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1. Roasted Not Salted Sunflower Kernel, 5 lbs (2.25 kgs) box, Manufactured by SunOpta, Crookston, MN; 2. Roasted Not Salted Sunflower Kernels, 25 lbs (11.34 kgs) poly lined paper bag, Manufactured by SunOpta, Crookston, MN; 3. Roasted Not Salted SL-80 Sunflower Kernels, 45 lbs vacuum packed bag in box, Manufactured by SunOpta, Crookston, MN; 4. Roasted Not Salted Sunflower Kernel, 50 lbs. bag, Product of USA, Manufactured by SunOpta, Crookston, MN; EXPANDED 5/18/2016 Roasted Not Salted Sunflower Kernel, 2000 lbs. Poly Lined - Poly Woven Tote, Product of USA, Manufactured by SunOpta, Crookston, MN; SunOpta Food and Grain, Inc. · reported 2016-09-21

Completed The agency has not recorded this recall as closed out.

Reason for recall
SunOpta is recalling sunflower kernel products that have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. EXPANDED 5/18/2016 SunOpta expanded their recall of roasted sunflower kernel products to include the production dates of February 20 - April 26, 2016 due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. 2nd EXPANSION 5/31/2016 SunOpta expanded their recall to include product produced at their Crookston, MN facility, still within expiry, to include the production dates of May 31, 2015 thru January 31, 2016.
Classification
Class I
Recall initiated
2016-05-02
Reported by the agency
2016-09-21
Closed out (terminated)
not reported
Recalling firm
SunOpta Food and Grain, Inc.
Crookston, MN
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)
AR, CA, CO, IL, IN, KY, MN, NC, ND, NH, OH, PA, SD, TX, WA, WI. EXPANDED 5/18/2016 Additional states: CT, FL, GA, IA, KS, LA, MA, MI, NJ, NY, OR 2nd EXPANSION 5/31/2016 Additional States: MD, MT, OK, VA. OUS to include: Canada, GUATEMALA, Great Britain, and Mexico.
States we parsed from that text
AR CA CO CT FL GA IA IL IN KS KY LA MA MD MI MN MT NC ND NH NJ NY OH OK OR PA SD TX VA WA WI

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

Food category
uncategorised

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

Recall type
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
F-2259-2016

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