The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-0309-2014·Announced 2014-01-01

Reser's Fine Foods Recalls Bow Tie Pasta Due to Listeria Risk

Reser's Fine Foods is recalling specific Bow Tie Pasta products due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Consumers should check use-by dates and discard affected items.

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 agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Reser's Fine Foods, Inc. is recalling Bow Tie Pasta Formula PA.71, which is packaged under the labels Cross Valley Farms Bow Tie Pasta, Reser's Bow Tie Florentine, and Block and Barrel Bow Tie Florentine Pasta Salad. The products are sold in 2/4.5 lb containers. The recall is issued because the products are potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

The affected products have use-by dates ranging from 10/06/13 to 11/23/13. Distribution was made to the states of 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 products were also distributed to Canada.

Consumers who have purchased these products should check the use-by dates and discard any items that match the recalled description. The recall is being conducted by Reser's Fine Foods, Inc.

The recalled product

Product
Bow Tie Pasta Formula PA.71, packaged under these labels Cross Valley Farms Bow Tie Pasta in 2/4.5 lb containers. Distributed by Cross Valley Farms, Columbia, MD. Resers Bow Tie Florentine in 2/4.5 lb containers. Resers Fine Foods, Inc. Beaverton, OR. Block and Barrel Bow…
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 10/06/13-11/23/13.

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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