The Recall Desk
SevereFDA (Food)·F-2185-2012·Announced 2012-09-19

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.

What this means for you

Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. 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
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

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 →