Garden-Fresh Chef's Kitchen Deluxe Egg Salad Recalled for Listeria Risk
Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling Chef's Kitchen Deluxe Egg Salad due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination from onions.
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
Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling Chef's Kitchen Deluxe Egg Salad, 5 lbs. The recall is due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination in onions supplied by Gills Onions.
The affected product is identified by the code 2044 and dates ranging from 8/8/2012 to 8/15/2012. The recall covers 4,760 lbs of product distributed in Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin.
Consumers should discard the recalled product or return it to the place of purchase. The FDA classifies this as a Class I recall, indicating a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product may cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
The recalled product
- Product
- Chef's Kitchen Deluxe Egg Salad, 5 lbs., 0 11596 52044 5
- Manufacturer
- Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
- 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 (3)
- Chef's Kitchen Deluxe Egg Salad
- 2044
- 8/8/2012-8/15/2012
Distribution
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.
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