Griddle waffles recalled for potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination
Treehouse Foods recalls griddle waffles for potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination affecting 9.9 million cases distributed nationwide.
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: The recall involves a high-risk pathogen (Listeria monocytogenes) as defined in the severity rubric, and no illnesses or injuries have been reported in the source text, placing it in the 'High' category.
Plain-English summary
Treehouse Foods is recalling multiple brands of griddle waffles and buckwheat blueberry waffle products sold under the Giant Eagle, H-E-B Higher Harvest, and Central Market brand names due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
The affected products have batch codes beginning with 2C and best-by dates between October 1, 2024 and October 11, 2025. Approximately 9.9 million cases were distributed nationwide in the United States and Canada.
The FDA classified this as a Class II recall.
The recalled product
- Product
- GIANT EAGLE 12/11.3oz GRDL WFL BCKWHE BLBRY GF-GT/EG UPC 030034944940 H-E-B HIGHER HARVEST 12/11.3oz GRDL WFL BCKWHE BLBRY GF-HEBHH UPC 041220708390 CENTRAL MARKET 12/11.3oz GRDL WFL BCKWHE BLBRY GF-CTMKT UPC 041220253654
- Manufacturer
- Treehouse Foods
- Category
- Food — Frozen Waffles
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 9,907,389
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 65 recalled by Treehouse Foods 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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