Garden-Fresh Potato Pancakes Recalled for Potential Listeria Contamination
Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling 4 lb. packages of Potato Pancakes 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 source text explicitly identifies the agency classification as Class I, which mandates a score of 5 per the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling 4 lb. packages of Garden-Fresh Potato Pancakes. The recall involves 1,324 lbs of product with the code 0425 and a use-by date range of 08/10/12-08/15/12.
The recall is being conducted because the product contained onions that were recalled by Gills Onions due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The affected product was distributed in Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin.
Consumers who have purchased this product should stop using it and return it to the place of purchase or dispose of it. This recall is classified as Class I by the FDA, 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
- Garden-Fresh Potato Pancakes 4 lbs. 0 11596 40425 5
- Manufacturer
- Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Frozen Prepared Foods
- 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)
- Garden-Fresh Potato Pancakes 0425 08/10/12-08/15/12
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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