The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-0235-2014·Announced 2014-01-01

Reser's Potato Salad with Deviled Egg Recalled for Listeria Risk

Reser's Fine Foods is recalling potato salad products with deviled egg due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The products were distributed in 41 states and Canada.

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 5/5 (Critical).

Highest-severity recall. The hazard can cause serious injury or death. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.

Our severity reasoning: The agency classification is FDA Class I, which indicates a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to the violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death. Per the rubric, FDA Class I recalls are scored as 5 (Critical).

Plain-English summary

Reser's Fine Foods, Inc. is recalling specific packages of Potato Salad with Deviled Egg, Formula PO.16. The recall includes products sold under the Reser's Fine Foods, Dillons, and Stonemill Kitchens (Sam's Club) labels. The products are potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

The affected products were distributed to 41 U.S. states and Canada. The use-by dates for the recalled items range from October 13, 2013, to November 15, 2013. Consumers should check their pantries for these specific products and UPC codes.

Consumers who have purchased these products should discard them or return them to the place of purchase. Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium that can cause serious illness, particularly in pregnant women, newborns, the elderly, and individuals with weakened immune systems.

The recalled product

Product
Potato Salad with Deviled Egg, Formula PO.16, packaged under these labels: -Reser's Fine Foods, Deviled Egg Potato Salad, in 6/454-gm UPC 071117612523, 6/16-oz UPC 071117190380 and 2/8-lb UPC 071117002256 container cases. Reser's Fine Foods, Inc., Beaverton, OR. -Dillons…
Manufacturer
Reser's Fine Foods, Inc.
Category
Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
Hazard

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)

  • Use by date 10/13/2013 - 11/15/13.

Distribution

Distributed in 41 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 213 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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