The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Food)·F-0384-2014·Announced 2013-12-25

Taylor Farms Broccoli Crunch Kits Recalled for Listeria Risk

Taylor Farms is recalling Broccoli Crunch Kits because the included salad dressing was recalled for possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

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 score of 3 (High) per the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Taylor Farms Tennessee, Inc. is recalling 970 units of Broccoli Crunch Kits (2 count with red onion). The recall is necessary because the salad dressing supplied by Reser's contained in these kits was 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 recall includes specific lots with use-by dates ranging from October 23, 2013, to November 7, 2013.

Consumers should check their pantries for these specific kits and 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 2 cnt w/ red Onion 10030223091285, 592500, TAYLOR FARMS TN, SMYRNA, TN 37167
Manufacturer
Taylor Farms Tennessee, Inc.
Category
Food — Salad Kits
Hazard
Affected units
970

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 (20)

  • WO2013282
  • USE THRU: 10/23/2013
  • WO2013283
  • USE THRU: 10/24/2013
  • WO2013284
  • USE THRU: 10/25/2013
  • WO2013287
  • USE THRU: 10/28/2013
  • WO2013289
  • USE THRU: 10/30/2013
  • WO2013290
  • USE THRU: 10/31/2013
  • WO2013291
  • USE THRU: 11/1/2013
  • WO2013294
  • USE THRU: 11/4/2013
  • WO2013296
  • USE THRU: 11/6/2013
  • WO2013297
  • USE THRU: 11/7/2013

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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