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CriticalFDA (Food)·F-0865-2014·Announced 2013-12-25

Garden-Fresh Foods Recalls Bread Pudding and Salads for Listeria Risk

Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling specific bread pudding, salad, and dip products manufactured before November 6, 2013, 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, which mandates a score of 5 according to the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is voluntarily recalling various cut vegetables, ready-to-eat salads, slaw, spread, and dip products sold under multiple brands. The recall also includes Finest Traditions and Garden-Fresh Baked Bread Pudding products. These items were manufactured prior to November 6, 2013, and are being recalled because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

The affected products were distributed in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The total quantity involved is 919,616.31 pounds. Specific code dates for the bread pudding products range from November 21, 2013, to December 10, 2013, and from November 27, 2013, to December 7, 2013.

Consumers should check their pantries for these products and discard them or return them to the place of purchase. The FDA classifies this as a Class I recall, which is the most serious type of recall.

The recalled product

Product
Finest Traditions, Baked Bread Pudding, 1/7 lb., 10 733147 10099 5, 11/21/2013 - 12/10/2013; Garden-Fresh, Baked Bread Pudding, 6/12 oz., 0 11596 07034 6, 0 11596 07034 6, 11/27/2013 - 12/7/2013;
Manufacturer
Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc.
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 (4)

  • 10 733147 10099 5
  • 11/21/2013 - 12/10/2013
  • 0 11596 07034 6
  • 11/27/2013 - 12/7/2013

Distribution

Distributed in 8 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 255 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.

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