The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:ModerateFDA (Food)·F-1053-2016·Announced 2016-04-20

Winter Gardens Recalls Potato Salad for Potential Foreign Material

Winter Gardens Quality Foods is recalling specific lots of Blue Ridge Farms potato salad due to potential foreign material in the salad oil.

The agency’s classification

FDA (Food): Class II

Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.

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 2/5 (Moderate).

Minor labeling or packaging issue, or a voluntary precautionary recall. Risk of harm is low but real — follow the manufacturer's instructions.

Our severity reasoning: The recall is a voluntary precautionary measure for potential foreign material without reported illnesses or injuries, fitting the criteria for a moderate severity score.

Plain-English summary

Winter Gardens Quality Foods, Inc. is voluntarily recalling specific lots of Blue Ridge Farms Potato Salad and Three Potato Salad. The recall is being conducted because the supplier of the salad oil used in these products has voluntarily recalled the raw material due to the potential presence of foreign material.

The affected products include Blue Ridge Farms Potato Salad (Lot # 431, 438; Use by: 03/15/16, 03/22/16) and Blue Ridge Farms Three Potato Salad (Lot # 438; Use by: 3/22/16). These 10 lb. tubs were distributed in Maryland, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

Consumers who have purchased these products should stop using them and contact Winter Gardens Quality Foods for further instructions.

The recalled product

Product
Blue Ridge Farms Potato Salad 01045; Net Weight: 1 X 10 LB., Keep Refrigerated; Use by: 03/15/16, 03/22/16; Lot # 431, 438, Packed by Winter Gardens Quality Foods, Inc, New Oxford, PA 17350 Blue Ridge Farms Three Potato Salad; 01604; Net Weight: 1 X 10 lb.; Keep…
Manufacturer
Winter Gardens Quality 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 (6)

  • Use by: 03/15/16
  • 03/22/16
  • Lot # 431
  • 438 Use by: 3/22/16
  • Lot #438 Use By: 03/11/16
  • Lot # 438

Distribution

Distributed in 6 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 10 recalled by Winter Gardens Quality 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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