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Food FDA Class I Ongoing Pathogen contamination

Hellas Meze Golden Smoked Whole Herring

Terra Medi LLC Published Jun 10, 2026

Risk level

Class I

Dangerous or defective — could cause serious health problems or death.

Severity score 95/100

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 Terra Medi LLC or your place of purchase with questions, and see the source record below for full details.
Reason for recall

Un-eviscerated fish may be contaminated with clostridium botulinum

Hazards

Clostridium botulinum · primary

Affected products (1)

Hellas Meze Golden Smoked Whole Herring

20 cases (15 units per case)

Code info: production date of 4/12/2025, best before 4/12/2026, L120425F54

Affected areas

IllinoisMassachusettsNew JerseyNew York

Timeline

  1. Initiated
    May 13, 2026
  2. Published
    Jun 10, 2026
Recall number
H-0899-2026
Agency
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Country
US
Source data (openFDA JSON) About FDA enforcement reports

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