The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Food)·F-1245-2014·Announced 2014-01-01

Reser's Italian Dressing Recalled for Potential Listeria Contamination

Reser's Fine Foods is recalling specific lots of Italian Dressing due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The product was distributed to many US states and Canada.

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 a high-risk pathogen (Listeria monocytogenes) without reported illness, which meets the criteria for a High severity score (3) under the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Reser's Fine Foods, Inc. is recalling Reser's Italian Dressing, Formula DR.97B32, packaged in 12/32-oz carton cases. The product is a bagged dressing that does not have a pre-printed label; ingredient and code date information is ink jet printed onto the bags at the facility. The recall is due to the potential for contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.

The affected product has use-by dates ranging from 11/08/13 to 12/07/13. Distribution was made to the following US 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 use-by dates and stop using it if it matches the recalled dates. The FDA classifies this as a Class II recall, which means there is a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences.

The recalled product

Product
Reser's Italian Dressing, Formula DR.97B32, packaged in 12/32-oz (UPC 071117061017) carton cases. Reser's Fine Foods, Inc., Beaverton, OR. *This is a bagged dressing that does not have a pre-printed label. Ingredient statement and code date information is ink jet printed…
Manufacturer
Reser's Fine Foods, Inc.
Category
Food — Salad Dressing
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 11/08/13 - 12/07/13.

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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