The Recall Desk
CriticalFDA (Food)·F-2188-2012·Announced 2012-09-19

Garden-Fresh Creamy Tuna Salad Recalled for Listeria Risk

Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling Creamy Tuna Salad because it contains onions potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

What this means for you

Highest-severity recall. Risk of serious injury or death is documented or strongly suspected. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.

Our severity reasoning: The agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a minimum severity score of 4, and the presence of Listeria monocytogenes, a high-risk pathogen, in a ready-to-eat product typically warrants the highest severity rating in the absence of mitigating factors.

Plain-English summary

Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling Garden-Fresh Family Style Creamy Tuna Salad (5 lbs) due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The recall involves 640 lbs of the product, identified by the date codes 8/14/2012-8/17/2012.

The recall was initiated because the salad contains onions that were previously recalled by Gills Onions for the same 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 this product should stop using it and return it to the place of purchase or dispose of it. This recall is part of a broader effort to remove products containing the affected onions from the market.

The recalled product

Product
Garden-Fresh Family Style Creamy Tuna Salad 5 lbs. 0 11596 55108 1
Hazard

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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 →