Garden-Fresh Foods Recalls Ready-to-Eat Salads Due to Listeria Risk
Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling various ready-to-eat salads and cut vegetables manufactured before November 6, 2013, because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
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: The agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a severity score of at least 4 according to the rubric, as Class I recalls involve a reasonable probability of serious adverse health consequences or death.
Plain-English summary
Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is voluntarily recalling various cut vegetables, ready-to-eat salads, slaw, spread, and dip products sold under various brands. The recall includes specific products such as Finest Traditions Steakhouse Potato Salad and Grandpa's Steakhouse Potato Salad in multiple sizes.
The recall is being conducted because the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The affected items were manufactured prior to November 6, 2013. The recall covers approximately 919,616.31 total pounds of product.
The recalled products were distributed in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Consumers should check their pantries for these products and discard them or return them to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Finest Traditions, Steakhouse Potato Salad, 1/8 lb., 10 733147 10773 4, 11/11/2013 - 12/9/2013 Grandpa's, Steakhouse Potato Salad, 12/16 oz. ,0 11596 14068 1, 0 11596 24068 8, 11/25/2013 - 12/10/2013 Grandpa's, Steakhouse Potato Salad, 2/5 lb., 0 11596 55604 8, 11/21/2013…
- Manufacturer
- Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc.
- Category
- Food — 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 (3)
- 10 733147 10773 4 11/11/2013 - 12/9/2013
- 0 11596 24068 8 11/25/2013 - 12/10/2013
- 0 11596 55604 8 11/21/2013 - 12/6/2013
Distribution
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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