Donuts recalled nationwide: Full list of products impacted

FGF Brands announced a nationwide recall of a number of its donut products due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.

This is a full list of the impacted products.

Newsweek reached out to FGF Brands via email outside of regular working hours for comment.

Why It Matters

The FDA categorizes its recalls from Class I through to Class III. A Class II recall refers to instances when “use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences,” or if the chance of “adverse health consequences is remote.”

What to Know

FGF Brands issued a firm-initiated recall of 60 of its donut products.

They were recalled on the January 7, and the FDA gave the recall a Class II classification on February 5.

The products were distributed nationwide across the U.S. and Canada.

They are being recalled due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, bacteria that can be fatal to young children, frail or elderly people and those with weakened immune systems.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported that listeria is the third leading cause of death from foodborne illness in the U.S, causing 1,600 infections and 260 deaths each year.

For individuals who do not belong to vulnerable groups, listeria infection—otherwise known as listeriosis—usually causes food poisoning symptoms such as fever, muscle aches, fatigue, headaches, diarrhea and vomiting, that should pass within a few days.

Pregnant people exposed to listeria are at risk of pregnancy loss, stillbirth, premature delivery or the life-threatening infection of their newborn.

More than 80 percent of Americans are worried about food recalls, as per a report from Civic Science, based on data from more than 2,000 U.S. adults collected between December 2 and 4 and weighted to be nationally representative.

Almost half of the Civic Science survey respondents said they did not trust grocery stores and food brands to ensure that their food was safe. Some three in 10 said they had personally been affected by recalled products.

The CDC estimated in 2019 that six major foodborne pathogens caused nearly 10 million illnesses in the U.S. per year.

The true number is likely to be higher; a notice on the CDC‘s website on Tuesday it was planning to publish updated estimates soon.

What People Are Saying

The FDA said in a press release: “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.”

What’s Next

The recall is currently ongoing.

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