Willamette Valley Fruit Company, a Salem processor operated by Oregon Potato Company, has pulled roughly 55,689 pounds of individually quick-frozen blueberries after routine product testing raised the alarm for possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration classified the move as a Class I recall on Feb. 24, the agency’s highest-risk category. The bulk fruit went out to customers in several states and to Canada, which means the real concern is not home freezers, but foodservice operators and manufacturers that used the lots in other products.
FDA upgrade and timeline
Oregon Potato Company first initiated the recall on Feb. 12, then federal regulators turned up the heat after reviewing the firm’s enforcement…..