The Recall Desk
SevereFDA (Food)·F-2192-2012·Announced 2012-09-19

Garden-Fresh Potato Salad Kit Recalled for Listeria Risk

Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling Baked Potato Salad Kits because they contain onions potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

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 severity score of at least 4 per the rubric, and the hazard involves a high-risk pathogen (Listeria).

Plain-English summary

Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling Garden-Fresh Baked Potato Salad Kits, 5 lb. The recall involves 6,930 lbs of product with code 1071B and use-by dates ranging from 08/13/12 to 08/20/12.

The recall is being conducted because the product contains onions that were previously recalled by Gills Onions due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Listeria is a high-risk pathogen that can cause serious illness, particularly in vulnerable populations.

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 dispose of it or return it to the place of purchase.

The recalled product

Product
Garden-Fresh Baked Potato Salad Kit, 5 lb., 0 11596 61071 9
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)

  • Garden-Fresh Baked Potato Salad Kit
  • 1071B
  • 08/13/12-08/20/12

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 →