Garden-Fresh Recalls Cut Vegetables and Salads Due to Listeria Risk
Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling various cut vegetables, ready-to-eat salads, slaw, spread, and dip products manufactured prior to November 06, 2013, because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
What this means for you
Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. 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 minimum severity score of 4 per the rubric. Additionally, Listeria monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen associated with serious health consequences.
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 06, 2013. The recall is being conducted because these items may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The recall covers products distributed in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The total quantity involved is 919,616.31 pounds across all affected products.
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 specify specific lot numbers or additional instructions beyond the general recall of products manufactured before the specified date.
The recalled product
- Product
- Garden-Fresh Taffy Apple Salad Kit 1/5 lb. 0 11596 55049 7 11/11/2013 - 11/13/2013
- 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 (1)
- 0 11596 55049 7 11/11/2013 - 11/13/2013
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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