SunBurst Foods Recalls Chef Salads Due to Listeria Risk
SunBurst Foods is recalling specific lots of Deluxe Chef Salad and Chef Salad due to a 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 source metadata explicitly identifies the agency classification as Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
SunBurst Foods, Inc. is recalling specific lots of Deluxe Chef Salad and Chef Salad. The recall involves Deluxe Chef Salad (Net Wt. 5.10 oz., UPC 7-01248-00944-1, MFG Code 1653) and Chef Salad (Net Wt. 5.10 oz, UPC 7-01248-00603-7, MFG Code 1502).
The recall was initiated due to a potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The affected products were distributed in North Carolina, New Jersey, and South Carolina.
Consumers who have purchased these specific products should check their refrigerators for the listed UPC and MFG codes. If found, consumers should discard the product or return it to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Deluxe Chef Salad, Net Wt. 5.10 oz., UPC 7-01248-00944-1, MFG Code 1653; Chef Salad, Net Wt. 5.10 oz, UPC 7-01248-00603-7, MFG Code 1502
- Manufacturer
- SunBurst 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 (1)
- See product description for lot numbers
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 121 recalled by SunBurst 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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