Avocados Simmons in white cardboard flats with black lettering "FLORIDA AVOCADO US COMB" 10 count

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Avocados Simmons in white cardboard flats with black lettering "FLORIDA AVOCADO US COMB" 10 count Homestead Pole Bean Cooperative, Inc. · reported 2014-09-10

Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.

Reason for recall: FDA sample found the product contaminated with traces of Salmonella.
Classification: Class I
Recall initiated: 2014-07-24
Reported by the agency: 2014-09-10
Closed out (terminated): 2014-09-03
Recalling firm: Homestead Pole Bean Cooperative, Inc.
Homestead, FL
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): PA and GA
States we parsed from that text: GA PA
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-2408-2014

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