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.
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 4/5 (Severe).
The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: The agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a minimum severity score of 4 according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is voluntarily 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 recall includes specific varieties of Weis Old Fashion Cole Slaw and Coleslaw, as well as other ready-to-eat salad and dip products. The total quantity involved is 94,346 cases across all varieties. 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 official recall notice. If found, consumers should discard the products or return them to the place of purchase. The source text does not report any illnesses or injuries associated with this recall.
The recalled product
- Product
- Weis Old Fashion Cole Slaw, UPC 0 41497 05849 5, 16 oz, Product Code 05849. Weis Old Fashion Coleslaw, UPC 0 11596 53100 7, 2/5 lb., Product Code 3100.
- 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)
- Code Date 05849 = 09/24/2013 - 10/10/2013. 3100.= 10/2/2013
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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