | Extraneous Material |
| 110-2018 | Nov 9, 2018 | I | 268 | Chicken Burritos | Undeclared Allergen |
| 111-2018 | Nov 14, 2018 | I | 6,912 | RTE chicken salad | Listeria monocytogenes |
| 112-2018 | Nov 15, 2018 | I | 147,276 | Raw Ground Turkey | Salmonella |
| 113-2018 | Nov 16, 2018 | I | 532 | Raw ground beef products | E. coli |
| 114-2018 | Nov 17, 2018 | I | 99,260 | Raw non-intact ground beef products | E. coli |
| 115-2018 | Nov 19, 2018 | II | 11,000 | Marinated raw non-intact chicken | Undeclared Allergen |
| 116-2018 | Nov 20, 2018 | I | 0 | RTE pork products | Listeria monocytogenes |
| 117-2018 | Nov 23, 2018 | I | 65,211 | Meat and poultry products | Undeclared Allergen |
| 118-2018 | Dec 7, 2018 | I | 0 | Raw chicken breast product | Undeclared Allergen |
| 119-2018 | Dec 9, 2018 | I | 47 | Spicey Snack Sticks | Undeclared Allergen |
| 120-2018 | Dec 10, 2018 | I | 29,028 | RTE Sausage Links | Extraneous Material |
| 121-2018 | Dec 13, 2018 | II | 10,828 | Raw intact beef products | Other |
| 122-2018 | Dec 15, 2018 | I | 145,245 | Siluriforrms | Other |
| 123-2018 | Dec 18, 2018 | I | 956 | Chicken wraps | Undeclared Allergen |
| 124-2018 | Dec 21, 2018 | I | 164,210 | Raw non intact turkey products | Salmonella |
| 125-2018 | Dec 30, 2018 | I | 11,664 | RTE sausage products | Extraneous Material |
+Recall Classes :
- Class I - A Class I recall involves a health hazard situation in which there is a reasonable probability that eating the food will cause health problems or death.
- Class II - A Class II recall involves a potential health hazard situation in which there is a remote probability of adverse health consequences from eating the food.
- Class III - A Class III recall involves a situation in which eating the food will not cause adverse health consequences.