Food FDA Class I Terminated Pathogen contamination
Whole select cucumbers, 1/2 bushel, packed in a generic cardboard box, labeled as CUCUMBER Grn Ctn 24ct Box Packed By: Alex Kontos Fruit Co., Inc. Birmingham, AL
Alex Kontos/Flavor-Pic Tomato Company Published Jun 11, 2025
Risk level
Class IDangerous or defective — could cause serious health problems or death.
Severity score 90/100
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 Alex Kontos/Flavor-Pic Tomato Company or your place of purchase with questions, and see the source record below for full details.
Reason for recall
Product has potential contamination with Salmonella
Hazards
Salmonella · primary
Affected products (1)
Whole select cucumbers, 1/2 bushel, packed in a generic cardboard box, labeled as CUCUMBER Grn Ctn 24ct Box Packed By: Alex Kontos Fruit Co., Inc. Birmingham, AL
20 cases
Lot codes: Number
Code info: GTIN: 70095175008424; Lot Number: 3-182769; Pack Date: May07; Internal Item: 2320
Affected areas
Kentucky
Timeline
- InitiatedMay 21, 2025
- PublishedJun 11, 2025
- TerminatedAug 27, 2025
- Recall number
- H-0013-2025
- 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.