Agency classClass IOur severity:Severe FDA (Food)·F-2214-2012·Announced 2012-09-19

Garden-Fresh Egg Salads Recalled for Potential Listeria Contamination

Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling specific egg salad products due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination from onions supplied by Gills 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 4/5 (Severe).

The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.

Our severity reasoning: The agency classified this recall as Class I — 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. On that classification alone this is scored Severe; a score of Critical is reserved for recalls where a death or serious injury was reported. The agency gives the reason as: "Recalled salads, slaw, salsa, bean and dips contained onions that were recalled by Gills Onions due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination."

Plain-English summary

Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling specific Garden-Fresh and Weis brand egg salad products. The recall involves 5 lb. Garden-Fresh Egg Salad and 8 oz. and 5 lb. Weis Egg Salad units. The products were distributed in Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin.

The recall was initiated because the salads contained onions that were recalled by Gills Onions due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Listeria monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen that can cause serious illness, particularly in pregnant women, newborns, older adults, and people with weakened immune systems.

Consumers who have purchased these products should check their refrigerators for the specific lot codes and dates listed in the recall notice. If the products are found, consumers should discard them or return them to the place of purchase. The total quantity recalled is 4,204.5 lbs.

The recalled product

Product: Egg Salads: Garden-Fresh Egg Salad, 5 lbs., 0 11596 52022 3 & 5 lbs., 0 11596 52053 Weis Egg Salad, 8 oz., 0 41497 05365 0 & 5 lbs., 0 11596 55221 7
Manufacturer: Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc.
Category: Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
Hazard: listeria

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 (7)

Garden-Fresh Egg Salad
2022
8/2/2012-8/4/2012 & 2053
8/11/2012 Weis Egg Salad
05365
8/9/2012-8/16/2012 & 5221
8/11/2012-8/15/2012

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.

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