The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-2193-2012·Announced 2012-09-19

Garden-Fresh Foods Recalls Knowlan's Club Salad Base Due to Listeria Risk

Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling Knowlan's Club Salad Base because it contains onions recalled for potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

The agency’s classification

FDA (Food): Class I

Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work

What this means for you

Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 5/5 (Critical).

Highest-severity recall. The hazard can cause serious injury or death. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.

Our severity reasoning: The agency classification is FDA Class I, which per the rubric mandates a score of 5 (Critical) regardless of other factors.

Plain-English summary

Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is voluntarily recalling 376 lbs of Knowlan's Club Salad Base, 8 lb. The product is being recalled because it contains onions that were previously recalled by Gills Onions due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

The affected product is identified by the code 39076 and a date of 08/15/12. The recall covers distribution in 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. This recall is part of a broader effort to remove products containing the affected onions from the market.

The recalled product

Product
Knowlan's Club Salad Base, 8 lb.,10 733147 10201 5
Hazard

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Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.

Lot numbers (3)

  • Knowlan's Club Salad Base
  • 39076
  • 08/15/12

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 →

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