The Recall Desk
CriticalFDA (Food)·F-2170-2012·Announced 2012-09-19

Garden-Fresh Pickled Beet And Onion Salad Recalled For Listeria Risk

Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling Pickled Beet And Onion Salad because it contains onions potentially 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 FDA has classified this recall as Class I, which is the most serious classification indicating a reasonable probability that use of the product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

Plain-English summary

Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling Garden-Fresh Pickled Beet And Onion Salad, Net Wt. 5 lbs. (UPC 0 11596 52051 3). The recall involves 740 lbs of product with Product Code 2051 and date codes ranging from 08/14/12 to 08/17/12.

The recall was initiated because the salad contains onions that were previously recalled by Gills Onions due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The FDA has classified this as a Class I recall, which is the most serious type of recall.

The affected product was distributed in Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin. Consumers who have this product should stop using it and follow instructions from the recalling firm or the FDA.

The recalled product

Product
Garden-Fresh Pickled Beet And Onion Salad, Net Wt. 5 lbs., UPC 0 11596 52051 3
Hazard

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 (1)

  • Product Code 2051 with Date codes 08/14/12-08/17/12

Distribution

Distributed in 14 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 94 recalled by Garden-Fresh Foods, 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 94 products in this recall →