The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:SevereFDA (Food)·F-0542-2023·Announced 2023-03-22

Garden Salad with Dressing Recalled for Potential Listeria Contamination

Fresh Creative Cuisine is recalling Garden Salad with Dressing sold January 24-30, 2023 due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination affecting multiple states.

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: FDA Class I classification requires a minimum severity score of 4. The hazard involves Listeria monocytogenes, a high-risk pathogen, though no illnesses or injuries have been reported in the source material.

Plain-English summary

Fresh Creative Cuisine, a Baltimore, Maryland-based manufacturer, is recalling its Garden Salad with Dressing (8.2 oz single-serve packages, UPC 813141022639) sold from January 24 through January 30, 2023 because the products have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

The recalled product was distributed to consumers in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, Washington DC, New Jersey, North Carolina, Connecticut, South Carolina, Virginia, and Massachusetts.

Consumers who purchased the recalled product should not consume it and should return it to the point of purchase or discard it.

The recalled product

Product
Fresh Creative Cuisine, Garden Salad W/Dressing, Net . Wt. 8.2 Oz. Single Serving, Keep refrigerated
Hazard
Affected units
5

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 : 813141022639

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.

See all 409 products in this recall →

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