The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Food)·F-1173-2014·Announced 2014-01-01

Reser's Chicken Salad Dressing Recalled for Listeria Contamination

Reser's Fine Foods is recalling Chicken Salad Dressing potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Consumers should check use-by dates and discard the product.

The agency’s classification

FDA (Food): Class II

Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.

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 3/5 (High).

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: The recall involves Listeria monocytogenes, a high-risk pathogen. Per the rubric, high-risk pathogens without reported illness are classified as High (Score 3).

Plain-English summary

Reser's Fine Foods, Inc. is recalling Reser's Chicken Salad Dressing, Formula DR.12, packaged in 2/8-lb carton cases. The product is potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The affected items have use-by dates ranging from 10/24/13 to 12/11/13 and carry UPC 071117147612.

Distribution of the recalled product was made to the following states: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV, and WY. The product was also distributed to Canada.

Consumers who have purchased this product should check their pantries for the specific use-by dates and UPC code listed above. If the product matches the description, it should be discarded or returned to the place of purchase.

The recalled product

Product
Reser's Chicken Salad Dressing, Formula DR.12, packaged in 2/8-lb carton cases. Distributed by Reser's Fine Foods, Beaverton, OR. UPC 071117147612
Manufacturer
Reser's Fine 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 (1)

  • Use by dates 10/24/13 - 12/11/13.

Distribution

Distributed in 41 states:

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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