Country Fresh Recalls Marketside Spicy Pico de Gallo for Listeria Risk
Country Fresh Products is recalling Wal-Mart Marketside Spicy Pico de Gallo 10oz due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
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: The agency classification is FDA Class I, which indicates a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to the violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
Plain-English summary
Country Fresh Products, LLC is voluntarily recalling specific units of Wal-Mart, Marketside Spicy Pico de Gallo 10oz. The recall is being conducted because the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The affected product is distributed in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Consumers should check their pantries for this product with a 'BEST IF USED BY' date between August 7, 2016, and August 19, 2016.
Consumers who have purchased this product should stop using it and dispose of it or return it to the place of purchase. Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium that can cause serious illness, particularly in pregnant women, newborns, the elderly, and individuals with weakened immune systems.
The recalled product
- Product
- Wal-Mart, Marketside Spicy Pico de Gallo 10oz
- Manufacturer
- Country Fresh Products, LLC
- Category
- Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
- 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 (3)
- BEST IF USED BY dates between August 7
- 2016 through August 19
- 2016.
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 22 recalled by Country Fresh Products, LLC 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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