A New York-based food distributor is recalling tomato sauce that was sold to retailers in three states, including in Connecticut, due to possible contamination.
The Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that Hudson Harvest issued a voluntary recall for a batch of its tomato basil sauce after learning there was “a possibility that the product has been under processed, which could lead to the potential for spoilage organisms or pathogens.”
Charles Wilson, a product procurement official at Hudson Harvest, said the company initiated the product recall based on a single report of an expanding jar, which he said "likely means" the sauce was fermenting.
The affected jars of tomato basil sauce were sold to 40 retailers across Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York in May and June. Wilson said Whole Foods Market in Milford was the only Connecticut retailer that purchased sauce from the affected batch, lot No. 1042426.
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Each of the retailers that purchased sauce affected by the recall confirmed to Hudson Harvest that it has pulled the product from its store shelves, Wilson said.
The company, he added, is still working with its retailers to determine exactly how many jars of potentially spoiled sauce were sold. Hudson Harvest has also launched an internal investigation to determine the cause of the possible contamination, Wilson said.
The company advised consumers not to use the sauce, “even if it does not appear to be spoiled.” Customers who have purchased Hudson Harvest's tomato basil sauce should return it to the point of sale for a full refund.
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No cases of foodborne illness have been reported in connection with the sauce, the company said.
