Garden-Fresh Foods Recalls Seafood Salad Kits for Listeria Risk
Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling Spoon River Seafood Salad Kits and other ready-to-eat products due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
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 (5).
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 specific product identified in the recall notice is the Spoon River Seafood Salad Kit, Product Code 0 11596 55106, 1/5.5lb. The recall covers a total of 1,159,754.46 pounds across all affected varieties.
The recall is being issued because the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The affected product codes correspond to production dates between October 31, 2013, and November 14, 2013. The products were distributed in California, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
Consumers who have purchased these products should check their pantries for the specific product codes and dates listed. If the products are found, consumers should discard them or return them to the place of purchase. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has classified this recall as Class I, indicating a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
The recalled product
- Product
- Spoon River Seafood Salad Kit, Product Code 0 11596 55106 , 1/5.5lb
- Manufacturer
- Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Ready-to-Eat Salads
- 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)
- 11596 55106 = 10/31/2013 - 11/14/2013
Distribution
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.
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