Gourmet Classic Salads Recalls Roast Beef Sandwiches for Listeria Risk
Gourmet Classic Salads is recalling approximately 530 roast beef sandwiches distributed throughout Florida due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
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 agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Gourmet Classic Salads, Inc. is recalling approximately 530 roast beef sandwiches prepared at their facility in Lake Wales, Florida. The recall was initiated after FDA environmental samples and finished product collected at the firm revealed the presence of Listeria monocytogenes.
The affected sandwiches were manufactured between January 30, 2017, and February 22, 2017, and have expiration dates through March 1, 2017. These products were distributed throughout Florida.
Consumers who have purchased these sandwiches should discard them or return them to the place of purchase. The firm is conducting this recall due to the potential for Listeria contamination.
The recalled product
- Product
- Roast Beef Sandwich. Prepared by Gourmet Classic Salads 240 E Bullard Ave. Lake Wales, FL 33853
- Manufacturer
- Gourmet Classic Salads, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 530
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)
- Manufactured between 01/30/2017-02/22/2017
- with expiration date through 03/01/2017.
Distribution
Distributed in 1 state:
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 9 recalled by Gourmet Classic Salads, 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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