The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-0240-2014·Announced 2014-01-01

Reser's Potato Salad Recalled Due to Listeria Contamination Risk

Reser's Fine Foods is recalling specific potato salad products due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Consumers should check use-by dates and discard affected items.

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 mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Reser's Fine Foods, Inc. is recalling Reser's Chef's Choice Baked Potato Salad and Supervalu Everyday Essential Potato Salad. The recall is issued because the products are potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

The affected products include Reser's Chef's Choice Baked Potato Salad, Formula PO.103 (UPC 071117005561), packaged in 2/5-lb carton cases, and Supervalu Everyday Essential Potato Salad (UPC 041303820360), packaged in 6/16-oz carton cases. The use-by dates for the recalled items range from 10/07/13 to 11/08/13.

Distribution was made to numerous U.S. states including AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV, and WY, as well as to Canada. Consumers should check their pantries for these specific products and use-by dates, and discard them if they match the recalled description.

The recalled product

Product
Reser's Chef's Choice Baked Potato Salad, Formula PO.103 (UPC 071117005561), packaged in 2/5-lb carton cases. Reser's Fine Foods, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Also labeled under: -Supervalu Everday Essential Potato Salad, packaged 6/16-oz carton cases. UPC 041303820360…
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 dates 10/07/13 - 11/08/13.

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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