Tomatoes recalled in 14 states as FDA sets highest risk level

Two separate tomato recalls have been designated as Class I, the most serious warning level, according to the Food and Drug Administration.

The agency had initially recalled the tomatoes because of the potential salmonella contamination.

One recall involves 3,651 boxes of tomatoes from Williams Farms Repack. According to Newsweek, the boxes were labeled “H&C Farms Raw Premium Tomatoes, Naturally Grown from Seed.” The lot code is 098 14TO3-1.

The affected tomatoes were distributed in Texas, Illinois, Wisconsin, South Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, Indiana, and Massachusetts.

Another recall involves packaged tomatoes from Indiana-based Ray & Mascari Inc. According to the FDA, Florida-based Hanshaw & Capling Farms, the grower that supplies the tomatoes, notified Ray & Mascari Inc. that it was recalling a section of tomatoes due to the possible presence of salmonella in their facility. The affected tomatoes are sold in plastic clamshells containing four tomatoes.

Those recalled tomatoes were sold by Gordon Food Service Stores in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.

Food distributors that received the recalled lots of tomatoes have been notified and given information to further contact their customers and distribution centers with recall instructions.