US Food Recall Atlas

A single recall record, as the agency published it.

Recall mapAll recalls → F-2186-2015

Trader Joe's Nuts Raw California Walnut Pieces NET WT. 16oz. (1 LB) 454g UPC 00373685 Trader Joe's Nuts Raw California Walnut Halves & Pieces NET WT. 16 OZ (1 LB) 454g UPC 00943338 Trader Joe's Nuts Raw California Walnut Baking Pieces NET WT. 16 OZ (1 LB) 454g UPC 00519342 Trader Joe's Nuts Raw California Premium Walnut Halves NET WT. 16 OZ (1 LB) 454g UPC 00519328 Trader Joe's Organic Raw Walnut Halves & Pieces NET WT. 16 OZ (1 LB) 454g UPC 00586627 The products are packaged in clear bags with UPC Codes printed on the back. For Raw California Walnut products, the "BEST BY" dates and Lot Numbers can be found printed on the back of the packages. For the Organic Raw Walnut products, the "BEST BY" dates can be found printed on the front of the packages. Trader Joes Company · reported 2015-05-20

Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.

Reason for recall
The firm is recalling Raw Walnuts because the products have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In r
Classification
Class I
Recall initiated
2015-03-17
Reported by the agency
2015-05-20
Closed out (terminated)
2015-07-13
Recalling firm
Trader Joes Company
Monrovia, CA
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)
Nationwide to the following; CA, NV, AZ, WA, OR, CO, UT, ID, TX, MA, RI, ME, NH, CT, VT, NY, NJ, KY, VA, PA, DE, DC, MD, TN, MI, IN, OH, IL, MO, WI, MN, NE, KS, GA, NC, SC, LA, FL. No foreign distribution.
States we parsed from that text
AZ CA CO CT DC DE FL GA ID IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MO NC NE NH NJ NV NY OH OR PA RI SC TN TX UT VA VT WA WI

The agency named these states. Parse method explicit_state_list, confidence high.

Food category
Fish & seafood Nuts, seeds & nut buttersderived

Assigned by a reviewed keyword rulebook over the product description, not by the agency.

Recall type
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
F-2186-2015

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