River Ranch Recalls Cross Valley Shredded Green Cabbage for Listeria
River Ranch Fresh Foods is recalling Cross Valley brand Shredded Green Cabbage due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination found in FDA-pulled samples.
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, without reported illness in the source text, which aligns with the 'High' severity criteria for high-risk pathogens without reported illness.
Plain-English summary
River Ranch Fresh Foods, LLC is recalling Cross Valley brand Shredded Green Cabbage with Color, 4 x 5 lb bags. The product is a salad item bagged in clear polyethylene film for foodservice and polypropylene/polyethylene for retail. The recall was initiated after the company was notified that two separate samples of products pulled by the FDA, which were produced by River Ranch, tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes.
The affected product has Best By code dates between 12MAY2012 and 29MAY2012, with a specific range of 12MAY2012 to 22MAY2012 mentioned in the code information. The code date is located in the upper right-hand corner of the bags. The product was released for distribution in the US and Canada.
Consumers should check their refrigerators for this specific product and discard it or return it to the place of purchase. The product should be refrigerated and consumed within the Best By date, but given the contamination, it should not be consumed.
The recalled product
- Product
- Cross Valley brand Shred Grn Cabbage w/Color, 4 x 5 lb bag, UPC: n/a; Product is a salad item; bagged in clear polyethylene film (foodservice) and polypropylene/polyethylene (retail). Refrigerate and consume within Best By date. Product is processed and packaged by River Ranch…
- Manufacturer
- River Ranch Fresh Foods LLC
- Category
- Food — Salad / Produce
- 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)
- Best By code dates between 12MAY2012 - 29MAY2012
Distribution
Distribution scope not specified by the agency.
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 87 recalled by River Ranch Fresh Foods LLC 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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