Garden-Fresh Bacon Mac & Cheddar Salad Kit Recalled for Listeria Risk
Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling Bacon Mac & Cheddar Salad Kits because they contain onions potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
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 4/5 (Severe).
The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: The agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a minimum severity score of 4 per the rubric. Additionally, Listeria monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen.
Plain-English summary
Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling Garden-Fresh Bacon Mac & Cheddar Salad Kits due to the presence of onions that were recalled by Gills Onions. The onions are subject to recall due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
The recalled product is the Garden-Fresh Bacon Mac & Cheddar Salad Kit, 5.75 lbs. The recall involves 1,300 lbs of product. The affected product was distributed in Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin.
Consumers should check their pantries for this specific product. If they have the recalled salad kit, they should discard it or return it to the place of purchase. The recall is driven by the potential for Listeria monocytogenes contamination in the onion ingredient.
The recalled product
- Product
- Garden-Fresh Bacon Mac & Cheddar Salad Kit 5.75 lbs. 0 11596 62209 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 (1)
- Garden-Fresh Bacon Mac & Cheddar Salad base 2209B 08/14/12-08/16/12
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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