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 metadata explicitly identifies the agency classification as Class I, which corresponds to a Critical severity score (5) according to the rubric. Additionally, the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat foods is a high-risk pathogen.
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 specific product identified in the recall notice is Archer Farms Vanilla Crème Dip, 12 oz, with UPC 0 85239 99014 8 and Product Code 99014. The recall covers 94,346 total cases for all varieties, with code dates ranging from 10/4/2013 to 11/2/2013. The products were distributed nationwide.
Consumers who have purchased these products should check their pantries for the specific items listed in the recall notice. If they have the recalled products, they should discard them or return them to the place of purchase for a refund. Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium that can cause serious illness, particularly in pregnant women, newborns, the elderly, and individuals with weakened immune systems.
The recalled product
- Product
- Archer Farms Vanilla Cr¿me Dip, UPC 0 85239 99014 8, 12 oz, Product Code 99014.
- Manufacturer
- Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc.
- 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 10/4/2013 - 11/2/2013
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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