Garden-Fresh Foods Recalls Ready-to-Eat Salads and Slaws for 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
Highest-severity recall. Risk of serious injury or death is documented or strongly suspected. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: The source text explicitly identifies the agency classification as 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 is being conducted because the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The affected products include Finest Traditions Homemade-Style Cole Slaw, 16 oz, with UPC 7 33147 00025 0 and Product Code 38858. The recall covers 94,346 total cases for all varieties. The products were distributed nationwide. The product codes for the affected items range from 9/23/2013 to 10/10/2013.
Consumers should check their pantries for these specific products and dispose of them if found. The FDA has classified this as a Class I recall, indicating a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product may cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
The recalled product
- Product
- Finest Traditions Homemade-Style Cole Slaw, UPC 7 33147 00025 0, 16 oz, Product Code 38858.
- Manufacturer
- Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Ready-to-Eat Salads
- 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 (1)
- Product Code 9/23/2013 - 10/10/2013
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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