Class I · Recall · initiated August 5, 2026 · Ongoing
Sirna & Sons Produce recalls repacked jalapeños linked to the Coast Citrus Salmonella recall
Sirna & Sons Produce recalled repacked jalapeño peppers for potential Salmonella contamination in the first week of August 2026, one of several downstream recalls following a San Diego importer's bulk recall.
The record
- Firm
- Sirna and Sons Produce, Inc, Ravenna, OH
- Product
- Sirna & Sons Produce PEPPER JALAPENO BREAK 1LB, repackaged into 1 lb. plastic bags, Product Number: 55255, Packed by Sirna & Sons Produce 7176 State Route 88, Ravenna, OH 44266, distributed for food service use only
- Reason, as filed
- “Potential Salmonella Javiana contamination”
- Classification
- Class I (Class I: reasonable probability of serious health consequences or death)
- Recall number
- H-1262-2026
- Initiated
- August 5, 2026
- Posted by FDA
- September 2, 2026
- Status
- Ongoing · Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Quantity
- 249 bags
- Distribution
- OH, PA (for food service use only)
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Why it happened, in plain English
A repacker’s recall in a produce cascade. The firm bought jalapeños in bulk, repacked them into retail or food-service units under its own label, and became the recalling firm when the source lot was implicated. The filed reason is potential Salmonella contamination; the record does not name the source, but the timing and product match the Coast Citrus Distributors recall of July 22 and the parallel recalls by other repackers and by Whole Foods.
Repacking adds no kill step to a raw pepper. The repacker’s exposure is entirely a function of who it bought from.
Who else should care
Produce repackers and distributors who put their own label on bulk product. When the label is yours, the recall is yours, and FDA’s record will show your name, not the importer’s.
Check: whether your lot records connect each repacked unit to the importer’s lot, so that a supplier recall becomes a two-hour traceback instead of a whole-inventory pull.
Related actions
Written 2026-09-08. Analysis is editorial; the record above is FDA's.