The Recall Desk
CriticalFDA (Food)·F-0497-2014·Announced 2013-12-11

Garden-Fresh Foods Recalls Potato 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 metadata explicitly identifies the agency classification as 'Class I', which corresponds to a Critical severity score of 5 according to the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is 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 products involved include Grandpas Steakhouse Potato Salad and Finest Traditions Steakhouse Potato Salad in various sizes. The total quantity recalled is 1,159,754.46 pounds across all varieties. These products were distributed in California, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

Consumers should check their pantries for these specific product codes and dates. If found, they should discard the products or return them to the place of purchase. The FDA has classified this as a Class I recall, 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
Grandpas Steakhouse Potato Salad , Product Code 0 11596 14068 1, 12/16 oz.; Grandpas Steakhouse Potato Salad , Product Code 0 11596, 2/5 lb.; Finest Traditions Steakhouse Potato Salad , Product Code 10 733147 10773 4 11/4/2013 - 11/18/2013 1/8 lb
Hazard

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)

  • 10 733147 10773 4 = 11/4/2013 - 11/18/2013

Distribution

Distributed in 10 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 213 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 213 products in this recall →