Limu Poke is fresh refrigerated product recalled over Salmonella risk

Recall date

November 5, 2016

Source

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

Official notice title

Western United Fish Company, Inc. recalls Limu Poke is fresh refrigerated product, distributed in bulk kit, net wt. 4.35 lbs. Each kit includes five individually…

Recall number

F-0907-2017

FDA classification

Class I

Brand / firm

Western United Fish Company, Inc.

Sold / distributed

Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Washington.

Why it was recalled

Limu Poke (seaweed tuna) is recalled due to a potential for contamination with Salmonella. This product contains affected seaweed (Kahuku Ogo) which was recalled by Marine Agrifuture, LLC.

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

Limu Poke is fresh refrigerated product, distributed in bulk kit, net wt. 4.35 lbs. Each kit includes five individually packages [tuna, onions, limu (ogo seeweed), wet sauce mix, and dry sauce mix]. Each bulk kit is labeled with Costco item #13355. Costco deli department would upack the kit, mix all five components, repack, and sell at at Costco warehouse stores.