Tomato recall affecting multiple states elevated to highest risk warning by FDA

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A tomato recall affecting three southern states has been upgraded to a Class I recall, the most severe warning by the Food and Drug Administration. The recall was first announced in May over potential salmonella contamination.

Class I is the FDA’s highest recall designation for health hazards, meaning there is “a reasonable probability” that the product will cause “serious adverse health consequences or death.”

The tomatoes, from Williams Farms Repack, LLC, were shipped to Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. The impacted products include 3 count packages, 10 pound boxes, 25 pound boxes and 60 count 2 layer boxes, the FDA says.

The FDA is urging consumers who purchased these products not to consume them, adding they can return them to the place of purchase for a full refund