Garden-Fresh Foods Recalls Ready-to-Eat Salads 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.
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 reasonable probability of serious adverse health consequences or death, meeting the criteria for a Critical severity score.
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 Market Pantry Reduced Fat Macaroni Salad, UPC 0 85239 20118 3, 16 oz, product code 201183. The recall covers 94,346 total cases for all varieties, with a distribution pattern described as nationwide. The code dates for the affected products range from 10/6/2013 to 10/15/2013.
Consumers who have purchased these products should check their pantries for the specific items listed in the recall notice. If the products are found, consumers should discard them or return them to the place of purchase. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has classified this recall as Class I, 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
- Market Pantry Reduced Fat Macaroni Salad, UPC 0 85239 20118 3, 16 oz, product code 201183.
- 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: 10/6/2013 - 10/15/2013
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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