Fresh Creative Cuisine Albacore Tuna Salad Recalled for Listeria Risk
Fresh Creative Cuisine is recalling 86 units of Albacore Tuna Salad due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Affected product was sold January 24–30, 2023, in 11 states.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Food): Class I
Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 4/5 (Severe).
The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: This is an FDA Class I recall involving Listeria monocytogenes, a high-risk bacterial pathogen. Per the severity rubric, FDA Class I classifications require a minimum score of 4 (Severe), regardless of reported illness status.
Plain-English summary
Fresh Creative Cuisine is recalling 86 units of White Label Albacore Tuna Salad Wheat in 5.5 oz single servings that were sold from January 24–30, 2023. The product was distributed in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, Washington DC, New Jersey, North Carolina, Connecticut, South Carolina, Virginia, and Massachusetts.
The company initiated the recall on February 3, 2023, because the product has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, a pathogenic bacterium that can cause serious foodborne illness.
Consumers who purchased this product should discard it immediately or return it to the point of purchase and not consume it.
The recalled product
- Product
- Fresh Creative Cuisine White Label, Albacore Tuna Salad Wheat, Net . Wt.5.5 Oz. Single Serving, Mylar Wrap, Keep refrigerated
- Category
- Food — Prepared Salad
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 86
Is your product affected?
Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.
Lot numbers (1)
- UPC Code : 3081314021787
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 409 recalled by FRESH IDEATION FOOD GROUP, LLC dba Fresh Creative Cuisine under a single FDA (Food) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.
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