Retailer Recalls Finishing Butter After Supplier's Supplier Has Positive Listeria Finding

Epicurean Butter LLC of Thornton, CO, is recalling its 3.5-ounce tubs of " Wegmans Lemon Dill Finishing Butter" food due to a recall from our frozen dill supplier, SupHerb Farms, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.  Epicurean Butter LLC received notice from its herb supplier that certain lots of frozen dill could potentially be contaminated with listeria based upon a test from one of the supplier’s food manufacturing customers in Canada that used the ingredient in one of their finished products.

Here is another instance when a supplier's supplier has an issue that leads to a recall.  In evaluating a supplier's food safety program, it is important to assess how good their supplier control program is.  As part of Preventive Controls regulation, the supplier should have identifies hazards of incoming materials.  In this case, where a dill product is added to the butter as a post-process addition (in essence, a RTE ingredient), that dill supplier must have adequate controls in place.  The finishing butter processor establishing the verifications activities that they will perform to assure the safety of that dill.


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Epicurean Butter Recalls “Wegmans Lemon Dill Finishing Butter” Because of Possible Health Risk
Summary
Company Announcement Date:  August 19, 2022
FDA Publish Date:  August 19, 2022
Product Type:  Food & Beverages
Reason for Announcement:  Listeria monocytogenes
Company Name:  Epicurean Butter LLC
Brand Name:  Wegmans
Product Description:  Lemon Dill Finishing Butter

Company Announcement

Epicurean Butter LLC of Thornton, CO, is recalling its 3.5-ounce tubs of " Wegmans Lemon Dill Finishing Butter" food due to a recall from our frozen dill supplier, SupHerb Farms, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.

Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.

The recalled "Wegmans Lemon Dill Finishing Butter " were distributed at Wegmans Food Markets in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, Virginia, North Carolina, and Washington DC.

The product comes in a 3.5-ounce, black plastic cup with a Wegmans label around and on the lid. The cup has a sealed lidding film under the lid. There is a “Best By” and Lot # printed with blue ink by the label around the cup. The following products are subject to this recall.

Product Name Item # UPC Code Lot # Expiration Date Qty
WegmansLemon Dill Finishing Butter 3.5oz 8ct 44324 0 77890 44324 8 16314 07/05/22 43
Wegmans Lemon Dill Finishing Butter 3.5oz 8ct 44324 0 77890 44324 8 16357 07/16/22 121
Wegmans Lemon Dill Finishing Butter 3.5oz 8ct 44324 0 77890 44324 8 16438 07/21/22 84
Wegmans Lemon Dill Finishing Butter 3.5oz 8ct 44324 0 77890 44324 8 16536 08/09/22 92
Wegmans Lemon Dill Finishing Butter 3.5oz 8ct 44324 0 77890 44324 8 16619 08/24/22 252
Wegmans Lemon Dill Finishing Butter 3.5oz 8ct 44324 0 77890 44324 8 16702 09/14/22 84
Wegmans Lemon Dill Finishing Butter 3.5oz 8ct 44324 0 77890 44324 8 16722 09/15/22 42
Wegmans Lemon Dill Finishing Butter 3.5oz 8ct 44324 0 77890 44324 8 16761 09/22/22 30
Wegmans Lemon Dill Finishing Butter 3.5oz 8ct 44324 0 77890 44324 8 16797 09/30/22 95
Wegmans Lemon Dill Finishing Butter 3.5oz 8ct 44324 0 77890 44324 8 16829 10/06/22 126
Wegmans Lemon Dill Finishing Butter 3.5oz 8ct 44324 0 77890 44324 8 16902 10/18/22 135
Wegmans Lemon Dill Finishing Butter 3.5oz 8ct 44324 0 77890 44324 8 17037 11/17/22 33

These are the ONLY lots affected by this recall.

No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with this problem.

Epicurean Butter LLC received notice from its herb supplier that certain lots of frozen dill could potentially be contaminated with listeria based upon a test from one of the supplier’s food manufacturing customers in Canada that used the ingredient in one of their finished products.

Consumers who have purchased 3.5-ounce packages of "Wegmans Lemon Dill Finishing Butter" are urged to return them to the place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers with questions may contact the company at 303-427-5527, Monday through Friday from 8:00am to 5:00pm Mountain Time Zone (MST).