Preferred Meals Tortellini Recalled for Possible Listeria Contamination
Preferred Meal Systems is recalling Creamy Red Pepper Sauce and Cheese Tortellini due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Food): Class II
Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.
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 3/5 (High).
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a high-risk pathogen (Listeria monocytogenes) without reported illness, which meets the criteria for a High severity score.
Plain-English summary
Preferred Meal Systems, Inc. is recalling Preferred Meals, Cook and Serve, Creamy Red Pepper Sauce and Cheese Tortellini with Parmesan Cheese. The product is packaged in 54 9.25 OZ units with a net weight of 31.22 LBS and is marked for institutional use only.
The recall is being conducted because of possible contamination of the product with Listeria monocytogenes. The affected lots are 50325-16095 and 50325-16261. A total of 35,964 individual units were distributed to Arizona and Illinois.
Consumers and institutions who have purchased this product should check their inventory for the specific lot numbers listed above. If the product is found, it should be discarded or returned to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Preferred Meals, Cook and Serve, Creamy Red Pepper Sauce and Cheese Tortellini with Parmesan Cheese, 54 9.25 OZ units (NET WEIGHT 31.22 LBS) KEEP FROZEN INSTITUTIONAL USE ONLY
- Manufacturer
- Preferred Meal Systems, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Frozen Prepared Foods
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 35,964
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 (2)
- Lot 50325-16095
- 50325-16261
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 2 recalled by Preferred Meal Systems, 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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