The Recall Desk
CriticalFDA (Food)·F-2196-2012·Announced 2012-09-19

Garden-Fresh Pea and Cheese Pasta Salad Recalled for Listeria Risk

Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling Finest Traditions Pea & Cheese Pasta Salad 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 agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a score of 5 according to the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling Finest Traditions Pea & Cheese Pasta Salad, 8 lb. The recall involves 4,328 lbs of the product. The affected units are identified by the code 38688 and dates ranging from 08/15/12 to 08/22/12.

The recall is being conducted because the salads contained onions that were recalled by Gills Onions due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The 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 contact the manufacturer for further instructions.

The recalled product

Product
Finest Traditions Pea & Cheese Pasta Salad, 8 lb., 10 733147 10146 6
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 Pea & Cheese Pasta Salad
  • 38688
  • 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 →