Garden-Fresh Recalls Potato Salad Kits Due to Listeria Risk
Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling specific Baked Potato Salad Kits because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
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: The agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a minimum severity score of 4 according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling specific lots of Garden-Fresh and Marsh Baked Potato Salad Kits. The recall covers 1/5.75 lb. packages with UPCs 0 11596 61071 9 and 0 11596 51083 5, manufactured between November 21, 2013, and December 6, 2013.
The company is taking this action because the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recall involves a total of 919,616.31 pounds of product. These items were distributed in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
Consumers who have these specific products should stop using them and return them to the place of purchase for a refund or contact the company for instructions.
The recalled product
- Product
- Garden-Fresh, Baked Potato Salad Kit, 1/5.75 lb. , 0 11596 61071 9, 11/21/2013 - 12/6/2013; Marsh, Baked Potato Salad Kit, 1/5.75 lb., 0 11596 51083 5, 11/22/2013 - 12/6/2013
- Manufacturer
- Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Salads / 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)
- 0 11596 61071 9
- 11/21/2013 - 12/6/2013
- 0 11596 51083 5
- 11/22/2013 - 12/6/2013
Distribution
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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