Garden-Fresh Foods Recalls Tuna Salad and Salads for Listeria Risk
Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling various cut vegetables, ready-to-eat salads, and spreads manufactured prior to November 6, 2013, due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
What this means for you
Highest-severity recall. Risk of serious injury or death is documented or strongly suspected. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: The source text explicitly identifies the agency classification as Class I, which mandates a score of 5 per the rubric.
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 products manufactured prior to November 6, 2013. Specific items identified in the recall notice include Weis Tuna Salad, 9/8 oz., with code dates ranging from 11/26/2013 to 12/9/2013.
The recall is being issued because the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The agency has classified this recall as Class I, indicating a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
The affected products were distributed in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The total quantity involved is 919,616.31 pounds. Consumers should check their pantries for these products and dispose of them or return them to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Weis, Tuna Salad, 9/8 oz., 0 41497 05345 2, 0 00 41497 05345 2, 11/26/2013 - 12/9/2013;
- Manufacturer
- Garden-Fresh 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 (2)
- 0 00 41497 05345 2
- 11/26/2013 - 12/9/2013
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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