Vita Food Sliced Smoked Atlantic Nova Salmon Recalled by FDA

Alert Type:                FDA Recall

What:                        Vita Classic Premium Sliced Smoked Atlantic Nova 

                                  Salmon (8,088 packages involved)

Packaged by:             Food Products, Inc. (Chicago, ILL)

Hazard:                      Possible contamination by Listeria monocytogenes.

Details of Hazard:      Listeria monocytogenes can cause flu-like illness in healthy adults, but can lead to serious illness, or death in young children and individuals with compromised immune systems. It has also been known to cause miscarriages and stillbirths.

Illness or Injury:         None to date

Where Sold:              

• Publix stores: Alabama,  Alaska, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee 

• Safeway stores:  California, District of Columbia, Idaho, Oregon, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington

• Meijer stores: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio

• Vons stores: California

• Genuardi’s stores: Pennsylvania, New Jersey

• Winn Dixie stores: Florida

• Edgewater Produce store: Chicago, IL on or after July 25, 2011 may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. 

FDA also warns that an "additional 828 packages of this same product have either possibly been sold or are being offered for sale at various grocery stores in the Buffalo, NY and Pittsburgh, PA metropolitan areas and Northeast Ohio."



Product Packaging:       See photo. 

Sell Date Info:             The SELL BY Date and Code of DEC 15 2011 01961B is printed in see-though panel on front of package.

4-5 slices (total 4 oz.) of smoked salmon per vacuum-sealed package. Package size 7¾“ wide x  7¼” high x ¼” thick

Photo: FDA

Special Instructions:   PER FDA ALERT:

“If any consumer purchased a product with that SELL BY Date and Code from a retail store on or after July 25, 2011 he or she should not consume any of the Vita Classic Premium Sliced Smoked Atlantic Nova Salmon product. Then, the Company asks that it be sealed in plastic bag or placed in some similar container and returned to the retailer from which it was purchased.”

Contact Info:                1-800-989-8482 on weekdays from 8am to 5pm (CT)

Anyone who has eaten the affected product and is experiencing any unusual or severe flu-like symptoms should visit an emergency room immediately or contact your doctor for advice.