Krasnyi Oktyabr Inc. of Brooklyn, NY, is voluntarily recalling its Starfish Seafood Trio — Cold Smoked Salmon, Halibut, and Trout — across six states after New York regulators found the product has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. No illnesses have been reported to date.

The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets identified the potential contamination, triggering the recall. Krasnyi Oktyabr is cooperating with the state agency and the FDA on the recall process.

Which product is covered?

The recall applies to a single lot with these identifiers:

• Product: Starfish Seafood Trio – Cold Smoked Salmon, Halibut, Trout
• Brand: Starfish
• Net weight: 8 oz (227 g)
• Packaging: Vacuum-sealed plastic package
• Lot number: D139149161-153
• Expiration date: 12/01/2027
• Country of origin: Latvia

The affected product was distributed in New York, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, North Carolina and South Carolina.

Who is responsible in the supply chain?

Krasnyi Oktyabr Inc. is a wholesale distributor, not the manufacturer of the recalled product. The company has notified its affected customers and instructed them to immediately discontinue sale and distribution of the recalled lot, identify any remaining inventory, and notify their own customers as appropriate.

That instruction puts the burden of inventory checks on downstream retailers and foodservice operators holding the lot, a standard step in distribution-level recalls where the recalling firm does not control the manufacturing process.

Why Listeria drives aggressive recalls

Food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes may not look, smell or taste spoiled but can still cause serious and sometimes life-threatening infections. Anyone who has eaten the recalled product and developed symptoms of Listeria infection should seek medical treatment and tell their doctors about the possible Listeria exposure.

Consumers who ate the recalled product should monitor themselves for symptoms in the coming weeks, because listeriosis can take up to 70 days after exposure to develop.

Symptoms can include:

• Vomiting and nausea
• Persistent fever
• Muscle aches
• Severe headache
• Neck stiffness

Laboratory tests are required to diagnose Listeria infections, which can mimic other illnesses.

Pregnant women, the elderly, young children, and people with weakened immune systems — such as cancer patients — face particular risk of serious illness, life-threatening infections, complications and death. Infected pregnant women may experience only mild, flu-like symptoms, but their infections can lead to premature delivery, infection of the newborn, or stillbirth.

With the lot carrying an expiration date of 12/01/2027, the recalled product could remain in freezers and back-of-house storage for a long shelf life, making downstream inventory identification the key compliance task for distributors and retailers in the six affected states in the weeks ahead.