The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-0321-2014·Announced 2014-01-01

Reser's Seafood Salad Kit Recalled for Listeria Contamination

Reser's Fine Foods is recalling Seafood Salad Kits potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Consumers should check use-by dates and discard affected products.

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 as a Class I recall, which per the rubric mandates a severity score of 5 (Critical) due to the reasonable probability of serious adverse health consequences or death.

Plain-English summary

Reser's Fine Foods, Inc. is recalling Seafood Salad Kits, Formula MO.54C15, packaged in 2/4.47-kg container cases. The recall is due to the potential for contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.

The affected products have use-by dates ranging from 10/06/13 to 11/22/2013. Distribution was made to numerous states across the United States, including Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia, and Wyoming. Distribution was also made to Canada.

Consumers who have purchased these products should check the use-by dates and discard any affected items. The FDA has classified 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 Fine Foods Seafood Salad Kit, Formula MO.54C15, packaged in 2/4.47-kg container cases. Reser's Fine Foods, Inc., Beaverton, OR.
Manufacturer
Reser's Fine Foods, Inc.
Category
Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
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 10/06/13-11/22/2013.

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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