The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-0973-2014·Announced 2013-12-25

Garden-Fresh Foods Recalls Ready-to-Eat Salads Due to Listeria Risk

Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling various cut vegetables and ready-to-eat salads, including Italian Pasta Salad, 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 metadata explicitly identifies this as an FDA Class I recall, 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 specific lots of Garden-Fresh and Old Tyme Italian Pasta Salad, 1/8 lb., with code dates ranging from 11/21/2013 to 12/6/2013. The total quantity involved is 919,616.31 pounds.

The products are being recalled because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recall covers products manufactured prior to November 06, 2013. The affected 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.

The recalled product

Product
Garden-Fresh, Italian Pasta Salad, 1/8 lb., 0 11596 92012 4, 11/21/2013 - 12/6/2013; Old Tyme, Italian Pasta Salad, 1/8 lb., 0 94776 03412 3, 11/21/2013 - 12/6/2013;
Manufacturer
Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc.
Category
Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
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 92012 4
  • 11/21/2013 - 12/6/2013
  • 0 94776 03412 3

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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