The Recall Desk
SevereFDA (Food)·F-0528-2023·Announced 2023-03-22

Fresh Creative Cuisine Chicken Salad Recalled for Potential Listeria Contamination

Fresh Creative Cuisine Chicken Salad Wheat (5.5 oz single servings) was recalled on February 3, 2023, due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The product was sold January 24-30, 2023.

What this means for you

Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.

Our severity reasoning: FDA Class I classification establishes a minimum severity of Severe (Level 4) per the severity rubric. While Listeria monocytogenes is a serious pathogen, the recall notice does not report confirmed illnesses or deaths, which would be required for Critical (Level 5) classification.

Plain-English summary

Fresh Creative Cuisine Chicken Salad Wheat, a 5.5 ounce single-serving product packaged for refrigeration, was recalled due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The recall was initiated on February 3, 2023 by the manufacturer, Fresh Ideation Food Group, LLC, which operates as Fresh Creative Cuisine.

The recalled product was sold between January 24 and January 30, 2023. It was distributed in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, Washington DC, New Jersey, North Carolina, Connecticut, South Carolina, Virginia, and Massachusetts. The affected product can be identified by UPC code 813141021779.

Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium that can cause serious illness. This recall stems from the potential contamination of the product, representing a Class I hazard under FDA classification.

The recalled product

Product
Fresh Creative Cuisine, Chicken Salad Wheat, Net . Wt. 5.5 Oz. Single Serving, Keep refrigerated
Manufacturer
FRESH IDEATION FOOD GROUP, LLC dba Fresh Creative Cuisine
Category
Food — Ready-to-Eat Salad
Hazard
Affected units
10

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)

  • UPC Code : 813141021779

Distribution

Distributed in 11 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 409 recalled by FRESH IDEATION FOOD GROUP, LLC dba Fresh Creative Cuisine 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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