The Whole Herb Company, Inc. food recall: Celery Seed Whole Organic
Key facts
- Agency
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Program
- Food
- Classification
- Class I
- Status
- Terminated
- Event ID
- 96997
- Recall initiated
- May 27, 2025
- Classified by FDA
- Jul 9, 2025
- Posted in Enforcement Report
- Jul 16, 2025
- Terminated
- Jun 30, 2026
- Recalling firm
- The Whole Herb Company, Inc.
- Firm location
- Sonoma, CA, United States
- Initiated by
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Firm notified customers by
- Products in this event
- 1
What to do
Compare the product name, size, UPC, lot codes and dates below with the product you have. If it matches, do not eat it. Follow the firm's instructions to return it or throw it away.
Reason for recall
Potential contamination with Salmonella.
What the classification means
- Class I: FDA's most serious category: there is a reasonable probability that using or being exposed to the product will cause serious health problems or death.
About this recall
The firm started this recall on May 27, 2025. FDA classified it 43 days later, on Jul 9, 2025. Distribution reported by FDA: Domestic: IA. Foreign: Not Applicable. The Whole Herb Company, Inc. has 2 recalls in our records.
Recalled products (1)
H-0221-2025 Class I Terminated
Celery Seed Whole Organic, labeled, "CELERY SEED WHL OG; Net Wt: 56.25 Lbs"
Codes / lots: Whole Herb Item No: CEL10010. Whole Herb Lot No: 003150ST. Supplier Item No: CEL-15698. Supplier Lot No: 3-34086.
Quantity: 439 bags (56.25 lbs/bag) = 24,694 lbs
Source and freshness
- Source
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Enforcement Report, via the openFDA food enforcement dataset
- Official notice
- FDA Enforcement Report, event 96997
- Raw record
- openFDA API (JSON)
- Dataset last updated by FDA
- Nov 3, 2026
- Imported by RecallRadar
- Nov 4, 2026
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