The Recall Desk
CriticalFDA (Food)·F-0254-2014·Announced 2014-01-01

Reser's Potato Salad Recalled for Listeria Contamination Risk

Reser's Fine Foods is recalling Essential Everyday Homestyle Potato Salad due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The product was distributed across 41 US states and Canada.

What this means for you

Highest-severity recall. Risk of serious injury or death is documented or strongly suspected. 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, regardless of reported illness counts.

Plain-English summary

Reser's Fine Foods, Inc. is recalling Essential Everyday Homestyle Potato Salad, Formula PO.137, due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The affected product is packaged in 6/16-oz (UPC 041303820148) and 6/3-lb (UPC 041303820179) carton cases and is distributed by Supervalu Inc. in Eden Prairie, MN.

The recall covers products with use-by dates ranging from 10/13/13 to 11/27/13. Distribution was made to 41 US states, including Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia, and Wyoming. The product was also distributed to Canada.

Consumers who have purchased this product should check their pantries for the specific UPC codes and use-by dates listed above. If the product is found, it should be discarded or returned to the place of purchase. No specific instructions for disposal were provided in the source text beyond the standard recall protocol.

The recalled product

Product
Essential Everyday Homestyle Potato Salad, Formula PO.137, packaged in 6/16-oz (UPC 041303820148) and 6/3-lb (UPC 041303820179) carton cases. Distributed by Supervalu Inc., Eden Prairie, MN.
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 10/13/13-11/27/13.

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.

See all 213 products in this recall →

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