The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-0289-2014·Announced 2014-01-01

Reser's Red Potato Salad Kit Recalled for Listeria Contamination

Reser's Fine Foods is recalling Red Potato with Blue Cheese and Bacon Salad Kits due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

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 source text explicitly identifies the agency classification as Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Reser's Fine Foods, Inc. is recalling Red Potato with Blue Cheese and Bacon Salad Kits, Formula PO.90, packaged in 2/5.5-lb carton cases. The recall is due to the potential for contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.

The affected products have use-by dates ranging from 10/12/13 to 11/29/13. Distribution was made to numerous states across the United States, including Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, New York, and Texas, as well as to Canada.

Consumers who have purchased these products should check their use-by dates and stop consuming them if they fall within the specified range. The FDA classifies this as a Class I recall, indicating a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

The recalled product

Product
Reser's Red Potato with Blue Cheese and Bacon Salad Kit, Formula PO.90, packaged in 2/5.5-lb carton cases. Reser's Fine Foods, Inc., Beaverton, OR.
Manufacturer
Reser's Fine Foods, Inc.
Category
Food — Salad Kits
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 10/12/13-11/29/13.

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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