The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-0274-2024·Announced 2023-03-22

Fresh Creative Cuisine Turkey Sausage Bialy Recalled for Listeria monocytogenes Risk

Fresh Creative Cuisine recalled a ready-to-eat breakfast bialy sold January 24-30, 2023, due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The product was distributed across 11 locations.

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: FDA Class I classification for Listeria monocytogenes, a high-risk pathogen capable of causing serious illness.

Plain-English summary

Fresh Creative Cuisine, based in Baltimore, MD, initiated a recall on February 3, 2023, of its White Label Turkey, Sausage, Egg, and Fontina Bialy (5.5 oz individual servings, UPC 813141024695) due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The product was sold during the period of January 24 through January 30, 2023.

The recalled product was distributed to the following states: Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, District of Columbia, New Jersey, North Carolina, Connecticut, South Carolina, Virginia, and Massachusetts.

Consumers who obtained this product should not eat it. The presence of Listeria monocytogenes can cause serious illness.

The recalled product

Product
Fresh Creative Cuisine White Label, Turkey, Sausage, Egg, & Fontina Bialy, Net . Wt. 5.5 Oz. Single Serving, Mylar Wrap, Keep refrigerated
Hazard
Affected units
80

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 : 813141024695

Distribution

Distributed in 11 states:

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.

See all 409 products in this recall →

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