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Agency classClass IOur severity:SevereFDA (Food)·F-0852-2025·Announced 2025-06-11

Fresh & Ready Foods Dark Wheat Sandwich recalled for Listeria contamination risk

Fresh & Ready Foods is recalling Dark Wheat Sandwiches due to Listeria monocytogenes detected on food contact surfaces in the manufacturing facility.

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 4/5 (Severe).

The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.

Our severity reasoning: This recall is FDA Class I with a high-risk pathogen (Listeria monocytogenes). Although no illnesses have been reported in the source text, Class I status combined with Listeria—a pathogen known to cause serious illness and death, especially in vulnerable populations—warrants a Severe rating per the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Fresh & Ready Foods LLC is recalling Fresh & Ready Foods Dark Wheat Sandwiches (7oz. plastic containers, UPC# 6 82906 89057 4, Item Number: 1-FRSLBDW001) with best-by dates from 05/09/2025 through 05/12/2025. The recall was initiated after Listeria monocytogenes was detected on food contact surfaces in the manufacturer's ready-to-eat sandwich facility.

The recalled sandwiches were distributed across the Southwest, including California, Nevada, Arizona, and Washington, with products supplied to government and military facilities. Approximately 139,863 units are affected by this recall.

Consumers who have purchased these sandwiches should not eat them. If you have any of the recalled product, return it to the place of purchase or discard it. Anyone who has consumed a recalled sandwich and is experiencing symptoms of listeriosis (fever, muscle aches, nausea, or diarrhea) should seek medical attention and inform their healthcare provider of the potential exposure.

The recalled product

Product
Fresh & Ready Foods Dark Wheat Sandwich, 7oz. plastic container. Best buy: 05/09/2025-05/12/2025 UPC# 6 82906 89057 4
Manufacturer
Fresh & Ready Foods LLC
Category
Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
Hazard
Affected units
139,863

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)

  • Item Number: 1-FRSLBDW001

Distribution

Distributed in 4 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 86 recalled by Fresh & Ready Foods 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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