The Santa Barbara Smokehouse product recalled over Listeria risk

Recall date

November 28, 2014

Source

U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) — enforcement report

Official notice title

The Santa Barbara Smokehouse, Inc. recalls Cambridge House Balmoral Thinly Sliced Exceptional Ready to Enjoy Smoked Salmon Keep Refrigerated at 38 or below Ingred…

Recall number

F-2270-2015

FDA classification

Class I

Brand / firm

The Santa Barbara Smokehouse, Inc.

Sold / distributed

All products were sold to distributors located within the U.S. (CA, TX, AZ, NV, OR, NY, IL). Distributors sells these products to food service facilities. Some of these food service facilities provide food for airlines. The firm confirmed that none of the products were sold as retail packs/sold as…

Why it was recalled

The firm was notified by two customers of two lot/batch numbers testing positive for Listeria monocytogenes which is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal

Class I is the FDA’s most serious recall level: there is a reasonable probability that using this product will cause serious harm or death.

What was recalled

Cambridge House Balmoral Thinly Sliced Exceptional Ready to Enjoy Smoked Salmon Keep Refrigerated at 38 or below Ingredients Atlantic Salmon, Salt, Sugar, and Oakwood Smoke Produced By: The Santa Barbara Smokehouse 312 N. Nopal Santa Barbara, CA 93103 www.sbsmokehouse.com Coastal Harbor by The Santa Barbara Smokehouse Smoked Atlantic Salmon Keep Refrigerated at 38 or below Ingredients Atlantic Salmon, Salt, Sugar, and Oakwood Smoke Produced By: The Santa Barbara Smokehouse 312 N. Nopal Santa Barbara, CA 93103 www.sbsmokehouse.com Products are distributed either refrigerated or frozen. All products are packaged in reduced oxygen packaging (ROP). Net weight appears to vary per package. Products are priced per weight.