The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-1203-2014·Announced 2014-01-01

Reser's Seafood Salad Recalled for Potential Listeria Contamination

Reser's Fine Foods is recalling Seafood Salad products due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The recall affects specific use-by dates distributed across many states and Canada.

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 mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Reser's Fine Foods, Inc. is recalling Seafood Salad, Formula PT.130, due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The affected products are packaged under two labels: Essential Everyday Seafood Salad (distributed by Supervalu Inc., UPC 041303820377) and Reser's Fine Foods Seafood Salad (distributed by Reser's Fine Foods, UPC 071117190106). Both are packaged in 6/12-oz carton cases.

The recall covers products with use-by dates ranging from 10/12/13 to 11/21/13. Distribution 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 products were also distributed to Canada.

Consumers should check their pantries for these specific products and use-by dates. If found, they should discard the product or return it to the place of purchase. The FDA has classified this as a Class I recall, indicating a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

The recalled product

Product
Seafood Salad, Formula PT.130 packaged under labels: -Essential Everyday Seafood Salad packaged in 6/12-oz carton cases. Distributed by Supervalu Inc., Eden Prairie, MN. UPC 041303820377 -Reser's Fine Foods Seafood Salad packaged in 6/12-oz carton cases.…
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 10/12/13 - 11/21/13.

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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