The Recall Desk
CriticalFDA (Food)·F-0439-2014·Announced 2013-12-18

Garden-Fresh Foods Recalls Ready-to-Eat Salads and Dips 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 identifies the agency classification as Class I, which corresponds to a Critical severity score per 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 these products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

The affected products include Archer Farms Bacon Parmesan Dip, UPC 0 85239 99017 9, 11 oz, Product Code 99017. The recall covers 94,346 total cases for all varieties. The products were distributed nationwide and have code dates ranging from 10/12/2013 to 11/8/2013.

Consumers should check their pantries for these specific products and dispose of them or return them to the place of purchase. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration 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
Archer Farms Bacon Parmesan Dip, UPC 0 85239 99017 9, 11 oz, Product Code 99017.
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 10/12/2013 - 11/8/2013

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.

See all 63 products in this recall →