Walmart Macaroni Salad Recalled Due to Foreign Material
Reser's Fine Foods is recalling Walmart Original Freshness Guaranteed Macaroni Salad due to foreign material contamination. Affected product has UPC 78742 02670 with a Use By date of Sep 18, 2024.
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 2/5 (Moderate).
Minor labeling or packaging issue, or a voluntary precautionary recall. Risk of harm is low but real — follow the manufacturer's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: This FDA Class II voluntary recall involves foreign material contamination without reported illnesses or injuries, consistent with precautionary recalls in the Moderate category.
Plain-English summary
Reser's Fine Foods, Inc. is recalling Walmart Original Freshness Guaranteed Macaroni Salad due to the presence of foreign material. The recalled product is a 3-pound (48-ounce) refrigerated macaroni salad with UPC 78742 02670, packaged in plastic tubs.
The recall affects 283 cases distributed to retailers in Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, North Carolina, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas. All affected products have a Use By date of September 18, 2024.
Consumers who have purchased this product should not consume it. Those with the recalled product are advised to return it to the point of purchase for a refund or replacement.
This is a voluntary recall initiated by the manufacturer. The FDA classified this as a Class II recall.
The recalled product
- Product
- UPC 78742 02670, Walmart Original Freshness Guaranteed Macaroni Salad 3lb. (48oz), refrigerated, packaged in an opaque printed plastic tub with a plastic white printed lid. There are 6 tubs per case.
- Manufacturer
- Reser's Fine Foods, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 283
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 Sep/18/2024
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 6 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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