Refrigerated, ready-to-eat SOUR CABBAGE BY LB packaged in a 25 Lb. bulk white plastic bucket labeled in part ***204023**MARINATED CABBAGE BY LB***

Recall Insight

This FDA Food action (record #F-0393-2017) was formally reported on November 16, 2016, with the manufacturer initiating the action on March 18, 2016. It is classified under Critical severity (Class I), with a current status of Terminated. Royal Seafood Baza is listed as the recalling firm, operating out of Staten Island, NY. Federal records indicate 92 units units are affected.

The documented reason for this recall is: Royal Seafood Baza, Inc. has recalled all pickled products produced on 3/1/2016, 3/2/2016 and also all herring products produced on 2/29/2016 due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. Distribution data in the federal record shows the product reached: NY & PA via retail stores. Distribution scope directly affects the consumer exposure window and determines whether a recall remains regional or escalates into a nationwide advisory.

To put this record in context, PlainRecalls indexes 83,949 recalls across the FDA, CPSC, NHTSA and USDA FSIS going back to 1995. Within the same product category, the database holds 6 closely related recalls, of which 6 were also issued by FDA Food. That clustering is a signal — repeated actions in a narrow category often indicate a systemic quality-control issue, a supplier-wide contamination, or a design defect that has propagated across product lines. This recall is roughly 10 years old; older recalls can remain relevant because many units enter resale, rental, and secondary-market channels where the original warning never reaches the end user. Always cross-check the recall number against the official agency page before relying on any summary.