The Recall Desk
CriticalFDA (Food)·F-2191-2012·Announced 2012-09-19

Garden-Fresh Black Bean Salsa Recalled for Listeria Risk

Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling Finest Traditions Fat Free Black Bean Salsa due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination in onions.

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 source metadata explicitly identifies this as an FDA Class I recall, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling Finest Traditions Fat Free Black Bean Salsa, 8 lb. The recall is being conducted because the product contains onions that were previously recalled by Gills Onions due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

The affected product is identified by the code 38694 and dates ranging from 08/15/12 to 08/22/12. A total of 360 lbs of the product was distributed to Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin.

Consumers who have this product in their possession should discard it or return it to the place of purchase.

The recalled product

Product
Finest Traditions Fat Free Black Bean Salsa, 8 lb., 10 733147 10181 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 (3)

  • Finest Traditions Fat Free Black Bean Salsa
  • 38694
  • 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 →