The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-0310-2014·Announced 2014-01-01

Reser's Pasta Salad Recalled for Potential Listeria Contamination

Reser's Fine Foods is recalling Zesty Rotini with Mushrooms pasta salad 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 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 Zesty Rotini with Mushrooms Formula PA.99, packaged as Reser's Pasta Salad in 2/8 lb containers. The recall is due to the potential for contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.

The affected products have use-by dates ranging from 10/09/13 to 11/24/13. 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, as well as to Canada.

Consumers should check their pantries for this product and dispose of it or return it to the place of purchase.

The recalled product

Product
Zesty Rotini with Mushrooms Formula PA.99, packaged under these labels: Resers Pasta Salad in 2/8 lb containers. Resers Fine Foods, Inc. Beaverton, OR.
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 10/09/13-11/24/13.

Distribution

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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