The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-0427-2014·Announced 2013-12-18

Garden-Fresh Recalls Potato Salads Due to Listeria Contamination Risk

Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling various ready-to-eat salads, slaw, and dip products because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

The agency’s classification

FDA (Food): Class I

Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

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 5/5 (Critical).

Highest-severity recall. The hazard can cause serious injury or death. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.

Our severity reasoning: The agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling various ready-to-eat salads, slaw, and dip products sold under various brands and codes. The recall includes specific varieties of Weis Amish Potato Salad and Garden-Fresh Amish Country Potato Salad.

The products are being recalled because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recall covers 94,346 total cases across all affected varieties, which were distributed nationwide.

Consumers should check their pantries for the specific products listed in the recall notice and dispose of them or return them to the place of purchase.

The recalled product

Product
Weis Amish Potato Salad, UPC 0 41497 05845 7, 16 oz, Product Code 05845. Weis Amish Potato Salad, UPC 0 41497 05901 0, 3 lb., Product Code 05901. Weis Amish Potato Salad, UPC 0 11596 51105 4, 2/5 lb., Product Code 1103. Garden-Fresh Amish Country Potato Salad, UPC 0 11596 51005…
Hazard
Affected units
94,346

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.

See all 63 products in this recall →

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