Garden-Fresh Seafood Pasta Salad Recalled for Potential Listeria Contamination
Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling Seafood 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 recall is classified as FDA Class I, which meets the rubric criteria for a Critical severity score.
Plain-English summary
Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling Garden-Fresh Seafood Pasta Salad, 5 lb. The recall is being conducted because the product contains onions that were previously recalled by Gills Onions due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
The affected product is identified by the code 0 11596 55007 7 and has a use-by date range of 08/14/12-08/20/12. The recall covers 320 lbs of product distributed in Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin.
Consumers who have purchased this product should stop using it and return it to the place of purchase or dispose of it safely. This recall is part of a broader effort to remove products containing potentially contaminated onions from the market.
The recalled product
- Product
- Garden-Fresh Seafood Pasta Salad, 5 lb., 0 11596 55007 7
- 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)
- Garden-Fresh Seafood Pasta Salad
- 5007
- 08/14/12-08/20/12
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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