Food FDA Class III Terminated Pathogen contamination
Garland Fresh Peeled Garlic 6 oz. bag
Tops Markets LLC Published May 13, 2026
Risk level
Class IIIUnlikely to cause harm, but violates labeling or manufacturing rules.
Severity score 45/100
What should you do?
- Check whether you have this product, using the lot codes, UPCs, and dates listed below.
- Do not eat, serve, or sell the affected product.
- Return it to the place of purchase for a refund, or throw it away in a sealed bag so people and animals can’t get to it.
- Contact Tops Markets LLC or your place of purchase with questions, and see the source record below for full details.
Reason for recall
The potential contamination with Clostridium botulinum, due to risk of temperature abuse during chilled storage at the firm
Hazards
Clostridium botulinum · primary
Affected products (1)
Garland Fresh Peeled Garlic 6 oz. bag
2,112 cases (12 units per case) (total)
UPC: 00068826753408, 00071894000005
Code info: UPC: 00068826753408 UPC: UPC: 00071894000005 Codes: all
Affected areas
New YorkPennsylvaniaVermont
Timeline
- InitiatedMar 24, 2026
- PublishedMay 13, 2026
- TerminatedMay 6, 2026
- Recall number
- H-0687-2026
- Agency
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Country
- US
FDA records come from the openFDA food enforcement-report dataset — the agency's full weekly enforcement list. Most entries are not issued as consumer press releases, so they won't appear on fda.gov/recalls or in a web search. The source record link above resolves this exact recall by its number.