The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Food)·F-1250-2014·Announced 2014-01-01

Reser's Baja Cafe Mango Salsa Recalled for Listeria Contamination

Reser's Fine Foods is recalling specific lots of Baja Cafe Mango Salsa due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Consumers should check use-by dates and stop using 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 a high-risk pathogen (Listeria monocytogenes) without reported illness, which corresponds to a severity score of 3 (High) according to the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Reser's Fine Foods, Inc. is recalling Reser's Baja Cafe Mango Salsa, Formula SA.10, packaged in 2/5-lb cartons and cases (UPC 071117002829). The recall is issued because the product is potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

The affected product has use-by dates ranging from October 10, 2013, to November 26, 2013. Distribution was made to numerous U.S. states, including Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, New York, and Texas, as well as to Canada.

Consumers who have purchased this product should check the use-by date and UPC code. If the product matches the recalled description, consumers should stop using it and dispose of it or return it to the place of purchase.

The recalled product

Product
Reser's Baja Cafe Mango Salsa, Formula SA.10, packaged in 2/5-lb (UPC 071117002829) carton/cases. Reser's Fine Foods, Inc., Beaverton, OR.
Manufacturer
Reser's Fine Foods, Inc.
Category
Food — Salsa
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 10/10/13 - 11/26/13.

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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