Beef & Lamb Gyro Meal Kit Recalled for Salmonella Risk
Reser's Fine Foods is recalling Beef & Lamb Gyro Sandwich Express Meal Kits due to potential Salmonella contamination in the tzatziki sauce. The recall affects 5,271 cases distributed across 19 states.
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 4/5 (Severe).
The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: The agency classified this recall as Class I — 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. On that classification alone this is scored Severe; a score of Critical is reserved for recalls where a death or serious injury was reported. The agency gives the reason as: "Salmonella. Beef & Lamb Gyro Sandwich Express Meal Kit contains implicated cucumber in the tzatziki sauce 3oz. cup."
Plain-English summary
Reser's Fine Foods, Inc. is recalling Beef & Lamb Gyro Sandwich Express Meal Kits distributed by Fresh Creative Foods in Vista, California. Each kit weighs 31.8 ounces (UPC 0 13454 38313 1) and contains 6 pitas, gyro meat, 3-ounce cups of tzatziki sauce, feta sauce, and feta cheese crumbles, packaged in clear plastic clamshells.
The FDA has classified this as a Class I recall due to potential Salmonella contamination found in the tzatziki sauce component, which contains an implicated cucumber ingredient. Salmonella is a pathogen that can cause serious foodborne illness.
Approximately 5,271 cases have been distributed to consumers in 19 states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming. The affected products carry use-by dates of December 24, 25, and 28, 2024, and January 2 and 6, 2025.
The recalled product
- Product
- Beef & Lamb Gyro Sandwich Express Meal Kit. Net wt. 31.8oz. UPC 0 13454 38313 1. Each kit contains 6 Pitas, Gyro Meat, Tzatziki Sauce 3oz. cups, Fire Feta Sauce, Feta Cheese Crumbles. Packaged in clear plastic clamshell. Distributed by Fresh Creative Foods, Vista CA.
- Manufacturer
- Reser's Fine Foods, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Ready-to-Eat
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 5,271
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)
- Kit has use by dates: 12/24/2024 12/25/2024 12/28/2024 1/2/2025 1/6/2025
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 3 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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