Caito Foods Recalls Vegetable Garden Salad Due to Cyclospora Contamination
Caito Foods LLC is recalling 8 oz Vegetable Garden Salad because an ingredient tested positive for Cyclospora. The product was distributed in Michigan, Indiana, and California.
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 illness, which corresponds to a High severity score under the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Caito Foods LLC is recalling 2 cases of 8 oz Vegetable Garden Salad (UPC 0081851223497) with sell-by dates ranging from July 20, 2018, to July 24, 2018. The recall was initiated after the firm learned from its supplier that an ingredient used in the product tested positive for Cyclospora.
The affected product was distributed domestically in Michigan, Indiana, and California. No foreign, Department of Defense, or Veterans Affairs distribution is reported.
Consumers who have purchased this product should check their sell-by dates and UPC codes. If they possess the recalled items, they should discard them or return them to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Vegetable Garden Salad, 8 oz. UPC 0081851223497
- Manufacturer
- Caito Foods LLC.
- Category
- Food — Salads
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 2
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)
- Sell By 7/20/2018-7/24/2018
- UPC 0081851223497
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 12 recalled by Caito Foods 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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