The Recall Desk
CriticalFDA (Food)·F-2202-2012·Announced 2012-09-19

Garden-Fresh Southwestern Pasta Salad Recalled for Listeria Risk

Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling Southwestern Pasta Salad because it contains onions potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

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 severity score of 5 according to the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling Garden-Fresh Southwestern Pasta Salad, 5 lb. The recall is due to the use of onions that were recalled by Gills Onions for potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

The affected product is identified by the code 2046 and dates ranging from 08/13/12 to 08/16/12. The recall covers 600 lbs of the product distributed in Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin.

Consumers should discard the recalled product or return it to the place of purchase. This recall is part of a broader effort to remove products containing the affected onions from the market.

The recalled product

Product
Garden-Fresh Southwestern Pasta Salad, 5 lb., 0 11596 52046 9
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 Southwestern Pasta Salad
  • 2046
  • 08/13/12-08/16/12

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.

See all 94 products in this recall →