Organic Chopped Onions, Brand Bybee Foods
Food recall F-1815-2016. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Aug 3, 2016.
- FDA Class I
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Aug 3, 2016. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class I FDA’s most serious class (needs attention)
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 6,689,779 lbs how much, in FDA’s words
Every line below is in FDA’s own words, with its source beside it. FDA’s terms are explained in FDA’s own words.
How serious is it, by FDA’s class?
Class I, the most serious of FDA’s three classes.
“Dangerous or defective products that predictably could cause serious health problems or death. Examples include: food found to contain botulinum toxin, food with undeclared allergens, a label mix-up on a lifesaving drug, or a defective artificial heart valve.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(1), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
Onions are recalled because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Organic Chopped Onions, Brand Bybee Foods, Net Wt 45 lb, UPC R02303 Organic Diced Onions, Brand Columbia River Organics, Net Wt 10 oz, UPC 5711000116 Diced Onions, Brand Northwest Grower’s Select, Net Wt 45 lb, UPC 19190 Pearl Onions, Brand Northwest Growers Select, Net Wt 20 lb, UPC 22100 Organic Diced Onions, Brand Organic by Nature, Net Wt 45 lb, UPC AK#200064 Organic Diced Onions, Brand Organic by Nature, Net Wt 45 lb, UPC 202819 Raw Chopped Onions, Brand Farmer’s Bounty, Net Wt 45 lb, UPC 26290 Chopped Onions, Brand Parade, Net Wt 12 oz, UPC 5070055791 Chopped Onion, Brand Signature Kitchens, Net Wt 12 oz, UPC 2113009049 Onion Cut, Brand Veggie Maria, Net Wt 500 g, UPC 543567006321 *******BULK containers*************** Organic Onions Diced, Brand Amy’s, Net Wt 45 lb Organic Onions Diced, Brand CH Belt, Net Wt 45 Organic Onions Diced, Brand Don Lee Farms, Net Wt 45 Organic Onions Diced, Happy Family/Nuture INC, Net Wt 1250 Organic Onions Diced, Brand Pacific Foods, Net Wt 45 lb Organic Onions Diced, Pacific Foods, Net Wt 1250 Onions Diced, Brand Single Source, Net Wt 45 lb
6,689,779 lbs, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
All affected products have the best by dates or sell by dates between April 26, 2016 and April 26, 2018. Farmer’s Bounty Raw Chopped Onions have the code format 284523007721 08:36 Parade Chopped Onions have the code format Best By: 122215…
Every code shown here, 454 characters
All affected products have the best by dates or sell by dates between April 26, 2016 and April 26, 2018. Farmer’s Bounty Raw Chopped Onions have the code format 284523007721 08:36 Parade Chopped Onions have the code format Best By: 122215 281123001108 15:23) Product of USA A Signature Kitchens Chopped Onion have the code format Best Before: Oct 23 17 S3904 15:08 B Product of USA Veggie Maria Onion Cut have the code format 2016/01 20:55 B 103700201142
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Barcodes and drug codes
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UPC
5711000116 -
UPC
5070055791 -
UPC
2113009049 -
UPC
543567006321
As FDA’s description and codes give them; the UPCs written as digits only.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
US nationwide and in Canada & Japan.
These words name no state.
What FDA means by nationwide
“The term “nationwide” is defined to mean the fifty states or a significant portion. Note that subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
openFDA, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
Is it still going on?
Terminated, in FDA’s file.
“FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts have been made to remove or correct the violative product in accordance with the recall strategy, and proper disposition has been made according to the degree of hazard.”
openFDA, on “Terminated”, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
- The firm began the recall on May 2, 2016.
- FDA classified it on Jul 26, 2016.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Aug 3, 2016.
- FDA terminated it on Sep 11, 2017.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- CRF Frozen Foods, LLC, of Pasco, WA.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Press Release.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
What this record can’t tell you
- Whether your own one is affected: compare the codes, dates and numbers above with yours. When unsure, ask the firm or the store.
- Where it went after the firm’s first shipments. FDA’s words cover the firm’s initial distribution, and, in FDA’s words, “subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
- How many have been returned, corrected or destroyed: FDA’s report doesn’t say.
- Whether anyone was hurt or fell ill: the report doesn’t say.
- How current it is: openFDA publishes FDA’s Enforcement Report weekly, after FDA does, and a firm can announce a recall weeks before it appears there. openFDA’s own caution: “This data should not be used as a method to collect data to issue alerts to the public, nor should it be used to track the lifecycle of a recall.”
- Meat, poultry and egg products are recalled by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, not FDA, and its recalls aren’t here yet: see fsis.usda.gov.
- A product with no recall here isn’t safe by that: FDA’s report lists the recalls FDA classified, and when.
Hearth Record wrote these lines; the quotations are FDA’s.
Sources
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Food recall enforcement reports.
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