The Recall Desk
SevereFDA (Food)·F-1574-2016·Announced 2016-07-06

Reser's Deviled Egg Potato Salad Recalled for Listeria Risk

Reser's Fine Foods is recalling Deviled Egg Potato Salad due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination from a recalled onion lot.

What this means for you

Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. 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 meets the rubric criteria for a score of 4 (Severe) as it is an agency Class I classification.

Plain-English summary

Reser's Fine Foods, Inc. is recalling specific refrigerated packages of Deviled Egg Potato Salad. The products affected include Reser's brand retail packages (3 lbs), Reser's brand foodservice packages (8 lbs), and Safeway brand packages (16 oz). The recall involves a total of 3,642 cases.

The recall is being conducted because the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. This potential contamination is linked to one lot of onion used in the manufacturing process, which was previously recalled by the supplier.

The affected products were distributed in Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and British Columbia. Consumers should check their refrigerators for these specific products and discard them or return them to the place of purchase.

The recalled product

Product
Reser's Deviled Egg Potato Salad, Refrigerated, Retail package, Net wt. 3 lbs. UPC 0 71117 00480 9; Reser's Deviled Egg Potato Salad, Refrigerated, Foodservice product, net wt. 8 lbs. UPC 71117 00225; Safeway Deviled Egg Potato Salad, Refrigerated, Net wt. 16 oz. UPC 0 2
Manufacturer
Reser's Fine Foods, Inc. - Century
Category
Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
Hazard
Affected units
3,642

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 (3)

  • Reser's brand- Retail packages have the Use by Date: 04/29/2016
  • Reser's brand- 8 lb. Foodservice packages have the Use by Date: 4/28/2016
  • Safeway brand has the Used by Date: 4/28/2016

Distribution

Distributed in 30 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 8 recalled by Reser's Fine Foods, Inc. - Century 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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