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Event 65910

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
August 05, 2013
Product types
Food
Classifications
Class I
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Heeren Bros Inc

Dossier provenance

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  • openFDA Food Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.

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Cardboard BIN LABEL: 03808 LOT #: 09000101, MELON CANTALOUPE..., 80-90 CT , 07/22/13 cantaloupes themselves are not labeled.

F-1854-2013
Recall number
F-1854-2013
Initiated
August 05, 2013
Classification
Class I
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Heeren Bros Inc
Quantity
5,400

App-derived interpretation

Microbial contamination reason.microbial_contamination · v1.0.0
found product contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes

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Reason for recall

Heeren Brothers Produce is recalling Athena cantaloupes distributed to small independent grocers in Michigan July 23-26, after routine testing by FDA found product contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, the elderly or others with weak immune systems. Healthy individuals may suffer short-term symptoms, such as

Code information

Lot 09000101, 07/22/13 on cardboard bin (box)

Distribution pattern

small independent retail stores in Michigan