Aldi’s Freshire Farms vegetable recall falls under FDA’s most severe

A vegetable recall has now been marked as a Class I risk classification by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

RS Hanline and Company, Inc., recalled jalapeno, green bean, and green pepper products due to a possible Listeria contamination in late July.

The vegetables were distributed to retailers in nine states: Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.

The FDA’s Class I risk is the most severe and is claimed when there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a product could cause serious adverse health consequences or death. The FDA has two other classifications: Class II and Class III.

Three of the products came from Freshire Farms, which is a trademark of Aldi: jalapenos packaged in plastic bags at eight ounces, 18 bags per case; green beans packaged in plastic bags at one pound, 14 bags per case; and green peppers packaged in plastic bags containing three peppers, 16 bags per case.

Also involved in the recall were jalapeno peppers packaged as five-pound diced with two bags per case, and whole peppers in a 5- or 10-pound carton; poblano packaged as five-pound half-sliced with two bags per case, five-pound quarter-sliced with two bags per case, and five-pound half diced with two bags per case; and green peppers packaged whole in a five-, 10-, and 20-pound carton.

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