Garden salad recalled for potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination
Fresh Creative Cuisine garden salad with dressing (sold January 24–30, 2023) is being recalled for potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The product was distributed to 11 states in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic region.
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: FDA Class I classification requires minimum severity of 4. The product poses potential contamination from Listeria monocytogenes, a high-risk pathogen, though no illnesses are reported in the source.
Plain-English summary
Fresh Creative Cuisine White Label Garden salad with Dressing in cases of 4 (UPC code 20813141022633) is being recalled due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The product was sold from January 24, 2023 through January 30, 2023, and the recall was initiated by the manufacturer, FRESH IDEATION FOOD GROUP, LLC of Baltimore, Maryland, on February 3, 2023.
The recalled salad was distributed to customers in the following states: Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, District of Columbia, New Jersey, North Carolina, Connecticut, South Carolina, Virginia, and Massachusetts.
Consumers who have purchased this product should not consume it.
The recalled product
- Product
- Fresh Creative Cuisine White Label, Garden salad with Dressing, Case of 4, Keep refrigerated
- Category
- Food — Prepared salad
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 40
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 : 20813141022633
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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