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Avocados approximately 14-30 oz each in packed 20 units in cardboard boxes with black lettering labeled in part: in part: "USDA/FL 2/196 LOT# 2610". Brooks Tropicals, LLC · reported 2014-09-24

Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.

Reason for recall: Found positive for Salmonella.
Classification: Class I
Recall initiated: 2014-08-08
Reported by the agency: 2014-09-24
Closed out (terminated): 2014-10-01
Recalling firm: Brooks Tropicals, LLC
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): FL, GA, IL, NJ and NY
States we parsed from that text: FL GA IL NJ NY
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-2439-2014

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