Garden-Fresh Italian Pasta Salad Recalled for Listeria Risk
Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling Italian Pasta Salad products due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination from onions.
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 4/5 (Severe).
The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. 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 score of 4 per the rubric. Additionally, the hazard involves Listeria monocytogenes, a high-risk pathogen.
Plain-English summary
Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling specific lots of Italian Pasta Salad. The affected products are Garden-Fresh Italian Pasta Salad (8 lbs.) and Market Pantry Italian Pasta Salad (14 oz.). The recall involves a total quantity of 3,777.25 lbs of product.
The recall is being conducted because the salads contained onions that were previously recalled by Gills Onions due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Listeria monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen that can cause serious illness, particularly in vulnerable populations.
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 these specific products and lot codes and dispose of them or return them to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Italian Pasta Salad: 1) Garden-Fresh Italian Pasta Salad, 8 lbs., 0 11596 92012 4; 2) Market Pantry Italian Pasta Salad 14 oz., 0 85239 20119 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)
- 1) 2012
- 8/17/12 - 8/20/12
- 8/14/12-8/21/12
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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