Fresh Express Chopped Kit Bacon & Bleu Recalled for Cyclospora Risk
Fresh Express is recalling Chopped Kit Bacon & Bleu salads due to a possible health risk from Cyclospora. Consumers should not eat the product.
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 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: The source text identifies the agency classification as Class II and cites a 'possible health risk from Cyclospora.' Per the rubric, FDA Class II recalls involving significant health risks or pathogens are classified as Severe (4), particularly when specific pathogen risks are cited without explicit 'no illness' language that would cap the score at 3.
Plain-English summary
Fresh Express Incorporated is recalling Fresh Express Chopped Kit Bacon & Bleu 10.9 oz salads (UPC 071279306063) due to a possible health risk from Cyclospora. The affected product contains red and green cabbage, green leaf lettuce, carrots, and green onions.
The recall covers product with codes Z160, Z162, Z163, Z164, Z165, Z167, Z168, Z169, Z170, Z172, Z174, Z175, and Z176, with a 'USED BY' or 'Before' date of 7/12/2020. The product was distributed in the Midwestern states of AR, CT, DC, DE, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI, and WV, as well as in Canada.
Consumers who have purchased this product should not eat it. The FDA classifies this as a Class II recall, indicating a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences.
The recalled product
- Product
- Fresh Express Chopped Kit Bacon & Bleu 10.9 oz, UPC 071279306063, Red and green cabbage, green leaf lettuce, carrots & green onions
- Manufacturer
- Fresh Express Incorporated
- Category
- Food — Ready-to-Eat Salad
- 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 (13)
- Product Code Z160
- Z162
- Z163
- Z164
- Z165
- Z167
- Z168
- Z169
- Z170
- Z172
- Z174
- Z175
- Z176. USED BY or Before 7/12/2020
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 92 recalled by Fresh Express Incorporated 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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