The Recall Desk
CriticalFDA (Food)·F-0475-2014·Announced 2013-12-18

Garden-Fresh 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 FDA has classified this recall as Class I, which meets the rubric 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 the Garden-Fresh Seven Layer Salad Kit, UPC 0 11596 85161 7, 2/3.25 lb., with Product Code 5161 and a code date of 10/11/2013. The recall covers 94,346 total cases for all varieties, which were distributed nationwide.

Consumers who have purchased these products should check their pantries and refrigerators for the affected items. If found, consumers should discard the products or return them to the place of purchase. The 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
Garden-Fresh Seven Layer Salad Kit, UPC 0 11596 85161 7, 2/3.25 lb., Product Code 5161. 10/11/2013
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 5161. = 10/11/2013

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 →