Fresh Creative Cuisine Italian Hoagie Recalled for Potential Listeria Contamination
Fresh Ideation Food Group recalls Fresh Creative Cuisine Italian Hoagie sandwiches due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Products were distributed across multiple states from January 24-30, 2023.
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, which mandates a minimum severity score of 4 per the rubric. The recall involves potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, a high-risk pathogen, in a ready-to-eat food product.
Plain-English summary
Fresh Ideation Food Group, LLC, operating under the name Fresh Creative Cuisine, is recalling Fresh Creative Cuisine White Label Italian Hoagie sandwiches. The single-serve, refrigerated sandwiches were sold between January 24 and January 30, 2023.
The recall was initiated on February 3, 2023, because the products have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled product has UPC code 41497148844 and was distributed to Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, Washington DC, New Jersey, North Carolina, Connecticut, South Carolina, Virginia, and Massachusetts.
Consumers who have this product should not consume it. Discard the product or return it to the place of purchase. Anyone who consumed this product and experiences symptoms of listeriosis should seek medical attention.
The recalled product
- Product
- Fresh Creative Cuisine White Label, Italian Hoagie, Single Serve, Keep refrigerated
- Category
- Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 218
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 : 41497148844
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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