Garden-Fresh Recalls Cut Vegetables and Salads for Listeria Risk
Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling cut vegetables, salads, and dips 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 severity score of 5 according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling various cut vegetables, ready-to-eat salads, slaw, spread, and dip products sold under various brands. The recall includes items manufactured prior to November 6, 2013. The company is taking this action because the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The recall covers a total of 919,616.31 pounds of product. Distribution was limited to Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Specific product details include the Garden-Fresh Cheddar Pasta Salad Kit, 1/4.6 lb., with code 0 11596 62079 4 and use-by dates ranging from November 9, 2013, to November 16, 2013.
Consumers should check their pantries for these products and dispose of them or return them to the place of purchase. The FDA has classified this as a Class I recall, indicating a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
The recalled product
- Product
- Garden-Fresh, Cheddar Pasta Salad Kit, 1/4.6 lb. , 0 11596 62079 4, 11/9/2013 - 11/16/2013
- Manufacturer
- Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Cut Vegetables / Salads
- 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 (2)
- 0 11596 62079 4
- 11/9/2013 - 11/16/2013
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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