Sartori Inspirations Issues Voluntary Recall of Limited Number of Ciolo Branded Dips and Spreads Because of Potential Health Risk

Sartori Inspirations, LLC, is initiating a voluntary recall of a small number of Ciolo branded items made exclusively for Whole Foods Market. The items may contain onions from Gills Onions, which may be contaminated by 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.

This recall comes as a result of a July 18th, 2012, recall issued by Gills Onions, Oxnard, CA, who supplies onions to Sartori Inspirations, LLC.  The Gills Onions recall was initiated when the firm was notified by the FDA that a random sample of their diced yellow onions taken at retail tested positive for L. monocytogenes.  The products included in this recall are tapenades, goudas, cheeses, and salsas which are packaged in 7 oz clear plastic containers and 5 lb white plastic tubs.  Code identification listed in the following table represents all product effected by this recall.