The Recall Desk
CriticalFDA (Food)·F-0955-2014·Announced 2013-12-25

Garden-Fresh Recalls Cut Vegetables and Salads for Listeria Contamination

Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling various cut vegetables and ready-to-eat salads manufactured before November 6, 2013, due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

What this means for you

Highest-severity recall. Risk of serious injury or death is documented or strongly suspected. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.

Our severity reasoning: The source metadata explicitly identifies the agency classification as Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.

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 recall includes products manufactured prior to November 6, 2013.

The recall is being conducted because these products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The source text does not specify the number of affected units, specific lot codes, or distribution regions for this particular recall notice.

Consumers who have purchased these products should check their refrigerators and discard any items that match the description and manufacture date criteria. The source text does not provide specific instructions for disposal or return.

The recalled product

Product
Garden-Fresh, Genoa Chopped Salad Kit, 1/7.95 lb. ,0 11596 73037 0 11/9/2013 - 11/12/2013
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 (1)

  • 0 11596 73037 0 11/9/2013 - 11/12/2013

Distribution

Distributed in 8 states:

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.

See all 255 products in this recall →