The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-0308-2-14·Announced 2014-01-01

Reser's Tri-Color Rotini Pasta Recalled for Listeria Contamination

Reser's Fine Foods is recalling Tri-Color Rotini Pasta due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The product was distributed across 40 US states and Canada.

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 FDA has classified this recall as Class I, which is the highest severity level indicating a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to the violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

Plain-English summary

Reser's Fine Foods, Inc. is recalling Tri-color Rotini Pasta Formula PA.54, packaged as Reser's Tr-Color Rotini Pasta in 6/3.1875 lb containers. The recall is issued because the products are potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

The affected pasta has use-by dates ranging from 10/15/13 to 12/03/13. Distribution was made to the following US states: 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. The product was also distributed to Canada.

Consumers who have purchased this product should check their use-by dates and stop consuming it if it matches the recalled items. The FDA classifies this as a Class I recall, which is the most serious type of recall.

The recalled product

Product
Tri-color Rotini Pasta Formula PA.54, packaged under these labels: Resers Tr-Color Rotini Pasta in 6/3.1875 lb containers. Resers Fine Foods, Inc. Beaverton, OR.
Manufacturer
Reser's Fine Foods, Inc.
Category
Food — Pasta
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 10/15/13-12/03/13.

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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