Garden-Fresh Recalls Cut Vegetables and Salads for Listeria Risk
Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling various cut vegetables and ready-to-eat salads 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, a high-risk pathogen, in ready-to-eat foods typically warrants the highest severity rating due to the potential for severe illness.
Plain-English summary
Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is voluntarily recalling various cut vegetables, ready-to-eat salads, slaw, spread, and dip products sold under various brands. The recall includes products manufactured prior to November 6, 2013. The specific product identified in the recall notice is Garden-Fresh, Fat Free Broccoli with Rigatoni Salad, 2/4 lb., with code 0 11596 52064 3 and a date of 11/9/2013.
The recall is being issued because these products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The total quantity involved is 919,616.31 pounds. The products were distributed in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
Consumers who have purchased these products should check their pantries for the specific brands and code dates listed in the recall notice. If found, consumers should discard the products or return them to the place of purchase for a refund.
The recalled product
- Product
- Garden-Fresh, Fat Free Broccoli with Rigatoni Salad, 2/4 lb., 0 11596 52064 3, 11/9/2013
- 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 (2)
- 0 11596 52064 3
- 11/9/2013
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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