The Recall Desk
CriticalFDA (Food)·F-0608-2014·Announced 2013-12-11

Garden-Fresh Recalls Seafood Pasta Salad Due to Listeria Risk

Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling Seafood Pasta Salad and other ready-to-eat 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 explicitly identifies the agency classification as Class I, which mandates a 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 specific product identified in the recall notice is Garden-Fresh Seafood Pasta Salad, 1/5 lb, with code 0 11596 55007 7. The recall covers approximately 1,159,754.46 pounds of product.

The recall is being conducted because the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The affected products were distributed in California, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The code 0 11596 55007 7 corresponds to production dates between November 1, 2013, and November 20, 2013.

Consumers who have purchased these products should check their pantries for the specific codes and brands listed in the recall. If the product is found, consumers should discard it or return it to the place of purchase. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration 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
Garden-Fresh Seafood Pasta Salad, 0 11596 55007 7, 1/5 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)

  • 0 11596 55007 7= 11/1/2013 - 11/20/2013

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 →