The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-1069-2014·Announced 2013-12-25

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

Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling various cut vegetables, ready-to-eat salads, slaw, spread, and dip products 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 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 per the rubric mandates a score of 5 (Critical) regardless of other factors.

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 and code dates. The recall includes specific items such as Finest Traditions, Grandpa's, Maggie's, and Roundy's Taco Dip, as well as other cut vegetable and salad products manufactured prior to November 06, 2013.

The recall is being conducted because the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The affected products were distributed in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

Consumers should check their pantries for these products and dispose of them or return them to the place of purchase. The total quantity involved is 919,616.31 pounds across all affected products.

The recalled product

Product
Finest Traditions, Taco Dip, 6/8 oz., 7 33147 10556 6, 10 733147 10557 0, 11/27/2013 - 12/9/2013 Grandpa's, Taco Dip, 1/5 lb., 0 11596 55903 2, 12/16/2013 - 12/31/2013 Maggie's, Taco Dip, 6/12 oz., 0 11596 06201 3, 0 00 11596 06201 3, 12/20/2013 - 12/30/2013 Roundy's, Taco…
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 (4)

  • 7 33147 10556 6 10 733147 10557 0 11/27/2013 - 12/9/2013
  • 0 11596 55903 2 12/16/2013 - 12/31/2013
  • 0 11596 06201 3 0 00 11596 06201 3 12/20/2013 - 12/30/2013
  • 0 11150 52604 3 0 00 11150 52604 3 12/16/2013 - 12/24/2013

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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