Southern Home Pasta Salad Recalled for Potential Metal Fragments
Southern Home is recalling specific lots of Pasta Salad Ranch with Bacon because they may contain metal fragments.
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 risk-of-harm product (metal fragments) where injury has not yet been reported, which aligns with the High severity criteria in the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Southern Home is voluntarily recalling 523 cases of Southern Home Pasta Salad Ranch with Bacon, 7.5 oz. The recall is being conducted because the products may contain metal fragments.
The affected product is identified by UPC 0788002891. The specific codes and expiration dates involved are 051713CB85 (exp. 5/17/13), 051813CA85 (exp. 5/18/13), and 051813CB85 (exp. 5/18/13). The product was distributed in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
Consumers who have purchased this product should check their pantries for the specific codes and expiration dates listed above. If they possess the affected product, they should stop using it and contact the recalling firm for further instructions.
The recalled product
- Product
- Southern Home Pasta Salad Ranch with Bacon, 7.5 oz., UPC 0788002891, 12 packages per case
- Manufacturer
- Southern Home
- Category
- Food — Prepared Foods
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 523
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 (5)
- 051713CB85
- exp. 5/17/13
- 051813CA85
- exp. 5/18/13
- 051813CB85
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 2 recalled by Southern Home 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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