The Recall Desk
CriticalFDA (Food)·F-0447-2014·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 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 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 affected products include Finest Traditions Southwest Dip, UPC 7 33147 10540 5, 8 oz, Product Code 38996. The recall covers 94,346 total cases for all varieties. The products were distributed nationwide. The Code Date range for the affected items is 9/23/2013 to 10/10/2013.

Consumers who have purchased these products should check their pantries and discard any items matching the description and code dates provided. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has classified this recall as Class I, indicating a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or the death.

The recalled product

Product
Finest Traditions Southwest Dip, UPC 7 33147 10540 5, 8 oz , Product Code 38996
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 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.

See all 63 products in this recall →