Garden-Fresh Tuna Salad Recalled for Potential Listeria Contamination
Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling specific Tuna Salad products due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination from recalled 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 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 according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling specific Tuna Salad products packaged under the brands Finest Traditions, Garden-Fresh Premium, Market Pantry, and Weis. The recall involves a total of 6,383 pounds of product distributed across Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin.
The recall was initiated because the salads contained onions that were previously recalled by Gills Onions due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The affected products include specific container sizes and UPC codes, with date codes ranging from August 18, 2012, to August 25, 2012.
Consumers who have purchased these specific products should check their pantries for the listed brands, sizes, and date codes. If the product matches the description, it should be discarded or returned to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Tuna Salad packaged under the following brand name, container size, UPC code: Finest Traditions Tuna Salad Spread 12 oz. 7 33147 10487 3 Finest Traditions Tuna Salad Spread 4 lbs. 10 733147 10186 2 Garden-Fresh Premium Tuna Salad 5 lbs. 0 11596 55101 2 Market Pantry Tuna…
- 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 (2)
- Brand
- Product name
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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