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Food product

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

F-1854-2013

August 05, 2013

Class I

Product summary

Firm
Heeren Bros Inc
Event
Event 65910
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class I
Quantity
5,400
Official record key
food-enforcement:F-1854-2013

Official wording

Reason: 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

Derived failure modes

  • Microbial contamination

    reason.microbial_contamination · v1.0.0

    found product contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes