Garden-Fresh Recalls Creamy Seafood Salad Due to Listeria Risk
Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling Creamy Seafood Salad products manufactured before 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 5/5 (Critical).
Highest-severity recall. The hazard can cause serious injury or death. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: The agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a minimum severity score of 4, and the presence of Listeria monocytogenes contamination in ready-to-eat foods is a critical hazard.
Plain-English summary
Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling Garden-Fresh Creamy Seafood Salad, 2/5 lb., with code dates 0 11596 55124 1 and 0 00 11596 55124 1. The affected products were manufactured between November 21, 2013, and December 10, 2013. The recall covers a total of 919,616.31 pounds of product.
The recall is being conducted because the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The source text notes that Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling various cut vegetables, ready-to-eat salads, slaw, spread, and dip products sold under various brands and code dates manufactured prior to November 6, 2013, for this reason.
The affected products were distributed in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Consumers should check their pantries for these specific products and code dates. If found, consumers should discard the product or return it to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Garden-Fresh, Creamy Seafood Salad, 2/5 lb., 0 11596 55124 1, 0 00 11596 55124 1, 11/21/2013 - 12/10/2013
- Manufacturer
- Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Ready-to-Eat 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 (3)
- 0 11596 55124 1
- 0 00 11596 55124 1
- 11/21/2013 - 12/10/2013
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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