The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-0971-2014·Announced 2013-12-25

Garden-Fresh Foods Recalls Potato Salads Due to Listeria Risk

Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling various cut vegetables and ready-to-eat salads, including Finest Traditions and Our Own potato salads, because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

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 text explicitly identifies the agency classification as Class I, which mandates a 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 specific items such as Finest Traditions Homestyle Potato Salad and Our Own Homestyle Potato Salad. The affected products were manufactured prior to November 06, 2013.

The recall is being conducted because the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The agency has classified this recall as Class I. The total quantity involved is 919,616.31 pounds. Distribution occurred in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

Consumers should check their pantries for the specific products and code dates listed in the official recall notice. If found, they should discard the products or return them to the place of purchase.

The recalled product

Product
Finest Traditions, Homestyle Potato Salad, 1/8 lb., 10 733147 10134 3, 11/20/2013 - 12/11/2013; Finest Traditions, Homestyle Potato Salad, 4/8 lb., 10 733147 10452 8, 11/20/2013 - 12/9/2013; Finest Traditions, Homestyle Potato Salad, 6/16 oz., 7 33147 00019 9, 10 733147…
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 (4)

  • 10 733147 10134 3 11/20/2013 - 12/11/2013
  • 10 733147 10452 8 11/20/2013 - 12/9/2013
  • 10 733147 10175 6 11/27/2013 - 12/11/2013
  • 0 00 11596 51042 2 11/16/2013 - 12/5/2013

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.

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