Taylor Farms Salad Kits Recalled for Possible Listeria Contamination
Taylor Farms is recalling 1,312 units of Kit Cole Slaw salad kits because the included Reser's 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) according to the severity rubric.
Plain-English summary
Taylor Farms Maryland-Assateague Drive is recalling 1,312 units of Kit Cole Slaw salad kits. The product is identified by the description "KIT COLE SLAW, 310160, TAYLOR FARMS 12.5#, NET WT: 12, TAYLOR FARMS, MD" and includes specific lot codes with mix-through dates ranging from October 24, 2013, to November 3, 2013.
The recall is being conducted because the salad kits contained dressing supplied by Reser's, which was previously recalled due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The affected units were distributed in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Missouri.
Consumers who have purchased these specific salad kits should stop using them and check their lot codes against the list provided by the manufacturer or the FDA. The source text does not specify a particular consumer action such as returning the product to a store or discarding it, so consumers should follow instructions from the recalling firm or regulatory agencies.
The recalled product
- Product
- KIT COLE SLAW, 310160, TAYLOR FARMS 12.5#, NET WT: 12, TAYLOR FARMS, MD
- Manufacturer
- Taylor Farms Maryland-Assateague Drive
- Category
- Food — Salad Kits
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 1,312
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 (17)
- TFMDAA287A
- MIX THRU 10/24/2013
- TFMDAA288A
- MIX THRU 10/25/2013
- TFMDAA289A
- MIX THRU 10/26/2013
- TFMDAA290A
- MIX THRU 10/27/2013
- TFMDAA291A
- MIX THRU 10/28/2013
- TFMDAA294A
- MIX THRU 11/01/2013
- TFMDAA295A
- TFMDAA296A
- MIX THRU 11/02/2013
- TFMDAA297A
- MIX THRU 11/03/2013
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 5 recalled by Taylor Farms Maryland-Assateague Drive 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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