Garden-Fresh Taco Pasta Salad Recalled for Listeria Risk
Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling specific lots of Taco Pasta Salad because they contain 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 agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a severity score of at least 4, and the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in a ready-to-eat product is a high-risk pathogen warranting the highest severity level.
Plain-English summary
Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling two specific lots of 5-pound Garden-Fresh Taco Pasta Salad. The recall is due to the presence of onions that were previously recalled by Gills Onions for potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
The affected products are identified by the following codes and use-by dates: 1) Code 2076, use-by dates from 08/14/12 to 08/20/12; and 2) Code 2065, use-by dates from 08/13/12 to 08/15/12. The total quantity involved is 2,325 lbs.
These 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 lots and dispose of them or return them to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Taco Pasta Salad: 1) Garden-Fresh Taco Pasta Salad, 5 lbs., 0 11596 52076 6; 2) Garden-Fresh Taco Pasta Salad, 5 lbs., 0 11596 52065 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 (4)
- 1) 2076
- 08/14/12-08/20/12
- 2) 2065
- 08/13/12-08/15/12
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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