The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Food)·F-0386-2014·Announced 2013-12-25

Taylor Farms Broccoli Slaw Kits Recalled for Listeria Risk

Taylor Farms is recalling Broccoli Slaw Kits because they contained salad dressing from Reser's that 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 meets the criteria for a High severity score.

Plain-English summary

Taylor Farms Tennessee, Inc. is recalling 276 units of Broccoli Slaw Kits (1/6.5#, item 85004). The recall is necessary because the kits contained salad dressing supplied by Reser's, which 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. Specific lot codes and use-by dates are listed in the official recall notice.

Consumers who have purchased these specific Broccoli Slaw Kits should stop using them and dispose of them or return them to the place of purchase.

The recalled product

Product
Broccoli Slaw Kit, 1/6.5#, 85004, TAYLOR FARMS TN, SMYRNA, TN 37167
Manufacturer
Taylor Farms Tennessee, Inc.
Category
Food — Salad Kits
Hazard
Affected units
276

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)

  • WO2013284
  • USE THRU: 10/23/2013
  • WO2013287
  • USE THRU: 10/26/2013
  • WO2013288
  • USE THRU: 10/27/2013
  • WO2013289
  • USE THRU: 10/28/2013
  • WO2013290
  • USE THRU: 10/29/2013
  • WO2013291
  • USE THRU: 10/30/2013
  • WO2013294
  • USE THRU: 11/2/2013
  • WO2013296
  • USE THRU: 11/4/2013
  • WO2013297
  • USE THRU: 11/5/2013

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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