The Recall Desk
SevereFDA (Food)·F-2194-2012·Announced 2012-09-19

Garden-Fresh Greek Style Pasta Salad Recalled for Listeria Risk

Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling Greek Style Pasta Salad products due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination in 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 agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a minimum severity score of 4 per the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling specific lots of Copperwood Kitchens Greek Style Pasta Salad and Garden-Fresh Greek Style Pasta Salad. The recall involves 5-pound packages of these products.

The recall is being conducted because the salads contain onions that were recalled by Gills Onions due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The affected products were distributed in Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin.

Consumers should check their pantries for the specific product codes and dates listed in the recall notice. If they have these products, they should stop using them and follow the instructions provided by the recalling firm or the FDA.

The recalled product

Product
Copperwood Kitchens Greek Style Pasta Salad 5 lbs. 8 11839 01032 6 Garden-Fresh Greek Style Pasta Salad 5 lbs. 0 11596 52035 3
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)

  • Copperwood Kitchens Greek Style Pasta Salad
  • 8103
  • 8/16/2012 Garden-Fresh Greek Style Pasta Salad 2035 8/13/2012-8/17/2012

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 →