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.
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: 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
- Category
- Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 139,863
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
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 86 recalled by Fresh & Ready Foods LLC 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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