The Recall Desk
SevereFDA (Food)·F-0248-2013·Announced 2012-10-24

Spartan Central Kitchen Recalls Seafood Pasta Salad Due to Listeria Risk

Spartan Central Kitchen is voluntarily recalling 5-pound Seafood Pasta Salad products manufactured between August 20 and September 10, 2012, due to possible Listeria contamination.

What this means for you

Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.

Our severity reasoning: The agency classification is FDA Class II, and the source text explicitly states that swabs tested positive for Listeria Monocytogenes, a high-risk pathogen. Per the rubric, FDA Class II recalls involving high-risk pathogens or significant injury reports are classified as Severe.

Plain-English summary

Spartan Central Kitchen is voluntarily recalling 79 units of #312 Seafood Pasta Salad, 5-pound size, manufactured between August 20 and September 10, 2012. The recall was initiated after FDA inspection microbiological swabs tested positive for Listeria Monocytogenes, Listeria innocua, or Listeria seeligeri in the facility.

The affected products are distributed in Michigan and Ohio. Consumers should identify the recalled items by checking for a sell-by date on or before September 15 and the UPC code 312.

Consumers who have purchased these products should stop eating them and contact the firm for further instructions or a refund.

The recalled product

Product
#312 Seafood Pasta Salad 312 5 pounds
Hazard
Affected units
79

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)

  • All with sell by dates on or before 15-Sep with UPC 312

Distribution

Distributed in 2 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 139 recalled by Spartan Central Kitchen 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.

See all 139 products in this recall →