COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT
Almark Foods Expanded Recall to all Products from its Georgia Facility Due to Possible Listeria monocytogenes Contamination
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- Product Type:
- Food & Beverages
Egg/Egg Product
Foodborne Illness - Reason for Announcement:
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Recall Reason DescriptionPotential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes
- Company Name:
- Almark Foods
- Brand Name:
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Brand Name(s)Almark, 7 Select, Best Choice, more
- Product Description:
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Product DescriptionAll hard-boiled eggs manufactured at the firm’s Gainesville, Georgia facility, including all retail, pillow pack, pouch pack, frozen diced, and protein kit products
Company Announcement
Almark Foods is expanding its voluntary recall first announced on December 20, 2019, to include all hard-boiled eggs manufactured at the firm’s Gainesville, Georgia facility, including all retail, pillow pack, pouch pack, frozen diced, and protein kit products, due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
Listeria monocytogenes is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, a Listeria monocytogenes infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.
On December 18, 2019 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration notified Almark Foods that the company’s Hard-Boiled and Peeled eggs in pails manufactured at the Gainesville facility may be associated with a Listeria monocytogenes outbreak that has been linked to several reported illnesses and one reported death. A more recent FDA sample from the facility also matched the outbreak strain, suggesting the possibility that the strain may have remained present in the facility.
Out of an abundance of caution, Almark is voluntarily expanding its recall to include all product packaged for the retail market manufactured at its Gainesville plant that remains within shelf life. This includes product with “Best If Used By” dates up through March 2, 2020. Almark has also temporarily suspended all production at its Gainesville plant.
The affected product can be identified by viewing the printed “Best If Used By” date coding on the product package. If the “Best If Used By” code starts with the prefix “G”, the product was manufactured at the company’s Gainesville, Georgia facility and is subject to this recall. Products with the prefix “N” or “Y” are not subject to this recall. For Protein Kit products, consumers are advised to check the code on the actual egg package within the kit.
| Brand | Product |
|---|---|
| 7 Select | 2 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs w/salt/pepper |
| Almark Foods | Classic ProBox Mini |
| Almark Foods | Smokehouse PRoBox Mini |
| Almark Foods | Barbecue Probox Mini |
| Almark Foods | Classic ProBox |
| Almark Foods | Smokehouse ProBox |
| Almark Foods | Barbecue ProBox |
| Almark Foods | 12 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs |
| Almark Foods | Hard-Cooked Eggs - 5# Bag |
| Almark Foods | 1 Count Hard Cooked Eggs |
| Almark Foods | 2 Count Hard Cooked Eggs |
| Almark Foods | Cage Free Hard-Cooked Eggs - 5# Bag |
| Almark Foods | Cage Free 1 Count Hard Cooked Eggs |
| Almark Foods | Organic 12 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs |
| Almark Foods | Red Beet 2 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs |
| Almark Foods | Cage Free 2 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs w/salt/pepper |
| Almark Foods | Cage Free 2 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs |
| Almark Foods | Cage Free 6 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs |
| Almark Foods | Cage Free 12 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs |
| Almark Foods | 2 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs w/salt/pepper |
| Almark Foods | 6 count Hard-Cooked eggs |
| Almark Foods | Three 2 counts in Clamshell Hard Cooked Eggs |
