Reser's Cookies and Cream Desserts Recalled for Listeria Contamination
Reser's Fine Foods is recalling Cookies and Cream Desserts potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Consumers should check use-by dates and discard affected products.
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 recall is classified as FDA Class I, which indicates a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death. Listeria monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen.
Plain-English summary
Reser's Fine Foods, Inc. is recalling Reser's Cookies and Cream Desserts, Formula DE.09, packaged in 2/6-lb carton cases. The recall is due to the potential presence of Listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium that can cause serious illness, particularly in vulnerable populations.
The affected products were distributed to consumers in Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia, and Wyoming. Distribution also included Canada.
Consumers should check their pantries for Reser's Cookies and Cream Desserts with use-by dates between 10/12/13 and 11/27/13. If found, these products should be discarded or returned to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Reser's Cookies and Cream Desserts, Formula DE.09, packaged in 2/6-lb carton cases. Distributed by Reser's Fine Foods, Beaverton, OR.
- Manufacturer
- Reser's Fine Foods, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Desserts
- 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)
- Use by dates 10/12/13-11/27/13.
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 213 recalled by Reser's Fine 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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