Sprouts Farmers Market Organic Cut Leaf Spinach, Net Wt 16 Oz (1 lb), 453 g, Manufactured exclusively for Spro

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Sprouts Farmers Market Organic Cut Leaf Spinach, Net Wt 16 Oz (1 lb), 453 g, Manufactured exclusively for Sprouts Farmers Market, Phoenix, AZ UPC 8 74875 00991 4, packaged in plastic bags, 12 bags per case. Sprout's Farmers Market · reported 2019-07-24

Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.

Reason for recall: Testing revealed the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in the frozen spinach
Classification: Class II
Recall initiated: 2019-06-14
Reported by the agency: 2019-07-24
Closed out (terminated): 2019-09-03
Recalling firm: Sprout's Farmers Market
Phoenix, AZ
United States
This is the firm that issued the recall — commonly a distributor or processor. It is not the origin of contamination.
Distribution (the agency's own words): The product was shipped from the manufacturer to a food distributor for distribution exclusively to Sprouts Farmers Market grocery stores in the following states: AZ, CA, NV, UT, NM, CO, TX, KS, OK, MO, TN, AL, GA, FL, SC, NC, PA, MD, and VA.
States we parsed from that text: AL AZ CA CO FL GA KS MD MO NC NM NV OK PA SC TN TX UT VA
The agency named these states. Parse method explicit_state_list, confidence high.
Food category: Produce (fruit & vegetables)derived
Assigned by a reviewed keyword rulebook over the product description, not by the agency.
Recall type: Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number: F-1554-2019

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