| Almark Foods | Organic 2 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs |
| Almark Foods | 12 Count Cage Free Hard-Cooked Eggs |
| Best Choice | Three 2 counts in Clamshell Hard Cooked Eggs |
| CMI | 12 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs |
| CMI | 12 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs |
| Dairy Fresh | Great Value 6 Count Stand-Up Pouch Hard-Cooked Eggs |
| Dairy Fresh | 2 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs |
| Deb-El | Deb-El 12 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs |
| Egglands Best | 6 Count Stand up Pouch Cage Free Hard Cooked Eggs |
| Egglands Best | Egglands Best Hard-Cooked Eggs - 5# Bag |
| Egglands Best | 1 count Egglands Best Hard Cooked Eggs |
| Egglands Best | Egglands Best Cage Free Hard-Cooked Eggs - 5# Bag |
| Egglands Best | 2 Count Egglands Best Eggs w/salt/pepper |
| Egglands Best | 12 Count Stand up Pouch Hard Cooked Eggs |
| Egglands Best | 10 Count Stand up Pouch Hard Cooked Eggs |
| Egglands Best | 6 Count Stand up Pouch Hard Cooked Eggs |
| Egglands Best | 2 Count Egglands Best Eggs |
| Egglands Best | 6 Count Stand up Pouch Organic Hard Cooked Eggs |
| Everyday Essentials | 6 Count Hard-Cooked eggs |
| Farmers Hen House | 6 Count Stand up Pouch Hard Cooked Eggs |
| Food Club | Food Club 6 Count Stand-Up Pouch Hard-Cooked Eggs |
| Fresh Thyme | Fresh Thyme 6 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs |
| Fresh Thyme | Fresh Thyme 2 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs |
| Giant Eagle | Giant Eagle 6 Count Stand-Up Pouch Cage Free Hard-Cooked Eggs |
| Great Day | 2 Count Hard Cooked Eggs |
| Great Day | 6 Count Hard-Cooked eggs |
| Great Value | Great Value 6 Count Stand-Up Pouch Hard-Cooked Eggs |
| Inpsired Organics | 6 Count Stand up Pouch Organic Hard Cooked Eggs |
| Inpsired Organics | 2 Count Organic Hard-Cooked Eggs |
| Kirkland Signature | 2 count Organic Hard-cooked Eggs |
| Kroger | Three Cage Free 2 counts in Clamshell Hard Cooked Eggs |
| LIDL | LIDL 6 Count Stand-Up Pouch Hard-Cooked Eggs |
| Lucerne | Lucerne 6 Count Stand-Up Pouch Cage Free Hard-Cooked Eggs |
| Members Mark | Jack'd Protein Snack |
| Naturally Better | 6 Count Stand-Up Pouch Cage Free Hard-Cooked Eggs |
| Nellie's | 2 Count Nellie's Hard-Cooked Eggs |
| O Organics | 2 Count Organic Hard-Cooked Eggs w/Salt/Pepper |
| O Organics | 6 Count Stand up Pouch Organic Hard Cooked Eggs |
| Peckish | Two 1 Counts boxed Hard Cooked Eggs--With Dip |
| Peckish | 1 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs |
| Pete & Gerry's | 6 Count Stand up Pouch Organic Hard Cooked Eggs |
| Pete & Gerry's | 2 Count Organic Hard-Cooked Eggs |
| Rainbow Farms | Rainbow Diced Egg - 5# Bag |
| Rainbow Farms | 12 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs |
| Rainbow Farms | Rainbow Farms Hard-Cooked Eggs - 5# Bag |
| Rembrandt Foods | Rembrandt Diced Egg - 5# Bag |
| Rembrandt Foods | 12 Count Cage Free Hard-Cooked Eggs |
| ShopRite | ShopRite 6 Count Stand-Up Pouch Cage Free Hard-Cooked Eggs |
| Simple Truth Organics | 6 Count Organic Hard-Cooked Eggs |
| Sunshine | 2 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs w/salt/pepper |
| Vital Farms | Vital Farms Pature Raised Hard-Cooked Eggs - 5# Bag |
| Vital Farms | Three Boxed 2 Counts Pature Raised Hard-Cooked Eggs |
| Vital Farms | 2 Count Pasture Raised Hard-Cooked Eggs w/salt/pepper |
| Wild Harvest | 6 Count Organic Hard-Cooked Eggs |
The products were distributed nationwide.
Customers who have purchased these products are urged to immediately discard and not consume the products. Customers with questions may contact Almark Foods’ Customer Helpline at (877) 546-0454 Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm EST.
This voluntary recall is being made in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Link to Original Recall
Company Contact Information
- Consumers:
- Almark Foods’ Customer Helpline
- (877) 546-0454
- Media:
- Gene Grabowski
- 202.270.6560
- gene.grabowski@kglobal.com