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.
What this means for you
Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. 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 severity score of at least 4 per the rubric. Additionally, Listeria monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen.
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 affected products were manufactured prior to November 6, 2013.
The recall is being conducted because the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The source text does not specify the exact number of affected units, specific lot codes, or distribution states for this particular recall notice, though the structured metadata lists a total quantity of 919,616.31 pounds and distribution in IL, IN, MI, MN, MO, OH, PA, and WI.
Consumers should check their pantries for these products and dispose of them or return them to the place of purchase. The source text does not provide specific instructions for disposal or return beyond the standard recall protocol implied by the agency classification.
The recalled product
- Product
- Grandpa's, Crab Like Cheese Ball, 1/5 lb., 0 11596 55906 3, 11/28/2013
- 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 55906 3
- 11/28/2013
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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