Garden-Fresh Macaroni Salad Recalled for Potential Listeria Contamination
Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling DF Special Recipe Macaroni Salad 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 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 source metadata explicitly identifies this as an FDA Class I recall, which corresponds to a Critical severity score of 5 according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling DF Special Recipe Macaroni Salad, 16 oz., due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The recall involves 324 lbs of the product, identified by the code 98110 and a date of 8/25/2012.
The recall was initiated because the salad contained onions that were previously recalled by Gills Onions for the same potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The affected 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 stop using it and return it to the place of purchase or dispose of it. This recall is part of a broader effort to remove products containing the affected onions from the market.
The recalled product
- Product
- DF Special Recipe Macaroni Salad, 16 oz., 0 70163 98110 2
- 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)
- DF Special Recipe Macaroni Salad
- 98110
- 8/25/2012
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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