Garden Highway diced celery and onion product recalled for Listeria risk
GH Foods CA LLC is recalling Garden Highway diced celery and onion products because the onions used in manufacturing were recalled for Listeria monocytogenes.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Food): Class I
Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
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 5/5 (Critical).
Highest-severity recall. The hazard can cause serious injury or death. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: The source text explicitly states the agency classification is Class I, which mandates a score of 5 according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
GH Foods CA LLC is recalling Garden Highway Chef Essentials Celery, Onions, diced, 5 oz. The recall was initiated after the manufacturer received notification from Gills onions that their onions were being recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes. GH Foods used the recalled onions in the affected product.
The affected product is identified by the UPC 8 26766 77000 7 and has best if sold by dates ranging from 7/19/12 to 7/31/12. The product was distributed in California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Nebraska.
Consumers who have this product should stop using it and return it to the place of purchase or dispose of it. The FDA classifies this as a Class I recall, which is the most serious type of recall.
The recalled product
- Product
- Garden Highway Chef Essentials Celery, Onions, diced: 5 oz Manufactured by GH Foods CA LLC, Rancho Cordova, CA.
- Manufacturer
- GH Foods CA LLC
- Category
- Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
- 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 (2)
- Garden Highway UPC: 8 26766 77000 7
- All with best if Sold by dates of 7/19/12 to 7/31/12.
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 33 recalled by GH Foods CA 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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