Herold's Salads Potato Salad Recalled Due to Listeria Risk
Herold Salads, Inc. is recalling potato salad products in 1lb, 2lb, 5lb, and 10lb tubs due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The recall affects products distributed in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.
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 5/5 (Critical).
Highest-severity recall. The hazard can cause serious injury or death. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: This recall is classified by the FDA as Class I, the highest severity classification indicating a serious food safety threat. Listeria monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen capable of causing severe illness and infection.
Plain-English summary
Herold Salads, Inc. is recalling its Potato Salad products due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled products were packaged in 1lb, 2lb, 5lb, and 10lb plastic tubs with multiple lot codes and expiration dates between December 2023 and January 2024.
A total of 3,218 pounds of product were recalled. The affected products were distributed to Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.
Consumers who have purchased the affected products should not consume them. Consumers should dispose of the product or contact the FDA for information on their specific lot codes and expiration dates.
The recalled product
- Product
- Herold's Salads -Potato Salad packaged in 1lb, 2lb, 5lb, and 10lb plastic tubs.
- Manufacturer
- Herold Salads, 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 (20)
- Code 18D
- 12 Expiration: 12/06/23
- 12/10/23
- 12/13/23
- 12/16/23
- 12/20/23
- 12/23/23
- 12/27/23
- 12/30/23
- 01/10/24
- 01/16/23
- 01/17/24 Lot Code: 310240401
- 310310401
- 311070401
- 311140401
- 311280401
- 312060401
- 3 10311101
- 3 11061101
- 3 11131101
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 32 recalled by Herold Salads, 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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