HH Fresh Trading recalls Taiwan-grown enoki mushrooms after Listeria found in Florida

Why it happened, in plain English

The filed reason says the imported enoki tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes. The label shows the full chain: produced by Green Farm in Taiwan, exported by Jia Yang International Enterprises, distributed by HH Fresh Trading. The distribution line adds the last link: one customer in Texas, and from there “further distributed,” with the samples collected in Florida. HH Fresh is the importer of record, so the recall carries its name.

Enoki has a history as a Listeria vehicle. The mushrooms are grown in a cool, wet environment and often eaten raw or lightly cooked. In general terms an importer of enoki has no kill step and few controls beyond supplier verification and its own lot testing. A positive found in a state the importer did not ship to directly means the product moved further than its own records show. A second importer, IQ Produce, filed an enoki recall three days later, also after Florida sampling.

Who else should care

Produce importers bringing in enoki, and any Asian-produce distributor that handles it. The record here is typical: a small California importer, one direct customer, and product surfacing two states away. If you sell to a single wholesaler, that wholesaler’s customer list is your recall list, and you probably do not have it.

Restaurants and grocers buying enoki through a wholesaler can identify the grower from the package, since the label names it. Check: whether you have a written supplier verification for each enoki grower, including the grower’s own Listeria testing, and whether you test incoming lots yourself rather than relying on the exporter’s paperwork.

Written 2026-09-08. Analysis is editorial; the record above is FDA's.