Garden-Fresh Foods Recalls Rigatoni Pasta Salad Due to Listeria Risk
Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling Finest Traditions Rigatoni Pasta Salad because it contains onions potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
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 source text explicitly identifies the agency classification as Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling Finest Traditions Rigatoni Pasta Salad, 8 lb. The recall involves 416 lbs of product distributed in Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin. The product is identified by the code 38666 and dates ranging from 08/15/12 to 08/22/12.
The recall is being conducted because the salad contains onions that were recalled by Gills Onions due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. This recall is part of a broader action affecting salads, slaw, salsa, bean, and dip products containing the affected onions.
Consumers who have purchased this product should stop using it and check for the specific code and dates listed above. The FDA classifies this as a Class I recall, indicating a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product may cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
The recalled product
- Product
- Finest Traditions Rigatoni Pasta Salad, 8 lb., 10 733147 10148 0
- Manufacturer
- Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
- 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 Rigatoni Pasta Salad
- 38666
- 08/15/12-08/22/12
Distribution
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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