The Recall Desk
CriticalFDA (Food)·F-2204-2012·Announced 2012-09-19

Garden-Fresh Foods Recalls Fettuccine Pasta Salad Due to Listeria Risk

Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling Our Own Fettuccine 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 source metadata explicitly identifies the agency classification as 'Class I', which corresponds to a Critical severity score of 5 according to the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is voluntarily recalling Our Own Fettuccine Pasta Salad. 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 'Our Own Fettuccine Pasta Salad, 2150' and has a use-by date range of 8/15/2012 to 8/20/12. The total quantity involved in the recall is 915 lbs. The product was distributed in Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin.

Consumers who have purchased this product should check their pantries for the specific code and date range listed above. If the product is found, consumers should discard it 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
Our Own Fettuccine Pasta Salad, lb., 0 11596 52150
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)

  • Our Own Fettuccine Pasta Salad
  • 2150
  • 8/15/2012- 8/20/12

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 →