Effective immediately (Sunday, November 20, 2016), Corporate Essentials will be recalling all Sabra Hummus products. Beginning Monday, November 21, 2016, Corporate Essentials’ delivery drivers will be removing Sabra Hummus from our customers’ coolers. Our customer service team will contact anyone from whom product is picked up with information on credits and/or refunds.
Until we can confirm all Sabra products sold by Corporate Essentials are those with a “Best Before” date after January 23, 2017, we will be temporarily discontinuing the sale of Sabra Hummus.
Here is some additional information on this voluntary recall from Sabra, as well as a link to the full recall information on fda.gov:
The Sabra Dipping Co., LLC is voluntarily recalling certain hummus products made prior to November 8, 2016 due to concerns over Listeria monocytogenes, which was identified at the manufacturing facility but not in tested finished product. The recall includes the products listed below; these were distributed to retail outlets, including food service accounts and supermarkets, in the U.S. and Canada.
Listeria monocytogenes is an organism, which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headaches, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women. The company is issuing this recall out of an abundance of caution.
Consumers with any product with a “Best Before” date up through January 23, 2017 are urged to discard it. Consumers can find code and “Best Before” date on the lid of each package.
