Garden-Fresh Foods Recalls Cut Vegetables and Salads for Listeria Risk
Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling various cut vegetables, ready-to-eat salads, slaw, spread, and dip products manufactured prior to November 6, 2013, due to 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 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 per the rubric. Additionally, Listeria monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen.
Plain-English summary
Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is voluntarily recalling various cut vegetables, ready-to-eat salads, slaw, spread, and dip products. The recall includes items sold under multiple brands, including Copperwood Kitchens, Dairy Fresh, Family Style, and Grandpa's. The affected products were manufactured prior to November 6, 2013.
The recall is being issued because the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The source text does not specify the total quantity of product recalled, the specific states where it was distributed, or whether any illnesses have been reported.
Consumers who have purchased these products should check their pantries for the specific brands and code dates listed in the official FDA recall notice. If found, consumers should discard the product or return it to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Copperwood Kitchens, Chopped Cole Slaw, 2/5 lb., 8 11839 01020 3, 11/21/2013 - 12/4/2013; Dairy Fresh, Chopped Cole Slaw, 2/5 lb., 0 70163 57363 5, 12/1/2013; Family Style , Cole Slaw, 2/5 lb., 0 11596 53060 4, 11/26/2013 - 12/5/2013; Grandpa's, Cole Slaw, 2/5 lb., 0…
- Manufacturer
- Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Cut Vegetables / Salads
- Hazard
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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