The Recall Desk
CriticalFDA (Food)·F-2074-2012·Announced 2012-09-05

Fresh Ideas Costa Multiple Bean Salad Recalled for Listeria

Fresh Ideas Inc. is recalling Costa Multiple Bean Salad because the product contains recalled Gill's Onions contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

What this means for you

Highest-severity recall. Risk of serious injury or death is documented or strongly suspected. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.

Our severity reasoning: The agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a minimum severity score of 4, and the presence of Listeria monocytogenes, a high-risk pathogen, in a ready-to-eat food product elevates the risk to Critical (5) per the rubric for known high-risk pathogens.

Plain-English summary

Fresh Ideas Inc. is recalling 95 cases of Costa Multiple Bean Salad, 4.5 lbs Poly Tub (Item #01407). The recall is necessary because the product contains recalled Gill's Onions that are contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

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 items are July 26, 2012, July 31, 2012, and August 2, 2012.

Consumers who have this product in their possession should stop using it and dispose of it or return it to the place of purchase.

The recalled product

Product
Costa Multiple Bean Salad 4.5 lbs Poly Tub (Item #01407) Black Beans (black beans, water. salt, calcium chloride, ferrous gluconate), Kidney Beans (kidney beans, water. salt, CaCI2), Black Eyed Peas(blackeye peas. water, sail. calcium chloride and disodium EDTA to preserve col
Manufacturer
Fresh Ideas Inc.
Hazard
Affected units
95

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)

  • Use By: 7/26/12: 7/31/12
  • 8/2/12

Distribution

Distributed in 7 states:

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.

See all 13 products in this recall →