Southern Home Pasta Salad Recalled for Potential Metal Fragments
Southern Home is recalling Creamy Parmesan Pasta Salad because it may contain metal fragments. The product was distributed in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
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 4/5 (Severe).
The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: The agency classification is FDA Class II. Per the rubric, FDA Class II recalls are assigned a score of 4 (Severe), particularly given the hazard of metal fragments which poses a risk of injury.
Plain-English summary
Southern Home is recalling Southern Home Pasta Salad Creamy Parmesan, 6.2 oz., UPC 0788002892, because the product may contain metal fragments. The recall involves 523 cases, with 12 packages per case.
The affected product was distributed in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The recall covers two specific codes: 042013CA85 with an expiration date of 4/20/13, and 052113CA85 with an expiration date of 5/21/13.
Consumers should check their pantries for this product and stop using it if they find it. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has classified this as a Class II recall, indicating that there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to the violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences.
The recalled product
- Product
- Southern Home Pasta Salad Creamy Parmesan, 6.2 oz., UPC 0788002892, 12 packages per case
- Manufacturer
- Southern Home
- Category
- Food — Pasta Salad
- 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 (4)
- 042013CA85
- exp. date 4/20/13
- 052113CA85
- exp. dated 5/21/13
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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