Fresh Ideas Recalls Calico Bean Salad Due to Listeria Contamination
Fresh Ideas Inc. is recalling Calico Bean Salad packaged under Costa and Stop & Shop brands because the product 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 indicates 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 245 cases of Calico Bean Salad (5 lbs Poly Tub, Item #01409) packaged under the Costa and Stop & Shop brands. The recall is necessary because the product contains Gill's Onions that have been recalled due to contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
The affected product includes black eye peas, chick peas, kidney beans, black beans, Italian dressing, apple cider vinegar, celery, green pepper, red pepper, and onion. The specific use-by dates for the recalled items are 7/26/12, 7/27/12, 7/31/12, and 8/2/12.
The product was distributed in Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Vermont, New York, and New Jersey. Consumers should discard the product or return it to the store of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Calico bean Salad 5 lbs Poly Tub (Item #01409) packaged under Costa and Stop & Shop brand, Item T1407, C1407, 5 lb Poly Bag Black eye peas , water, salt, calcium chloride and disodium EDTA to preserve color), Chick Peas (cooked dried chick peas, water,salt), Kidney Beans…
- Manufacturer
- Fresh Ideas Inc.
- Category
- Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 245
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)
- Use By: 7/26/12
- 7/27/12
- 7/31/12
- 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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