The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Food)·F-0383-2014·Announced 2013-12-25

Taylor Farms Broccoli Crunch Kit Recalled for Listeria Risk

Taylor Farms is recalling Broccoli Crunch Kits because the included salad dressing was contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

The agency’s classification

FDA (Food): Class II

Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.

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 3/5 (High).

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a high-risk pathogen (Listeria monocytogenes) without reported illness, which corresponds to a severity score of 3 (High) according to the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Taylor Farms Tennessee, Inc. is recalling 1,524 units of Broccoli Crunch Kits. The recall is necessary because the salad dressing supplied by Reser's contained in these kits was previously recalled due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

The affected products were distributed in Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Louisiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Georgia, Michigan, South Carolina, and Missouri. The specific lots involved have use-by dates ranging from October 23, 2013, to November 6, 2013.

Consumers who have these products in their possession should discard them or return them to the place of purchase. The source text does not report any illnesses or injuries associated with this recall.

The recalled product

Product
Broccoli Crunch Kit 1 cnt, 432714, 59520, TAYLOR FARMS TN, SMYRNA, TN 37167
Manufacturer
Taylor Farms Tennessee, Inc.
Category
Food — Salad Kits
Hazard
Affected units
1,524

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 (18)

  • WO2013283
  • USE THRU: 10/23/2013
  • WO2013284
  • USE THRU: 10/24/2013
  • WO2013287
  • USE THRU: 10/27/2013
  • WO2013289
  • USE THRU: 10/29/2013
  • WO2013290
  • USE THRU: 10/30/2013
  • WO2013291
  • USE THRU: 10/31/2013
  • WO2013294
  • USE THRU: 11/3/2013
  • WO2013296
  • USE THRU: 11/5/2013
  • WO2013297
  • USE THRU: 11/6/2013

Distribution

Distributed in 11 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 6 recalled by Taylor Farms Tennessee, 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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