The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:SevereFDA (Food)·F-0454-2914·Announced 2013-12-18

Garden-Fresh Foods Recalls Ready-to-Eat Salads and Slaw Due to 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. Additionally, Listeria monocytogenes 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 recall includes the Archer Farms Broccoli Bacon Toss Kit, UPC 0 85239 24105 9, 2/2.35 lb., Product Code 040409. The distribution pattern for the affected products is nationwide. The code date 040409 corresponds to the period from 10/6/2013 to 10/14/2013.

Consumers should check their pantries for these products and dispose of them if found. The source text does not specify a total number of affected units or specific illness reports.

The recalled product

Product
Archer Farms Broccoli Bacon Toss Kit, UPC 0 85239 24105 9, 2/2.35 lb., Product Code 040409
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: 040409 = 10/6/2013 - 10/14/2013

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 →

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