F-1351-2015 Class I Terminated
Recall Details
- Product Type
- Food
- Report Date
- March 4, 2015
- Initiation Date
- December 29, 2014
- Termination Date
- February 9, 2017
- Voluntary/Mandated
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Product Quantity
- 1,000 retail caramel apples
Product Description
Caramel Apple labeled as Merbs Candies, Double Dipped, St. Louis individually wrapped in plastic
Reason for Recall
CDC epidemiologists have linked an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes illness to caramel apples.
Distribution Pattern
Product was distributed wholesale to area (eastern MO and southern IL) supermarkets and other retailers. The firm also distrbuted apples via its local retail store and via the internet to consumers nationwide.
Code Information
no codes are applied to product