The Recall Desk
HighFDA (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.

What this means for you

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a high-risk pathogen (Listeria monocytogenes) without reported illness, which corresponds to a severity score of 3 per the rubric.

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
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 (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.

See all 94 products in this recall →