The Recall Desk
SevereFDA (Food)·F-2187-2012·Announced 2012-09-19

Garden-Fresh Wild Rice Salad Base Recalled for Listeria Risk

Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling Finest Traditions Wild Rice Salad Base 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 source identifies the recall as FDA Class I, which mandates a minimum severity score of 4 per the rubric. Additionally, the hazard involves Listeria monocytogenes, a high-risk pathogen.

Plain-English summary

Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling Finest Traditions Wild Rice Salad Base, 8 lbs. The recall involves 968 lbs of the product. The affected units are identified by code 38668 and have use-by dates ranging from 08/15/12 to 08/22/12.

The recall is being conducted because the salad base contained onions that were previously recalled by Gills Onions due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Listeria monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen that can cause serious illness.

The 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 and discard it or return it to the place of purchase.

The recalled product

Product
Finest Traditions Wild Rice Salad Base, 8 lbs., 10 733147 10183 7
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)

  • 38668
  • 08/15/12-08/22/12

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 →