Marketside Southwest Chopped Kit Recalled for Potential Listeria Contamination
Ready Pac Foods is recalling Marketside Southwest Chopped Kit (10.3 oz.) due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Consumers should not consume the affected product.
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 4/5 (Severe).
The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: FDA Class I classification requires a minimum severity score of 4 per the established rubric rules. Listeria monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen identified in the severity criteria.
Plain-English summary
Ready Pac Foods Inc. is recalling Marketside Southwest Chopped Kit (10.3 oz., UPC 681131305129) because the product has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The affected product was distributed across multiple U.S. states including California, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, and Wyoming. The recall covers 2617 cases with use-by dates of December 27, 2023 through January 14, 2024. Lot numbers are available to identify the specific affected product.
Consumers who have purchased this product should not consume it. The FDA has classified this as a Class I recall. Consumers with questions should contact the manufacturer or their local health department.
The recalled product
- Product
- Marketside Southwest Chopped Kit 10.3 oz. UPC 681131305129
- Manufacturer
- Ready Pac Foods Inc
- Category
- Food — Ready-to-Eat Salad
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 2,617
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 (8)
- Use by date 12/27/2023 - 1/14/2024 Lot Numbers: 257468982
- 257472922
- 257474446
- 257477419
- 257480027
- 257481674
- 257484256
- 257485619
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 4 recalled by Ready Pac 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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