The Recall Desk
SevereFDA (Food)·F-0918-2025·Announced 2025-06-11

Fresh Take Crave Away Chicken Salad Sandwich Recalled for Listeria Risk

Fresh & Ready Foods LLC is recalling Fresh Take Crave Away Chicken Salad on Wheat Sandwiches due to detection of Listeria monocytogenes on food contact surfaces in the manufacturing facility.

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: This is an FDA Class I recall involving Listeria monocytogenes, a high-risk pathogen, on food contact surfaces in a ready-to-eat food facility. Per the rubric, FDA Class I recalls with high-risk pathogens meet the Severe threshold.

Plain-English summary

Fresh & Ready Foods LLC is recalling Fresh Take Crave Away Chicken Salad on Wheat Sandwiches (4.5 oz plastic containers, UPC 8 06795 58577 4, Best By dates 05/09/2025 to 05/19/2025) because Listeria monocytogenes was detected on food contact surfaces in the ready-to-eat sandwich manufacturing facility.

The affected product was distributed to government and military facilities across the Southwest, including California, Nevada, Arizona, and Washington. A total of 139,863 units were distributed across all products.

Listeria monocytogenes can cause serious illness, particularly in pregnant women, newborns, elderly individuals, and people with weakened immune systems. Consumers who have purchased this product should not consume it and should discard it or return it to the point of purchase.

For more information about this recall, consumers may contact the U.S. Food and Drug Administration at https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts (Recall Number F-0918-2025).

The recalled product

Product
Fresh Take Crave Away Chicken Salad on Wheat Sandwich; 4.5oz PLASTIC CONTAINER; Best By: 05/09/2025 - 05/19/2025 UPC# 8 06795 58577 4
Manufacturer
Fresh & Ready Foods LLC
Hazard
  • listeria

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)

  • Item Number: 6-FTSLBTR012WW-CS

Distribution

Distributed in 4 states:

  • AZ
  • CA
  • NV
  • WA