The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Food)·F-2195-2012·Announced 2012-09-19

Garden-Fresh Foods Recalls Bow Tie Pastas Due to Listeria Risk

Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling two types of 5-lb bow tie pastas because they contain onions potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

What this means for you

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a high-risk pathogen (Listeria monocytogenes) without reported illness, which corresponds to a High severity score per the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is voluntarily recalling two varieties of 5-lb bow tie pasta: Copperwood Kitchens Venetian Bow Tie Pasta and Garden-Fresh Venetian Bowtie Pasta. The recall is being conducted because the products contain onions that were previously 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. The specific codes for the recalled items are 81031908/14/12-08/20/12 for the Copperwood Kitchens brand and 2027, 08/16/12 for the Garden-Fresh brand.

Consumers who have purchased these products should check their pantries for the specific codes listed above. If the products are found, they should be discarded or returned to the place of purchase. Listeria monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen that can cause serious illness, particularly in vulnerable populations.

The recalled product

Product
Bow Tie Pastas: 1) Copperwood Kitchens Venetian Bow Tie Pasta, 5 lbs., 8 11839 01031 9; 2) Garden-Fresh Venetian Bowtie Pasta, 5 lbs., 0 11596 520278
Manufacturer
Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc.
Category
Food — Pasta
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)

  • 1) 81031908/14/12-08/20/12
  • 2) 2027
  • 08/16/12

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.

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