Fresh Ideas Recalls Costa Four Bean Salad Due to Listeria
Fresh Ideas Inc. is recalling Costa Four Bean Salad because it contains recalled Gill's Onions contaminated with 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 recall is classified as FDA Class I, which is the highest severity level indicating a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to the violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
Plain-English summary
Fresh Ideas Inc. is recalling 210 cases of Costa Four Bean Salad, 4.50 lbs Poly Tub (Item #01385). The recall is necessary because the product contains Gill's Onions that are subject to a separate recall due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
The affected product was distributed in Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Vermont, New York, and New Jersey. The use-by dates for the recalled product are July 26, 2012, July 27, 2012, and August 2, 2012.
Consumers who have purchased this product should check their pantries for the specific item and use-by dates listed above. If found, consumers should discard the product or return it to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Costa Four Bean Salad 4.50 lbs Poly Tub (Item #01385 Green Beans, Kidney Beans (kidney beans, water, salt, CaCI2), Chick Peas (chick peas. water. salt, EDTA to promote color retention), Black Eyed Peas (black eye peas, water, salt, calcium chloride and disodium EDTA to…
- Manufacturer
- Fresh Ideas Inc.
- Category
- Food — Canned / Jarred Foods
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 210
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 (3)
- Use By: 7/26/12
- 7/27/12
- 8/2/12
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 13 recalled by Fresh Ideas 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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