The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-0997-2014·Announced 2013-12-25

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 source text 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 voluntarily recalling various cut vegetables, ready-to-eat salads, slaw, spread, and dip products. The recall includes items sold under various brands and code dates that were manufactured prior to November 6, 2013. The specific product identified in the recall notice is Garden-Fresh Parmesan Peppercorn Pasta Salad Base, 1/5 lb., with code dates ranging from 11/20/2013 to 12/1/2013.

The recall is being conducted because the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The agency has classified this recall as Class I, indicating a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product may cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

The affected products were distributed in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The total quantity involved is 919,616.31 pounds. Consumers should check their pantries for these products and discard them or return them to the place of purchase.

The recalled product

Product
Garden-Fresh, Parmesan Peppercorn Pasta Salad Base, 1/5 lb.,, 0 11596 52086 5, 11/20/2013 - 12/1/2013;
Manufacturer
Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc.
Category
Food — Cut Vegetables / 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 52086 5
  • 11/20/2013 - 12/1/2013

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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