The Recall Desk
CriticalFDA (Food)·F-0664-2014·Announced 2013-12-11

Garden-Fresh Foods Recalls Salads and Dips for Listeria Risk

Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling ready-to-eat salads, slaw, and dips, including Archer Farms Vanilla Creme Dip, 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 source text explicitly identifies the agency classification as 'Class I' and the hazard as Listeria monocytogenes, which meets the rubric criteria for a Critical severity score (FDA Class I).

Plain-English summary

Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling various ready-to-eat salads, slaw, and dip products sold under multiple brands and codes. The recall includes Archer Farms Vanilla Creme Dip (Product Code 0 85239 99014 8, 6/12 oz). The total quantity involved is 1,159,754.46 pounds across all varieties.

The products are being recalled because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The affected products were distributed in California, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The specific product code 0 85239 99014 8 corresponds to production dates between November 10, 2013, and November 15, 2013.

Consumers should check their pantries for these specific products and stop consuming them if they match the recalled descriptions. 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 will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

The recalled product

Product
Archer Farms Vanilla Creme Dip, Product Code 0 85239 99014 8, 6/12 oz
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 85239 99014 8 = 11/10/2013 - 11/15/2013

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 →