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Heeren Bros Inc
FDA recall F-1854-2013 · Class I · reported 2013-09-04 · Terminated
- Product
- Cardboard BIN LABEL: 03808 LOT #: 09000101, MELON CANTALOUPE..., 80-90 CT , 07/22/13 cantaloupes themselves are not labeled.
- Reason
- Heeren Brothers Produce is recalling Athena cantaloupes distributed to small independent grocers in Michigan July 23-26, after routine testing by FDA found product contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, the elderly or others with weak immune systems. Healthy individuals may suffer short-term symptoms, such as
- Quantity
- 5,400
- Distribution
- small independent retail stores in Michigan
- Firm location
- MI, United States
- Initiated
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- First notice
- Telephone
- Recall started
- 2013-08-05
- Terminated
- 2014-06-23
- Code info
- Lot 09000101, 07/22/13 on cardboard bin (box)
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA Food Enforcement database (openFDA Food Enforcement, imported 2026-09). The FDA does not validate openFDA data for completeness or accuracy. This is a record of an enforcement action, not safety advice.