FDA issues highest-level recall for tomatoes linked to salmonella contamination

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a Class 1 recall of tomatoes potentially contaminated with salmonella, the agency’s highest classification level.

Williams Farms Repack LLC’s recall of tomatoes in "4x5 2 layer, 60ct 2layer, 3ct trays in the Williams Farms Repack label" and "5x6 25lb, 6x6 25lb H&C Farms Label" received a Class 1 designation from the FDA last week.

Class 1 signals a "situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death," according to the agency’s website.

The classification came about a month after Williams Farms Repack issued the voluntary recall for the H&C Farms-supplied tomatoes.

According to the recall notice, the tomatoes were sent