Agency classClass IIOur severity:High FDA (Food)·F-1849-2018·Announced 2018-08-29

Reser's Fine Foods Recalls Bow Tie Florentine Pasta Salad Due to Cyclospora Risk

Reser's Fine Foods is recalling Bow Tie Florentine pasta salad because it contains spinach potentially contaminated with Cyclospora. The product is distributed in 12 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 (Cyclospora) without reported illnesses, which aligns with the rubric criteria for a High severity score.

Plain-English summary

Reser's Fine Foods, Inc. is voluntarily recalling Bow Tie Florentine pasta salad, item # 71117.15314, due to a potential contamination with Cyclospora. The recall is necessary because the product contains spinach that was previously recalled for the same potential contamination. The affected product is a refrigerated, ready-to-eat pasta salad with vinaigrette dressing and vegetables, packaged in white plastic tubs and sold in 2/4.5 # packages.

The recall involves 315 cases of the product. Affected lots have expiration dates of 9/7/2018 (Lot # 180907010), 9/9/2018 (Lot # 180909010), and 9/13/2018 (Lot # 180913010). The product was distributed in Arizona, California, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Washington, as well as in Canada.

Consumers who have purchased this product should check their refrigerators for the specific item numbers and expiration dates listed above. If found, they should discard the product or return it to the place of purchase. The product is not labeled for retail sale, indicating it may have been distributed for food service or institutional use.

The recalled product

Product: Bow Tie Florentine Reser's Fine Foods, item # 71117.15314, 2/4.5 # packages. UPC 0 71117 15314 9. Product is pasta salads with vinaigrette dressings and vegetables including spinach. All products are in white plastic tubs with labeled lids packed 2/4.5 # to a corrugated…
Manufacturer: Reser's Fine Foods, Inc.
Category: Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
Hazard: cyclospora
Affected units: 315

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 (4)

Expiration date 9/7/2018
Lot # 180907010 Expiration date 9/9/2018
Lot # 180909010 Expiration date 9/13/2018
Lot # 180913010

Distribution

Distributed in 13 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 4 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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