Food Safety recall round-up 13-19 June
Listeria found in salmon
16 June - USA: Vita Food Products, Inc. is recalling 1,878 pounds of Vita Classic Premium Sliced Smoked Atlantic Salmon due to possible contamination of Listeria monocytogenes.
The product was sent to Hannaford stores in New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire, H-E-B stores in Texas, and Publix stores in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina beginning on April 7.
A single lot of 4oz Vita Classic Premium Sliced Smoked Atlantic Salmon packages is subject of the recall as one package of salmon that tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
The packages are vacuum sealed, black and bear the Vita logo centered at the bottom. Product can be identified by a SELL BY AUG 17 2014 date and lot number 00764B, on the right side on the front of the package.
No confirmed illnesses or complaints have been reported.
