Knott's Chicken Salad Recalled Due to Listeria Monocytogenes Contamination
Knott's Wholesale Foods is recalling chicken salad sandwiches because a sample tested positive for Listeria Monocytogenes. The product was distributed in Tennessee and Kentucky.
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 source metadata explicitly identifies this as an FDA Class I recall, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Knott's Wholesale Foods, Inc. is recalling 461 units of Knott's FINE FOODS Chicken Salad sandwiches. The recall was initiated after a sample collected by the State of Tennessee Department of Agriculture was found to contain Listeria Monocytogenes.
The affected product is identified by UPC 011984011326 and includes all date codes up to and including 01/29. The product was distributed in Tennessee and Kentucky.
Consumers who have purchased this product should discard it or return it to the place of purchase. Listeria Monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen that can cause serious illness, particularly in vulnerable populations.
The recalled product
- Product
- Knott's FINE FOODS, CHICKEN SALAD (sandwich), KNOTT's WHOLESALE FOODS, INC. 125 North Blakemore, Paris, TENNESSEE 38242, (731) 642-1961 www.knotsfoods.com, UPC 011984011326
- Manufacturer
- Knotts Wholesale Foods Inc
- Category
- Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 461
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)
- all date codes up to and including 01/29
Distribution
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