The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-1010-2014·Announced 2013-12-25

Garden-Fresh Foods Recalls Cut Vegetables and Salads for Listeria Risk

Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling various cut vegetables, ready-to-eat salads, slaw, spread, and dip products manufactured prior to 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 agency classification is FDA Class I, which corresponds to a Critical 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 affected products were manufactured prior to November 6, 2013. The recall includes specific items such as diced potatoes and whole peeled potatoes in various package sizes, as well as other cut vegetable products.

The recall is being conducted because the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The source text does not specify the number of affected units, the specific distribution states, or the number of illnesses reported.

Consumers should check their pantries for these products and dispose of them or return them to the place of purchase. The source text does not provide specific instructions for disposal or return beyond the standard recall protocol implied by the agency classification.

The recalled product

Product
Garden-Fresh, Potatoes 1/2x1/2x1/2, Diced, 1/30 lb., 0 11596 90415 3, 11/1/2013 - 11/5/2013; Garden-Fresh, Potatoes 1/2x1/2x1/2 Diced, 1/15 lb., 0 11596 00415 0, 11/1/2013 - 11/5/2013; Garden-Fresh, Potatoes 3/4 x 3/4 x 3/4 Diced, 1/30 lb., 11/1/2013 - 11/5/2013; Vanee…
Manufacturer
Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc.
Category
Food — Cut Vegetables / 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 (5)

  • 0 11596 90415 3 11/1/2013 - 11/5/2013
  • 0 11596 00415 0 11/1/2013 - 11/5/2013
  • 11/1/2013 - 11/5/2013
  • 0 11596 90453 5 11/11/2013
  • 0 11596 90405 4 11/1/2013 - 11/5/2013

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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