Watts Brothers Farms Organic Mixed Vegetables
Food recall F-2278-2016. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Sep 21, 2016.
- FDA Class I
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Sep 21, 2016. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class I FDA’s most serious class (needs attention)
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- 20 states named in where it went
- 7,543,480 lbs. - expanded recall 2,962,179 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?
Organic Mixed Vegetables are recalled due to the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Watts Brothers Farms Organic Mixed Vegetables, UPC 681241053484. ************Foodservice Products******************** Watts Tote 4-Way Mixed Vegetables, item 3902 Watts Brothers 5 Way Mixed Vegetables, item V5173 Watts Brothers 4 Way Mixed Vegetables, item V5218 Watts Brothers 5 Way Mixed Vegetables, item V5246 Watts Brothers 4 Way Mixed Vegetables, item V5412 Sc 3623 12/40 oz 5-Way Mixed Vegetables, item V5359 Sc 2975 1/30# 5-Way Mixed Vegetables, item V5363 Sr 4493 12/40 oz 5-Way Mixed Vegetables, item V5370 Sr 2991 1/30# 5-Way Mixed Vegetables, item V5374 Alasko 6/2Kg 4-Way Mixed Vegetables, item V5448 Alasko 6/2Kg 4-Way Mixed Vegetables, item V5453 *********NICHIREI BRANDS ARE NOT DISTRIBUTED IN THE US***** Nichirei Organic Mixed Vegetables, item V5600, UPC 4 902130 363641. Nichirei Value + Organic Mixed Vegetables, item V5803, UPC 4 949486 327019
7,543,480 lbs. - expanded recall 2,962,179 lbs., in FDA’s words.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Additional codes recalled on 7/28/16 Best Before 01/08/17 6180 01 08 17 HH:MM Best Before 01/09/17 6180 01 09 17 HH:MM Best Before 02/02/17 6180 02 02 17 HH:MM Best Before 02/11/17 6180 02 11 17 HH:MM Best Before 02/26/17 6180 02 26 17…
Every code shown here, 1,997 characters
Additional codes recalled on 7/28/16 Best Before 01/08/17 6180 01 08 17 HH:MM Best Before 01/09/17 6180 01 09 17 HH:MM Best Before 02/02/17 6180 02 02 17 HH:MM Best Before 02/11/17 6180 02 11 17 HH:MM Best Before 02/26/17 6180 02 26 17 HH:MM Best Before 03/04/17 6180 03 04 17 HH:MM Best Before 03/05/17 6180 03 05 17 HH:MM Best Before 03/23/17 6180 03 23 17 HH:MM Best Before 06/29/17 6180 06 29 17 HH:MM Best Before 06/30/17 6180 06 30 17 HH:MM Best Before 07/23/17 6180 07 23 17 HH:MM Best Before 07/24/17 6180 07 24 17 HH:MM Best Before 08/10/17 6180 08 10 17 HH:MM Best Before 08/31/17 6180 08 31 17 HH:MM Best Before 09/04/17 6180 09 04 17 HH:MM Best Before 09/23/17 6180 09 23 17 HH:MM Best Before 09/24/17 6180 09 24 17 HH:MM Best Before 09/25/17 6180 09 25 17 HH:MM Best Before 10/01/17 6180 10 01 17 HH:MM Best Before 10/02/17 6180 10 02 17 HH:MM Best Before 10/14/17 6180 10 14 17 HH:MM Best Before 12/09/17 6180 12 09 17 HH:MM Best Before 12/10/17 6180 12 10 17 HH:MM Best Before 01/13/18 6180 01 13 18 HH:MM Best Before 01/15/18 6180 01 15 18 HH:MM Best Before 02/03/18 6180 02 03 18 HH:MM ******************************************************************** Best Before 09/30/16 6180 09 30 16 HH:MM Best Before 10/01/16 6180 10 01 16 HH:MM Best Before 10/16/16 6180 10 16 16 HH:MM Best Before 12/03/16 6180 12 03 16 HH:MM Best Before 12/11/16 6180 12 11 16 HH:MM Best Before 12/12/16 6180 12 12 16 HH:MM Best Before 12/16/16 6180 12 16 16 HH:MM Best Before 12/17/16 6180 12 17 16 HH:MM Best Before 01/20/17 6180 01 20 17 HH:MM Best Before 01/21/17 6180 01 21 17 HH:MM Best Before 02/03/17 6180 02 03 17 HH:MM Best Before 02/12/17 6180 02 12 17 HH:MM Best Before 02/26/17 6180 02 26 17 HH:MM Best Before 03/31/17 6180 03 31 17 HH:MM Best Before 04/17/17 6180 04 17 17 HH:MM Best Before 04/24/17 6180 04 24 17 HH:MM Best Before 04/25/17 6180 04 25 17 HH:MM Best Before 05/08/17 6180 05 08 17 HH:MM Best Before 05/12/17 6180 05 12 17 HH:MM Best Before 05/26/17 6180 05 26 17 HH:MM Best…
FDA’s list runs to 3,235 characters. The first part is shown; the rest is on FDA’s record.
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
681241053484 -
UPC
4902130363641 -
UPC
4949486327019
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.
distributed in AZ, CA, CO, FL, HI, IA, ID, IL, LA, MD, MN, NJ, NV, OH, OK, PA, TX, UT, VA, and WI and in the following countries: Canada, Columbia, Japan, and Panama.
The states and territories these words name
20 states and territories.
Every one of them
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Hawaii
- Iowa
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Minnesota
- New Jersey
- Nevada
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Wisconsin
The words say it went outside the United States too.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
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 5, 2016.
- FDA classified it on Sep 15, 2016.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Sep 21, 2016.
- FDA terminated it on Aug 22, 2017.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- ConAgra Foods Inc, of Omaha, NE.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit.
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.
- FDA’s list of codes runs to 3,235 characters; the first part is shown here, and the rest is on FDA’s record.
- 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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