“Church Brothers True Leaf Romaine Chopped Lettuce Recall: Plastic Pieces Found.” GovInfoNow, updated October 4, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/13937-church-brothers-true-leaf-romaine-chopped-lettuce-recall-plastic-pieces. Based on FDA recall #F-0211-2022 (https://api.fda.gov/food/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22F-0211-2022%22&limit=1).
Church Brothers, LLC voluntarily recalled True Leaf VA - Romaine Chopped due to plastic contamination, the FDA said on Oct. 27, 2021. The recall affects products distributed in Maryland.
How to tell if you have it
Brand: Church Brothers
Product: True Leaf VA - Romaine Chopped, 6x2 lb.
Lot Code: N288-262501-8A-11
Use by date: 10-31-21
Distribution: MD
The hazard
The FDA was notified by the FSIS of a customer finding plastic pieces in the Chopped Romaine Lettuce.
Context
GovInfoNow's records show Church Brothers, LLC had one other recall on record since Dec. 23, 2022, involving parsley contaminated with Salmonella. Other recent recalls of similar products include Ore-Ida Tater Tots Recall: Clear Plastic Fragments in Frozen Product (Dec. 3, 2025), McCain Foods Ore-Ida Tater Tots Recall: Foreign Plastic Fragments in Product (Jan. 12, 2026), and Woodstock Organic Edamame Recall: Metal Pieces Hazard (April 21, 2026).
How to tell if you have this one
Check the lot code on the packaging: N288-262501-8A-11. The product was sold in the US with a use by date of October 31, 2021.
Brand
Church Brothers
Category
Food
Based on the official FDA remedy
What to do — step by step
Check Packaging
Look for the lot code N288-262501-8A-11 on the packaging of the True Leaf Romaine Chopped lettuce.
Where it went and when
Where it was distributed
Distributed in Maryland.
Listed by the agency
Not listed
FDA distribution: “MD” States read from FDA’s own wording; “not listed” means the notice does not name it.
States: Maryland.
Recall timeline
FDA terminated this recall 22 days after the firm started it.
1Firm started the recall
2FDA classified it Class III
3FDA terminated the recall
4Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report
Dates from the agency record only; steps without a date are left out.
The facts (hazard, remedy, dates, manufacturer) are pulled from the official FDA recall record. The plain-language summary and step-by-step checklist are written by GovInfoNow to make the official notice easier to act on — they don’t replace it.
Official source: FDA Recall #F-0211-2022 (October 27, 2021) — FDA publishes no per-recall page; this is the official machine-readable enforcement record. Search FDA recalls for F-0211-2022 to see it in context.
Plain-language summary written by qwen3:4b on October 4, 2026, from the official record above. Not reviewed by a person — if it conflicts with the FDA notice, the notice is correct. Report an error on this page.
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