Broccoli Cheddar Pasta Salad Recalled Due to Hard Plastic Contamination
Walmart's Freshness Guaranteed Broccoli Cheddar Pasta Salad is recalled due to hard plastic pieces found during manufacturing. The contamination came from ice purchased from a supplier and affects products with use-by dates of March 14–22, 2022.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Food): Class II
Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.
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 3/5 (High).
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: This is an FDA Class II recall for physical contamination (hard plastic) that poses choking and injury risk. No illnesses or injuries have been reported, applying the rubric criterion for risk-of-harm products where injury has not yet been reported.
Plain-English summary
Walmart Inc. is recalling Freshness Guaranteed Broccoli Cheddar Pasta Salad due to the discovery of hard clear plastic pieces in the product. During manufacturing, plastic fragments were identified and traced to contaminated ice purchased from the company's ice supplier.
The recalled product is a 14-ounce (397 g) pasta salad with UPC 0 78742 37256 3, distributed across 20 states including California, Texas, Florida, and others. Approximately 4,885 cases were affected, with use-by dates of March 14, 15, 17, 21, and 22, 2022. Specific lot codes are identified in the FDA recall notice F-0891-2022.
Consumers should not consume this product and should discard it or return it to the point of purchase. Contact a healthcare provider if you have consumed the product and experienced any adverse health effects.
The recalled product
- Product
- Freshness Guaranteed BROCCOLI CHEDDAR PASTA SALAD WM 6/14 OZ (397 g) UPC: 0 78742 37256 3 Distributed by Walmart Inc., Bentonville, AR 72716
- Manufacturer
- RMJV, LP dba Fresh Creative Foods
- Category
- Food — Prepared Salad
- Affected units
- 4,885
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)
- Use by3/14/2022
- 3/15/2022
- 3/17/2022
- 3/21/2022
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 9 recalled by RMJV, LP dba Fresh Creative Foods 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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