Skip to content
Recall Observatory FDA recall evidence

Food product

Frozen blackberries, packaged in 16 ounce (454 gram) plastic bags (12 bags per master case). Plastic bags labeled with: PREMIUM QUALITY, KEEP FROZEN, NON-GMO, CORNERSTONE PREMIUM FOODS, Blackberries, GREAT FOR SMOOTHIES, NET WEIGHT 16 OZ. (454g), INGREDIENTS: BLACKBERRIES, GC 1 092 9, PROD. CODE 16924, PROD. OF CHILE, BEST BY 04/2021, UPC 8 55104 00765 9, DISTRIBUTED BY: Cornerstone Premium Foods, Syracuse, NY 13209. Master cases labeled with: 12/1LB BLACKBERRIES, GC 1 092 9, GRADE A, PRODUCT OF CHILE, PRODUCT CODE 16924, BEST BY 04/2021, DISTRIBUTED BY CORNERSTONE PREMIUM FOODS SYRACUSE NY.

F-0060-2020

October 03, 2019

Class II

Product summary

Firm
G&C Food Distributors, Inc.
Event
Event 83967
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
299 cases (each packed 12 bags x 1 lb)
Official record key
food-enforcement:F-0060-2020

Official wording

Reason: Product is contaminated with norovirus.

Code information: GC 1 092 9, PROD. CODE 16924, PROD. OF CHILE, BEST BY 04/2021, UPC 8 55104 00765 9

Distribution pattern: Retailer and Distributors in 9 states (AL, CT, FL, MA, ME, NY, PA, WI, and WV) and 1 foreign country (Belize).

Derived failure modes

  • Microbial contamination

    reason.microbial_contamination · v1.0.0

    contaminated with norovirus