Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
Summary
Recall Summary for Calendar Year 2018
Number of Recalls Number of Pounds Recalled
Total 125 20,552,911
Recalls by Class (N=125)
Class I 97 19,328,046
II 21 1,199,689
III 7 25,176
Recalls by Reason (N=125)
Reason For Recall STEC* 9 287,758
Listeria monocytogenes 21 4,127,696
Salmonella 6 12,963,341
Undeclared Allergen 26 446,138
Extraneous Material 23 1,587,250
Processing Defect 8 88,285
Undeclared Substance 3 4,377
Residue 1 69,016
Unapproved Substance 1 15,363
Other** 27 963,687
Recall by Species/Product (N=125)
Species Beef 31 13,185,563
Mixed 32 5,267,834
Pork 25 670,369
Poultry*** 34 1,214,839
Siluriformes fish (catfish) 3 214,306
* STEC includes recalls due to Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC). STEC organisms include E. coli O157:H7, E. coli O26, E. coli O45, E. coli
O103, E. coli O111, E. coli O121, and E. coli O145.
**Other includes producing without inspection, failure to present for import inspection, and labeling issues, among others.
+Recall Classes :
Class I - A Class I recall involves a health hazard situation in which there is a reasonable probability that eating the food will cause health
problems or death.
Class II - A Class II recall involves a potential health hazard situation in which there is a remote probability of adverse health
consequences from eating the food.
Class III - A Class III recall involves a situation in which eating the food will not cause adverse health consequences.
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/recall-summaries/!ut/p/a1/jZBba4MwFMc_yx58THOcRezeRHCrW5VS… 4/4