Garden-Fresh Foods Recalls Potato Salads Due to Listeria Risk
Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling various ready-to-eat salads, slaw, and dip products because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
What this means for you
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 aligns with the 'High' severity criteria in the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is voluntarily recalling various ready-to-eat salads, slaw, and dip products sold under multiple brands and product codes. The recall is being conducted because the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The affected products include Grandpa's Red Skin Potato Salad, Weis Red Potato Salad, and Portillo's Gourmet Red Skin Potato Salad in 16 oz and 2/5 lb. sizes. Specific UPCs and product codes are listed in the official recall notice. The total quantity involved is 94,346 cases across all varieties, and the products were distributed nationwide.
Consumers who have purchased these products should check their pantries for the specific UPCs and product codes listed in the recall notice. If found, consumers should discard the products or return them to the place of purchase. Listeria monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen that can cause serious illness, particularly in pregnant women, newborns, the elderly, and individuals with weakened immune systems.
The recalled product
- Product
- Grandpa's Red Skin Potato Salad, UPC 0 11596 14061 2, 16 oz, Product Code 4061. Weis Red Potato Salad, UPC 0 41497 05848 8, 16 oz, Product Code 05848. Portillo's Gourmet Red Skin Potato Salad, UPC 0 11596 14060 5, 16 oz, Product code4060. Weis Red Potato Salad, UPC 0 11596 51105
- Manufacturer
- Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 94,346
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 (3)
- Code Date 4061 = 9/24/2013 - 10/9/2013
- 05848 = 09/24/2013 - 10/08/2013
- 05848 = 9/26/2013 - 10/10/2013. 1105.-=10/2/2013 - 10/9/2013 1080. =10/3/2013
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 63 recalled by Garden-Fresh 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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