Agency classClass IIOur severity:High FDA (Food)·F-0078-2025·Announced 2024-11-06

Bistro 28 Chicken Enchilada Kits Recalled for Listeria Contamination

Reser's Fine Foods is recalling Bistro 28 Creamy Green Chile Chicken Enchilada Meal Kits due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination in the cooked chicken. The affected meal kits were distributed across 30 U.S. states.

The agency’s classification

FDA (Food): Class II

Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.

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 3/5 (High).

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: FDA Class II recall involving Listeria monocytogenes, a high-risk bacterial pathogen explicitly identified in the Score 3 rubric. No hospitalizations or illnesses are reported in the source material, placing this at Score 3 for high-risk contamination without confirmed illness.

Plain-English summary

Reser's Fine Foods, Inc. is recalling specific lots of Bistro 28 Creamy Green Chile Chicken Enchilada Express Meal Kit (Item 407118, UPC 13454 38493). This is a ready-to-prepare meal kit containing 6 portions, packaged at 27 oz (765 g). The recalled products include approximately 4,723 cases distributed directly by Fresh Creative Foods.

The cooked chicken component in these meal kits has been contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria is a bacterial pathogen that can cause serious illness, particularly in pregnant women, infants, young children, and people with weakened immune systems.

The affected meal kits were distributed across 30 U.S. states: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming.

Consumers who purchased this product should check the use-by date and lot number. Products with use-by dates from September 19, 2024 through November 17, 2024 and the specific lot numbers listed in the FDA recall notice should not be consumed and should be discarded or returned to the place of purchase.

The recalled product

Product: Item 407118, UPC 13454 38493, Bistro 28 Creamy Green Chile Chicken Enchilada Express Meal Kit. Make 6 Enchiladas. Ready in 5 MIN. Net wt. 27 oz (1 LB 11 OZ) 765g. Distributed by Fresh Creative Foods, Vista, CA. Case GTIN 10013454384937, Case UPC 13454 38493, Bistro 28 Creamy…
Manufacturer: Reser's Fine Foods, Inc.
Category: Food — Meal Kit
Hazard: listeria
Affected units: 4,723

Distribution

Distributed in 30 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 18 recalled by Reser's Fine Foods, Inc. 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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